Leadership
Senior Staff
Terry Taylor
President & CEO
Johanna Brown
Chief Curator & Director of Collections
Scott Douglas
Director of Education
Tammy Everhart
Controller
Debbie Hooker
Director of Human Resources
Paula Pressley
Director of Development
Leadership Team
Pat Albert
Manager, Purchasing & Merchandising
Rob Casey
Director of Sales, Marketing & Retail
Matthew Gregg
Manager of Annual Giving
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
Christina Walsh
Manager, MESDA Programs, Travel & Symposia
David Shore | Chair
Barry Sidden | Vice Chair, Building & Grounds Committee Chair
Jesse Keever | Secretary
Bill Mariner | Treasurer
Ted Gossett | Audit Committee Chair
June Lucas | Collections, Research, & Archeology Committee Chair
Peggy Carter | Development Committee Chair
Dr. Torren Gatson | Education & Interpretation Committee Chair
Bill E. Hollan, III | Finance & Investment Committee Chair
Trent Jernigan | Nominating and Governance Committee Chair
Cyndi Skaar | Ad-Hoc Marketing Committee Chair
Susan Elster
Dr. Edward G. Hill, Jr.
Anne Lantry
Brad Parris
Dr. Thomas H. Sears, Jr.
Fritz Vaughan
John Willingham
Fletcher P. Wilson
Hayes Wauford
Ex. Officio Members
John Case, MESDA Advisory Board Chair
Karl W. Kapp, Wachovia Historical Society
Dr. Jill Fleuriet, President of Salem Academy & College
David “Barry” Self, Salem Congregation
Mary Tribble, Old Salem Residents Association
John Case, Chair
Melinda B. Frierson, Vice Chair
Joey Brackner
Cindy Bregenzer
Dale Couch
J. Macklin Cox
Angela DeHart
Jeffrey S. Evans
Dr. Torren Gatson
Dr. James Hardy
Kay Heller
Tommy Hines
Carol Holcomb
Richard B. Hudgens
Dr. Carter Hudgins
Alexandra A. Kirtley
Dr. James W. Lester, Jr.
Susan S. Mariner
Beth Mercier
Dr. Tiffany W. Momon
Kim Parks
Dr. Paul Peters
J. Thomas Savage, III
Dr. C. Philip Toussaint
Dr. Glenn R. Womack
Brandt Zipp