Staff Directory
Office of the President
Catherine Allgor, President | Bio
617-646-0520 / callgor@themehrafamily.com
Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian | Bio
617-646-0501 / pdrummey@themehrafamily.com
Amelia Mix (She/Her/Hers), Executive Assistant to the President & Secretary to the Board
617-646-0513 / amix@themehrafamily.com
Collections & Content Development
Brenda M. Lawson, Senior Vice President for Collections & Content Development | Bio
617-646-0502 / blawson@themehrafamily.com
Collections Services
collections@themehrafamily.com
Hawley Appleton, Registrar
617-646-0508 / happleton@themehrafamily.com
William Beck, Lead Web Developer and Software Engineer
617-646-0505 / bbeck@themehrafamily.com
Anne E. Bentley (she/her/hers), Curator of Art & Artifacts, Emerita
617-646-0508 / abentley@themehrafamily.com
Stephanie Call, Curator of Manuscripts
617-646-0519 / scall@themehrafamily.com
Samantha Couture, Nora Saltonstall Conservator & Preservation Librarian
617-646-0506 / scouture@themehrafamily.com
Katherine Griffin, Crowdsourcing Editor
kgriffin@themehrafamily.com
Nancy Heywood (she/her), Lead Archivist for Digital & Web Initiatives
617-646-0503 / nheywood@themehrafamily.com
Anshita Khare (she/her),Assistant Web Developer and Software Engineer
akhare@themehrafamily.com
Laura Lowell, Project Archivist
617-646-0559 / llowell@themehrafamily.com
Susan Martin, Senior Processing Archivist
617-646-0526 / smartin@themehrafamily.com
Julia Ricks, Digital Production & Metadata Specialist
617-646-0529 / jricks@themehrafamily.com
Kelsey Sawyer, Processing Archivist
617-646-0589 / ksawyer@themehrafamily.com
Susanna Sigler (she/her), Processing Assistant
617-646-0532 / ssigler@themehrafamily.com
Caitlin Walker (she/her), Digital Preservation Archivist
617-646-0527 / cwalker@themehrafamily.com
Laura Wulf, Photographic & Digital Imaging Specialist
617-646-0567 / lwulf@themehrafamily.com
Mary E. Yacovone, Curator of Rare Books & Visual Materials
617-646-0504 / myacovone@themehrafamily.com
Library—Reader Services
Elaine Heavey, Director of the Library
617-646-0509 / eheavey@themehrafamily.com
Madeline Birnbaum (she/her), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / mbirnbaum@themehrafamily.com
Megan Bush (she/they), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / mbush@themehrafamily.com
Rakashi Chand (she/hers), Reading Room Supervisor
617-646-0545 / rchand@themehrafamily.com
Grace Doeden (she/her), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / gdoeden@themehrafamily.com
Hannah Elder (she/her), Associate Reference Librarian for Rights & Reproductions
617-646-0542 / helder@themehrafamily.com
Hannah Goeselt (she/they), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / hgoeselt@themehrafamily.com
Lauren Gray, Reference Librarian
617-646-0561 / lgray@themehrafamily.com
Daniel Hinchen, Reference Librarian
617-646-0571 / dhinchen@themehrafamily.com
Hilde Perrin (she/her), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / hperrin@themehrafamily.com
Susanna Sigler (she/her), Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / ssigler@themehrafamily.com
Livia Zarge, Library Assistant
617-646-0532 / lzarge@themehrafamily.com
Adams Papers
adamspapers@themehrafamily.com
Sara Martin, Editor in Chief
617-646-0525 / saram@themehrafamily.com
Rhonda Barlow, Research Associate
617-646-0516 / rbarlow@themehrafamily.com
Karen Barzilay, John Quincy Adams Digital Diary
617-646-0553 / kbarzilay@themehrafamily.com
Gwen Fries, Production Editor
617-646-0556 / gfries@themehrafamily.com
Sara Georgini, Series Editor, Papers of John Adams
617-646-0569 / sgeorgini@themehrafamily.com
Sarah Hume (she/her), Editorial Assistant
617-646-0572 / shume@themehrafamily.com
Miriam Liebman (she/her), Assistant Editor
617-646-0544 / mliebman@themehrafamily.com
Neal Millikan, Series Editor, Digital Editions
617-646-0553 / nmillikan@themehrafamily.com
Molly Mullin (she/her), Administrative Asst.
