Massachusetts Historical Society

Staff Directory

Office of the President

Brenda M. Lawson, Interim President | Bio 
617-646-0502 / blawson@t0039.cc

Peter Drummey, Chief Historian | Bio 
617-646-0501 / pdrummey@t0039.cc

Amelia Mix (She/Her/Hers), Executive Assistant to the President & Secretary to the Board 
617-646-0513 / amix@t0039.cc

Collections & Content Development

Brenda M. Lawson, Interim President
617-646-0502 / blawson@t0039.cc

Collections Services

collections@t0039.cc

Hawley Appleton, Registrar 
617-646-0508 / happleton@t0039.cc

William Beck, Lead Web Developer and Software Engineer 
617-646-0505 / bbeck@t0039.cc

Anne E. Bentley (she/her/hers), Curator of Art & Artifacts, Emerita 
617-646-0508 / abentley@t0039.cc

Stephanie Call, Curator of Manuscripts 
617-646-0519 / scall@t0039.cc

Samantha Couture, Nora Saltonstall Conservator & Preservation Librarian 
617-646-0506 / scouture@t0039.cc

Katherine Griffin, Crowdsourcing Editor 
kgriffin@t0039.cc

Nancy Heywood (she/her), Lead Archivist for Digital & Web Initiatives 
617-646-0503 / nheywood@t0039.cc

Willem Kalbach (he/his), Project Archivist
617-646-0543 / wkalbach@t0039.cc

Anshita Khare (she/her),Assistant Web Developer and Software Engineer 
akhare@t0039.cc

Laura Lowell, Project Archivist 
617-646-0559 / llowell@t0039.cc

Susan Martin, Senior Processing Archivist 
617-646-0526 / smartin@t0039.cc

Kelsey Sawyer, Processing Archivist 
617-646-0589 / ksawyer@t0039.cc

Susanna Sigler (she/her), Processing Assistant 
617-646-0532 / ssigler@t0039.cc

Livia Zarge  (she/her), Digital Production Specialist
617-646-0532 / lzarge@t0039.cc

Caitlin Walker (she/her), Digital Archivist & Metadata Analyst
617-646-0527 / cwalker@t0039.cc

Laura Wulf, Photographic Specialist & Digital Imaging Coordinator
617-646-0567 / lwulf@t0039.cc

Mary E. Yacovone, Curator of Rare Books & Visual Materials 
617-646-0504 / myacovone@t0039.cc

Library—Reader Services

library@t0039.cc

Elaine Heavey, Stephen T. Riley Librarian 
617-646-0509 / eheavey@t0039.cc

Rakashi Chand (she/hers), Reading Room Supervisor 
617-646-0545 / rchand@t0039.cc

Vivienne Charpentier (they/them), Library Resident 
617-646-0532 / vcharpentier@t0039.cc

Grace Doeden (she/her), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / gdoeden@t0039.cc

Hannah Elder (she/her), Associate Reference Librarian for Rights & Reproductions  
617-646-0542 / helder@t0039.cc

Hannah Goeselt (she/they), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / hgoeselt@t0039.cc

Lauren Gray, Reference Librarian 
617-646-0561 / lgray@t0039.cc

CJ Haggard (she/her), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / cjhaggard@t0039.cc

Daniel Hinchen, Reference Librarian 
617-646-0571 / dhinchen@t0039.cc

Brandon McGrath-Neely (he/him), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / bmcgrath-neely@t0039.cc

Anastacia Markoe (she/her/hers), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / amarkoe@t0039.cc

Hilde Perrin (she/her), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / hperrin@t0039.cc

Jolli Shevitz (she/they), Library Resident 
617-646-0532 / jshevitz@t0039.cc

Susanna Sigler (she/her), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / ssigler@t0039.cc

Adams Papers

adamspapers@t0039.cc

Sara Martin, Editor in Chief 
617-646-0525 / saram@t0039.cc

Rhonda Barlow, Research Associate 
617-646-0516 / rbarlow@t0039.cc

Karen Barzilay, John Quincy Adams Digital Diary 
617-646-0553 / kbarzilay@t0039.cc

Gwen Fries, Production Editor 
617-646-0556 / gfries@t0039.cc

Kaz Gebhardt (he/him), Transcriber
617-646-0525 / kgebhardt@t0039.cc

Sara Georgini, Series Editor, Papers of John Adams 
617-646-0569 / sgeorgini@t0039.cc

Sarah Hume (she/her), Editorial Assistant 
617-646-0572 / shume@t0039.cc

Miriam Liebman (she/her), Assistant Editor 
617-646-0544 / mliebman@t0039.cc

Neal Millikan, Series Editor, Digital Editions 
617-646-0553 / nmillikan@t0039.cc

