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