Leadership
2025-2026 Senior Staff
Terry Taylor
President & CEO
Johanna Brown
Chief Curator & Director of Collections
Tammy Everhart
Controller
Scott Douglas
Director of Education
Paula Pressley
Director of Development
Lauren Rahill
Director of Human Resources
2025-2026 Leadership Team
Pat Albert
Manager of Purchasing & Merchandising
Melissa Bertram
Manager of MESDA Conferences
Rob Casey
Director of Consumer Sales & Marketing
Martha Hartley
Director of Moravian Research
Eric Jackson
Director of Horticulture
Lea Lane
Curator of MESDA Collection
Kim May
Director of MESDA Research
Kif Rivera
Director of IT
Erik Skarzynski
Director of Facilities
Chad Smith
Manager of Bakery Operations
William Strollo
Curator of Old Salem & Historic Building Interiors
| Old Salem Board of Trustees | MESDA Advisory Board | |
| Mr. David W. Shore, Chair | Mr. John Case, Chair | |
| Ms. Cynthia Skaar, Vice Chair | Ms. Melinda B. Frierson, Vice Chair | |
| Mr. S. Hayes Wauford, Secretary | Mr. Joey Brackner | |
| Mr. William Mariner, Treasurer | Mrs. Cindy Bregenzer | |
| Mr. David Wharton, Immediate Past Chair | Mr. Dale Couch | |
| Dr. Eugene W. Adcock, III | Mr. J. Macklin Cox | |
| Ms. Peggy Carter | Ms. Angela DeHart | |
| Mr. Chris Duvall | Mr. Jeffrey S. Evans | |
| Ms. Juliana Falk | Dr. Torren Gatson | |
| Mr. Ted Gossett | Dr. James Hardy | |
| Dr. Torren Gatson | Mrs. Kay Heller | |
| Dr. Edward G. Hill, Jr. | Mrs. Carol Holcomb | |
| Mr. Tommy Hines | Mr. Richard B. Hudgens | |
| Mr. William E. Hollan, III (Bill) | Dr. Carter Hudgins | |
| Mr. Trent Jernigan | Mrs. Alexandra A. Kirtley | |
| Mr. G. William Joyner | Dr. James W. Lester, Jr. | |
| Mr. Jesse Keever | Mrs. Susan S. Mariner | |
| Ms. Anne Lantry | Mrs. Beth Mercier | |
| Mrs. June Lucas | Dr. Tiffany W. Momon | |
| Mr. Brad Parris | Mrs. Kim Parks | |
| Dr. Thomas H. Sears, Jr. | Dr. Paul Peters | |
| Mr. Barry Sidden | Mr. J. Thomas Savage, III | |
| Mr. Fritz Vaughan | Dr. C. Philip Toussaint | |
| Mr. Fletcher P. Wilson | Dr. Glenn R. Womack | |
| Mr. Brandt Zipp | ||
| Ex-Officio Members | ||
| John Case, MESDA Advisory Board | ||
| Karl W. Kapp, Wachovia Historical Society | ||
| Dr. Gary Daynes, President of Salem Academy and College | ||
| David “Barry” Self, Salem Congregation | ||
| Mary Tribble, Old Salem Residents Association |