Molly Mullin (she/her), Administrative Asst. 
617-646-0514 / mmullin@t0039.cc

Hobson Woodward, Series Editor, Adams Family Correspondence 
617-646-0521 / hwoodward@t0039.cc

Publications

publications@t0039.cc

Ondine E. Le Blanc (she/her), Worthington C. Ford Editor of Publications 
617-646-0524 / oleblanc@t0039.cc

William (Chuck) diGiacomantonio (he/his), Managing Editor, Sibley's Harvard Graduates 
617-646-0524 / chuck.digi@t0039.cc

Molly Mullin (she/her), Admin. Asst. & Logistics Coordinator 
617-646-0514 / mmullin@t0039.cc

Tess Renault (she/her), Assistant Editor  & Production Manager
617-646-0557 / trenault@t0039.cc

Programs & External Affairs

Carol Knauff, Vice President for Programs & External Affairs 
617-646-0554 / cknauff@t0039.cc

Development

development@t0039.cc 
membership@t0039.cc

Victoria McKay, Director of Development 
617-646-0570 / vmckay@t0039.cc

Sarah Brugge (she/her), Events Strategic Consultant
sbrugge@t0039.cc

Serina Gajarawala (she/her), Development Specialist
617-646-0518 / sgajarawala@t0039.cc

Molly Jarvis, Assistant Director of Philanthropic Services  
617-646-0560 / mjarvis@t0039.cc

Megan McNally, Manger of Individual Giving 
617-646-0517 / mmcnally@t0039.cc

Hanna van Belle (she/her), Events Specialist 
617-646-0551 / hvanbelle@t0039.cc

Communications & Marketing / Visitor Services

Carol Knauff, Vice President for Programs & External Affairs 
617-646-0554 / cknauff@t0039.cc

Communications

Elena Rippel (she/her), Assistant Director of Communications
617-646-0541 / erippel@t0039.cc

Heather Rockwood (she/her), Communications Manager 
617-646-0547 / hrockwood@t0039.cc

Visitor Services

Nathaniel Grosjean (he/him), Visitor Services Coordinator 
617-646-0500 / ngrosjean@t0039.cc

Meg Szydlik (she/her), Visitor Services Coordinator 
617-646-0500 / mszydlik@t0039.cc

Education / National History Day in MA

education@t0039.cc 
NHD@t0039.cc 

Elyssa Tardif (she/her), Director of Education 
617-646-0576 / etardif@t0039.cc

Kayla Clark (she/them), Outreach Coordinator
617-646-0583 / kclark@t0039.cc

Kate Melchior (she/her/hers), Associate Director for Educator Engagement and Outreach 
617-646-0588 / kmelchior@t0039.cc

Alexandra Moleski (she/her), NHD Program Coordinator
617-646-0511 / amoleski@t0039.cc 

Paula Sampson (she/her), Teaching and Learning Specialist 
psampson@t0039.cc

Heather Wilson (she/her), Assistant Director for K-12 Learning 
617-646-0534 / hwilson@t0039.cc

Programs

programs@t0039.cc

Olivia Sayah, Program Coordinator 
617-646-0580 / osayah@t0039.cc

Research

research_programs@t0039.cc

Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, Director of Research 
617-646-0568 / kwongsrichanalai@t0039.cc

Ross Nedervelt,  NEH Long-Term Fellow
617-646-0538 / rnederve@fiu.edu

Cassandra Cloutier, Assistant Director of Research 
617-646-0577 / ccloutier@t0039.cc

Sam Hurwitz (They/Them), Podcast Producer 
617-646-0568 / shurwitz@t0039.cc

Don Johnson, NEH Long-Term Fellow
617-646-0533 / donald.f.johnson@ndsu.edu

Conrad E. Wright, Sibley Editor 
617-646-0512 / cwright@t0039.cc

Finance & Administration

Jack Sheehan, Vice President & CFO 
jsheehan@t0039.cc

Finance

Tammy Hamond, Controller 
617-646-0510 / thamond@t0039.cc

Melane Barrios, Accounts Payable Accountant 
617-646-0510 /mbarrios@t0039.cc

Megan Peterson, Senior Accountant 
617-646-0574 /mpeterson@t0039.cc

Human Resources

Erika M.D. Barrie (she/her), Director of Human Resources 
617-646-0581 / ebarrie@t0039.cc

Information Systems

Chris Coveney (he/him), Chief Technology & Media Officer 
617-646-0539 / ccoveney@t0039.cc

Operations

Dan Sweeney, Facility Manager 
617-646-0523 / dsweeney@t0039.cc

James P. Harrison III, Custodian 
617-646-0528

George Major, Maintenance Helper/Custodian 
617-646-0528 / gmajor@t0039.cc

Jennifer Smith (she/her), Operations Assistant 
617-646-0563 / jensmith@t0039.cc

Safety & Security

Joshua Cojulun , Director of Safety & Security
617-646-0582 / jcojulun@t0039.cc

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