617-646-0514 / mmullin@themehrafamily.com
Hobson Woodward, Series Editor, Adams Family Correspondence
617-646-0521 / hwoodward@themehrafamily.com
Publications
publications@themehrafamily.com
Ondine E. Le Blanc (she/her), Worthington C. Ford Editor of Publications
617-646-0524 / oleblanc@themehrafamily.com
William (Chuck) diGiacomantonio (he/his), Managing Editor, Sibley's Harvard Graduates
617-646-0524 / chuck.digi@themehrafamily.com
Molly Mullin (she/her), Admin. Asst. & Logistics Coordinator
617-646-0514 / mmullin@themehrafamily.com
Tess Renault (she/her), Assistant Editor
617-646-0557 / trenault@themehrafamily.com
Programs & External Affairs
Carol Knauff, Interim Vice President of Programs & External Affairs
617-646-0554 / cknauff@themehrafamily.com
Development
development@themehrafamily.com
membership@themehrafamily.com
Victoria McKay, Director of Development
617-646-0570 / vmckay@themehrafamily.com
Sarah Brugge (she/her), Event Specialist
617-646-0518 / sbrugge@themehrafamily.com
Molly Jarvis, Assistant Director of Philanthropic Services
617-646-0560 / mjarvis@themehrafamily.com
Megan McNally, Manger of Individual Giving
617-646-0517 / mcnally@themehrafamily.com
Hanna van Belle (she/her), Development Specialist
617-646-0551 / hvanbelle@themehrafamily.com
Communications & Marketing / Visitor Services
Carol Knauff, Interim Vice President of Programs & External Affairs
617-646-0554 / cknauff@themehrafamily.com
Communications
Heather Rockwood (she/her), Communications Manager
617-646-0547 / hrockwood@themehrafamily.com
Visitor Services
Maggie Parfitt, Visitor Services Coordinator
617-646-0500 / mparfitt@themehrafamily.com
Meg Szydlik (she/her), Visitor Services Coordinator
617-646-0500 / mszydlik@themehrafamily.com
Education / National History Day in MA
education@themehrafamily.com
NHD@themehrafamily.com
Elyssa Tardif (she/her), Director of Education
617-646-0576 / etardif@themehrafamily.com
Kate Melchior (she/her/hers), Associate Director for Educator Engagement and Outreach
617-646-0588 / kmelchior@themehrafamily.com
Simbrit Paskins (she/her), Student Programs Coordinator
617-646-0582 / spaskins@themehrafamily.com
Paula Sampson (she/her), Teaching and Learning Specialist
psampson@themehrafamily.com
Heather Wilson (she/her), Assistant Director for K-12 Learning
617-646-0534 / hwilson@themehrafamily.com
Programs
Olivia Sayah, Program Coordinator
617-646-0580 / osayah@themehrafamily.com
Research
research_programs@themehrafamily.com
Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, Director of Research
617-646-0568 / kwongsrichanalai@themehrafamily.com
Cassandra Cloutier, Assistant Director of Research
617-646-0577 / ccloutier@themehrafamily.com
Susan Goodier, NEH Long-Term Fellow
617-646-0533 / susangoodier@oneonta.edu
Sam Hurwitz (They/Them), Podcast Producer
617-646-0568 / shurwitz@themehrafamily.com
Conrad E. Wright, Sibley Editor
617-646-0512 / cwright@themehrafamily.com
Finance & Administration
Jack Sheehan, Vice President & CFO
jsheehan@themehrafamily.com
Finance
Tammy Hamond, Controller
617-646-0510 / thamond@themehrafamily.com
Melane Barrios, Accounts Payable Accountant
617-646-0510 /mbarrios@themehrafamily.com
Megan Peterson, Senior Accountant
617-646-0574 /mpeterson@themehrafamily.com
Human Resources
Erika M.D. Barrie (she/her), Director of Human Resources
617-646-0581 / ebarrie@themehrafamily.com
Information Systems
Chris Coveney (he/him), Chief Technology & Media Officer
617-646-0539 / ccoveney@themehrafamily.com
Operations
Dan Sweeney, Facility Manager
617-646-0523 / dsweeney@themehrafamily.com
James P. Harrison III, Custodian
617-646-0528
George Major, Maintenance Helper/Custodian
617-646-0528 / gmajor@themehrafamily.com
Jennifer Smith (she/her), Operations Assistant
617-646-0563 / jensmith@themehrafamily.com