Staff Directory
Office of the President
Brenda M. Lawson, Interim President | Bio
617-646-0502 / blawson@masshist.org
Peter Drummey, Chief Historian | Bio
617-646-0501 / pdrummey@masshist.org
Amelia Mix (She/Her/Hers), Executive Assistant to the President & Secretary to the Board
617-646-0513 / amix@masshist.org
Collections & Content Development
Brenda M. Lawson, Interim President
617-646-0502 / blawson@masshist.org
Collections Services
Hawley Appleton, Registrar
617-646-0508 / happleton@masshist.org
William Beck, Lead Web Developer and Software Engineer
617-646-0505 / bbeck@masshist.org
Anne E. Bentley (she/her/hers), Curator of Art & Artifacts, Emerita
617-646-0508 / abentley@masshist.org
Stephanie Call, Curator of Manuscripts
617-646-0519 / scall@masshist.org
Lee Cohen (they/them), Imaging Processing Assistant
617-646-0567 / lcohen@masshist.org
Samantha Couture, Nora Saltonstall Conservator & Preservation Librarian
617-646-0506 / scouture@masshist.org
Katherine Griffin, Crowdsourcing Editor
kgriffin@masshist.org
Nancy Heywood (she/her), Lead Archivist for Digital & Web Initiatives
617-646-0503 / nheywood@masshist.org
Willem Kalbach (he/his), Project Archivist
617-646-0543 / wkalbach@masshist.org
Anshita Khare (she/her),Assistant Web Developer and Software Engineer
akhare@masshist.org
Laura Lowell, Project Archivist
617-646-0559 / llowell@masshist.org
Susan Martin, Senior Processing Archivist
617-646-0526 / smartin@masshist.org
Kelsey Sawyer, Processing Archivist
617-646-0589 / ksawyer@masshist.org
Susanna Sigler (she/her), Processing Assistant
617-646-0532 / ssigler@masshist.org
Caitlin Walker (she/her), Digital Archivist & Metadata Analyst
617-646-0527 / cwalker@masshist.org
Laura Wulf, Photographic Specialist & Digital Imaging Coordinator
617-646-0567 / lwulf@masshist.org
Mary E. Yacovone, Curator of Rare Books & Visual Materials
617-646-0504 / myacovone@masshist.org
Livia Zarge (she/her), Digital Production Specialist
lzarge@masshist.org
Library—Reader Services
Elaine Heavey, Stephen T. Riley Librarian
617-646-0509 / eheavey@masshist.org
Anne Boylan (she/her), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / aboylan@masshist.org
Rakashi Chand (she/hers), Reading Room Supervisor
617-646-0545 / rchand@masshist.org
Vivienne Charpentier (they/them), Library Resident
617-646-0532 / vcharpentier@masshist.org
Grace Doeden (she/her), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / gdoeden@masshist.org
Hannah Elder (she/her), Associate Reference Librarian for Rights & Reproductions
617-646-0542 / helder@masshist.org
Hannah Goeselt (she/they), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / hgoeselt@masshist.org
Lauren Gray, Reference Librarian
617-646-0561 / lgray@masshist.org
CJ Haggard (she/her), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / cjhaggard@masshist.org
Daniel Hinchen, Reference Librarian
617-646-0571 / dhinchen@masshist.org
Brandon McGrath-Neely (he/him), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / bmcgrath-neely@masshist.org
Anastacia Markoe (she/her/hers), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / amarkoe@masshist.org
Hilde Perrin (she/her), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / hperrin@masshist.org
Jolli Shevitz (she/they), Library Resident
617-646-0532 / jshevitz@masshist.org
Susanna Sigler (she/her), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / ssigler@masshist.org
Adams Papers
Sara Martin, Editor in Chief
617-646-0525 / saram@masshist.org
Rhonda Barlow, Research Associate
617-646-0516 / rbarlow@masshist.org
Karen Barzilay, John Quincy Adams Digital Diary
617-646-0553 / kbarzilay@masshist.org
Gwen Fries, Production Editor
617-646-0556 / gfries@masshist.org
Kaz Gebhardt (he/him), Transcriber
617-646-0525 / kgebhardt@masshist.org
Sara Georgini, Series Editor, Papers of John Adams
617-646-0569 / sgeorgini@masshist.org
