Board of Directors

Patricia Barland, Chair
Matthew Grubbs, Vice-Chair
Melanie M. Teems, Treasurer
Donna C. Hole
Diane Nowak-Waring, APR

Coordinating Council

Patricia Blick
City of Annapolis

Linnell Bowen
Maryland Hall for Creative Arts

Judith A. Cabral
Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation

Honorable Joshua Cohen
Mayor, City of Annapolis

Connie Del Signore
Annapolis and Anne Arundel County
Conference and Visitor’s Bureau

Roberta Dorn
Shady Side Rural Heritage Society

Richard Franyo
Boatyard Bar & Grill

John Guild
Historic Annapolis Foundation

Janice Hayes-Williams
Our Local Legacy, Bates Arts Magnet School

Anson “Tuck” Hines, Ph.D.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Jeff Holland
Annapolis Maritime Museum

Ann Jensen
Sands House Foundation

Joni Jones, Ph.D.
Banneker-Douglass Museum

Gertrude Makell
Galesville Community Center Organization

Mike Miron
City of Annapolis

Jean Russo, Ph.D.
Annapolis History Consortium

Honorable William H. Sanders III
Mayor, Town of Highland Beach

Heather Skipper
Watermark

Donna M. Ware
Historic London Town & Gardens

Staff

Carol Benson, Ph.D.
Executive Director

Aleithea Williams
Heritage Programs Coordinator