Leadership Team

Executive Leadership Team
Franklin Vagnone
President & CEO, Interim Director of Preservation
Terry Taylor
Chief Operating Officer, Interim President & CEO
Michelle Cook
Director of Development
Tammy Everhart
Controller
Daniel Ackermann
Chief Curator & Director of Collections
Leadership Team (alphabetical)
Gary Albert
Director of MESDA Research
Pat Albert
Director of Retail
Bernard Bailey
Director of Landscape Maintenance
Rebecca Barefoot
Visitor Engagement Manager
Nicole Blalock
Director of Human Resources
Johanna Brown
Curator of Moravian Decorative Arts & Director of Collections
Martha Hartley
Director of Moravian Research
Eric Jackson
Director of Horticulture
Melissa Knapp
Manager of MESDA Conferences, Travel, and Symposia
Ben Masterson
Restoration Craftsperson
Eric Skarzynski
Director of Facilities
Chad Smith
Manager of Bakery
Karen Walter
Director of Learning in Place
Wei Ying
Director of Creative Communications
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Old Salem Board of Trustees | MESDA Advisory Board | |
Mr. Will Joyner, Chair | Dr. Corbett Toussaint, Chair | |
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mercier, Vice Chair | Mr. James Boswell, Vice Chair | |
Mr. Christopher Caracci, Secretary | Mr. Henry W. Brockman | |
Mr. William Mariner, Treasurer | Mr. John Case | |
Dr. Eugene W. Adcock, III | Mrs. Sharon Cox | |
Ms. Cheryl Black | Mr. Samuel B. Dixon | |
Mrs. Cheryl Harry | Mrs. Beverley Evans | |
Dr. Edward G. Hill, Jr. | Ms. Juliana Falk | |
Mrs. Molly Leight | Dr. Torren Gatson | |
Mrs. June Lucas | Mrs. Anne Gray | |
Mr. James E. Martin | Mr. F. Sheffield Hale | |
Ms. Margaret Pritchard | Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Simpson Hanahan | |
Mrs. Deborah Ryan, PLA | Mr. Mel S. Hankla | |
Dr. Thomas H. Sears, Jr. | Dr. James Hardy | |
Mr. David Shore | Mr. A. Kent Harrell | |
Mr. Brent Waddell | Mr. Frank Holcomb | |
Mr. David Wharton | Mr. Richard Hudgens | |
Mr. Fletcher Wilson | Mrs. Alexandrea A. Kirtley | |
Mr. Mark Letzer | ||
Ex-Officio Members | Mrs. Patricia S. Loughridge | |
Dr. Corbett Toussaint, MESDA Advisory Board | Mrs. Susan S. Mariner | |
Dr. Summer McGee, President of Salem Academy and College | Mrs. Carolyn McNamara | |
Johnnie Pearson, Salem Congregation | Mrs. Tiffany W. Momon | |
Hon. John D. Myles | ||
Dr. Tony Parent | ||
Mr. C. Tracey Parks | ||
Mr. J. Thomas Savage, III | ||
Mr. Mattison Verdery | ||
Dr. Glenn R. Womack | ||
Mr. Paul Zickell | ||
Mr. Luke Zipp |