Sarah Hume (she/her), Editorial Assistant
617-646-0572 / shume@masshist.org
Miriam Liebman (she/her), Assistant Editor
617-646-0544 / mliebman@masshist.org
Neal Millikan, Series Editor, Digital Editions
617-646-0553 / nmillikan@masshist.org
Hobson Woodward, Series Editor, Adams Family Correspondence
617-646-0521 / hwoodward@masshist.org
Publications
Ondine E. Le Blanc (she/her), Worthington C. Ford Editor of Publications
617-646-0524 / oleblanc@masshist.org
William (Chuck) diGiacomantonio (he/his), Managing Editor, Sibley's Harvard Graduates
617-646-0524 / chuck.digi@masshist.org
Tess Renault (she/her), Assistant Editor & Production Manager
617-646-0557 / trenault@masshist.org
Programs & External Affairs
Carol Knauff, Vice President for Programs & External Affairs
617-646-0554 / cknauff@masshist.org
Development
development@masshist.org
membership@masshist.org
Victoria McKay, Director of Development
617-646-0570 / vmckay@masshist.org
Serina Gajarawala (she/her), Development Specialist
617-646-0518 / sgajarawala@masshist.org
Molly Jarvis, Assistant Director of Philanthropic Services
617-646-0560 / mjarvis@masshist.org
Megan McNally, Manger of Individual Giving
617-646-0517 / mmcnally@masshist.org
Hanna van Belle (she/her), Events Specialist
617-646-0551 / hvanbelle@masshist.org
Communications & Marketing / Visitor Services
Carol Knauff, Vice President for Programs & External Affairs
617-646-0554 / cknauff@masshist.org
Communications
Elena Rippel (she/her), Assistant Director of Communications
617-646-0541 / erippel@masshist.org
Ellen Huggins (she/her), Communications Specialist
617-646-0547 / ehuggins@masshist.org
Visitor Services
Nathaniel Grosjean (he/him), Visitor Services Coordinator
617-646-0500 / ngrosjean@masshist.org
Meg Szydlik (she/her), Visitor Services Coordinator
617-646-0500 / mszydlik@masshist.org
Education / National History Day in MA
education@masshist.org
NHD@masshist.org
Elyssa Tardif (she/her), Director of Education
617-646-0576 / etardif@masshist.org
Kayla Clark (she/them), Outreach Coordinator
617-646-0583 / kclark@masshist.org
Kate Melchior (she/her/hers), Associate Director for Educator Engagement and Outreach
617-646-0588 / kmelchior@masshist.org
Alexandra Moleski (she/her), NHD Program Coordinator
617-646-0511 / amoleski@masshist.org
Paula Sampson (she/her), Teaching and Learning Specialist
psampson@masshist.org
Heather Wilson (she/her), Assistant Director for K-12 Learning
617-646-0534 / hwilson@masshist.org
Programs
Olivia Sayah, Program Coordinator
617-646-0580 / osayah@masshist.org
Research
research_programs@masshist.org
Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, Director of Research
617-646-0568 / kwongsrichanalai@masshist.org
Ross Nedervelt, NEH Long-Term Fellow
617-646-0538 / rnederve@fiu.edu
Cassandra Cloutier, Assistant Director of Research
617-646-0577 / ccloutier@masshist.org
Sam Hurwitz (They/Them), Podcast Producer
617-646-0568 / shurwitz@masshist.org
Betsy Klima , NEH Long-Term Fellow
617-646-0533 / Betsy.,Klima@umb.edu
Conrad E. Wright, Sibley Editor
617-646-0512 / cwright@masshist.org
Finance & Administration
Jack Sheehan, Vice President & CFO
jsheehan@masshist.org
Finance
Tammy Hamond, Controller
617-646-0510 / thamond@masshist.org
Melane Barrios, Accounts Payable Accountant
617-646-0510 /mbarrios@masshist.org
Megan Peterson, Senior Accountant
617-646-0574 /mpeterson@masshist.org
Human Resources
Erika M.D. Barrie (she/her), Director of Human Resources
617-646-0581 / ebarrie@masshist.org
Information Systems
Chris Coveney (he/him), Chief Technology & Media Officer
617-646-0539 / ccoveney@masshist.org
Operations
Dan Sweeney, Facility Manager
617-646-0523 / dsweeney@masshist.org
James P. Harrison III, Custodian
617-646-0528
George Major, Maintenance Helper/Custodian
617-646-0528 / gmajor@masshist.org
Jennifer Smith (she/her), Operations Assistant
617-646-0563 / jensmith@masshist.org
