Massachusetts Historical Society

Staff Directory

Office of the President

Brenda M. Lawson, Interim President | Bio 
617-646-0502 / blawson@shorinji-kempo.net

Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian | Bio 
617-646-0501 / pdrummey@shorinji-kempo.net

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

Collections & Content Development

Brenda M. Lawson, Interim President
617-646-0502 / blawson@shorinji-kempo.net

Collections Services

collections@shorinji-kempo.net

Hawley Appleton, Registrar 
617-646-0508 / happleton@shorinji-kempo.net

William Beck, Lead Web Developer and Software Engineer 
617-646-0505 / bbeck@shorinji-kempo.net

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

Stephanie Call, Curator of Manuscripts 
617-646-0519 / scall@shorinji-kempo.net

Samantha Couture, Nora Saltonstall Conservator & Preservation Librarian 
617-646-0506 / scouture@shorinji-kempo.net

Katherine Griffin, Crowdsourcing Editor 
kgriffin@shorinji-kempo.net

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

Willem Kalbach (he/his), Project Archivist
617-646-0543 / wkalbach@shorinji-kempo.net

Anshita Khare (she/her),Assistant Web Developer and Software Engineer 
akhare@shorinji-kempo.net

Laura Lowell, Project Archivist 
617-646-0559 / llowell@shorinji-kempo.net

Susan Martin, Senior Processing Archivist 
617-646-0526 / smartin@shorinji-kempo.net

Kelsey Sawyer, Processing Archivist 
617-646-0589 / ksawyer@shorinji-kempo.net

Susanna Sigler (she/her), Processing Assistant 
617-646-0532 / ssigler@shorinji-kempo.net

Livia Zarge  (she/her), Image Processing Assistantt 
617-646-0532 / lzarge@shorinji-kempo.net

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

Laura Wulf, Photographic Specialist & Digital Imaging Coordinator
617-646-0567 / lwulf@shorinji-kempo.net

Mary E. Yacovone, Curator of Rare Books & Visual Materials 
617-646-0504 / myacovone@shorinji-kempo.net

Library—Reader Services

library@shorinji-kempo.net

Elaine Heavey, Director of the Library 
617-646-0509 / eheavey@shorinji-kempo.net

Megan Bush (she/they), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / mbush@shorinji-kempo.net

Rakashi Chand (she/hers), Reading Room Supervisor 
617-646-0545 / rchand@shorinji-kempo.net

Vivienne Charpentier (they/them), Library Resident 
617-646-0532 / vcharpentier@shorinji-kempo.net

Grace Doeden (she/her), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / gdoeden@shorinji-kempo.net

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

Hannah Goeselt (she/they), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / hgoeselt@shorinji-kempo.net

Lauren Gray, Reference Librarian 
617-646-0561 / lgray@shorinji-kempo.net

CJ Haggard (she/her), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / cjhaggard@shorinji-kempo.net

Daniel Hinchen, Reference Librarian 
617-646-0571 / dhinchen@shorinji-kempo.net

Brandon McGrath-Neely (he/him), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / bmcgrath-neely@shorinji-kempo.net

Hilde Perrin (she/her), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / hperrin@shorinji-kempo.net

Jolli Shevitz (she/they), Library Resident 
617-646-0532 / jshevitz@shorinji-kempo.net

Susanna Sigler (she/her), Library Assistant 
617-646-0532 / ssigler@shorinji-kempo.net

Livia Zarge  (she/her),  Library Assistant II – Reproductions
617-646-0532 / lzarge@shorinji-kempo.net

Adams Papers

adamspapers@shorinji-kempo.net

Sara Martin, Editor in Chief 
617-646-0525 / saram@shorinji-kempo.net

Rhonda Barlow, Research Associate 
617-646-0516 / rbarlow@shorinji-kempo.net

Karen Barzilay, John Quincy Adams Digital Diary 
617-646-0553 / kbarzilay@shorinji-kempo.net

Gwen Fries, Production Editor 
617-646-0556 / gfries@shorinji-kempo.net

Kaz Gebhardt (he/him), Transcriber
617-646-0525 / kgebhardt@shorinji-kempo.net

Sara Georgini, Series Editor, Papers of John Adams 
617-646-0569 / sgeorgini@shorinji-kempo.net

Sarah Hume (she/her), Editorial Assistant 
617-646-0572 / shume@shorinji-kempo.net

Miriam Liebman (she/her), Assistant Editor 
617-646-0544 / mliebman@shorinji-kempo.net

Neal Millikan, Series Editor, Digital Editions 
617-646-0553 / nmillikan@shorinji-kempo.net

Molly Mullin (she/her), Administrative Asst. 
617-646-0514 / mmullin@shorinji-kempo.net

Hobson Woodward, Series Editor, Adams Family Correspondence 
617-646-0521 / hwoodward@shorinji-kempo.net

Publications

publications@shorinji-kempo.net

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

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

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

Tess Renault (she/her), Assistant Editor  
617-646-0557 / trenault@shorinji-kempo.net

Programs & External Affairs

Carol Knauff, Vice President for Programs & External Affairs 
617-646-0554 / cknauff@shorinji-kempo.net

Development

development@shorinji-kempo.net 
membership@shorinji-kempo.net

Victoria McKay, Director of Development 
617-646-0570 / vmckay@shorinji-kempo.net

Sarah Brugge (she/her), Events Strategic Consultant
617-646-0518 / sbrugge@shorinji-kempo.net

Molly Jarvis, Assistant Director of Philanthropic Services  
617-646-0560 / mjarvis@shorinji-kempo.net

Megan McNally, Manger of Individual Giving 
617-646-0517 / mmcnally@shorinji-kempo.net

Hanna van Belle (she/her), Events Specialist 
617-646-0551 / hvanbelle@shorinji-kempo.net

Communications & Marketing / Visitor Services

Carol Knauff, Vice President for Programs & External Affairs 
617-646-0554 / cknauff@shorinji-kempo.net

Communications

Elena Rippel (she/her), Assistant Director of Communications
617-646-0541 / erippel@shorinji-kempo.net

Heather Rockwood (she/her), Communications Manager 
617-646-0547 / hrockwood@shorinji-kempo.net

Visitor Services

Nathaniel Grosjean (he/him), Visitor Services Coordinator 
617-646-0500 / ngrosjean@shorinji-kempo.net

Maggie Parfitt, Visitor Services Coordinator 
617-646-0500 / mparfitt@shorinji-kempo.net

Meg Szydlik (she/her), Visitor Services Coordinator 
617-646-0500 / mszydlik@shorinji-kempo.net

Education / National History Day in MA

education@shorinji-kempo.net 
NHD@shorinji-kempo.net 

Elyssa Tardif (she/her), Director of Education 
617-646-0576 / etardif@shorinji-kempo.net

Kayla Clark (she/them), Outreach Coordinator
617-646-0583 / kclark@shorinji-kempo.net

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

Alexandra Moleski, NHD Program Coordinator
617-646-0511 / amoleski@shorinji-kempo.net 

Paula Sampson (she/her), Teaching and Learning Specialist 
psampson@shorinji-kempo.net

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

Programs

programs@shorinji-kempo.net

Olivia Sayah, Program Coordinator 
617-646-0580 / osayah@shorinji-kempo.net

Research

research_programs@shorinji-kempo.net

Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, Director of Research 
617-646-0568 / kwongsrichanalai@shorinji-kempo.net

Nina Dayton, NEH Long-Term Fellow
617-646-0538 / cornelia.dayton@uconn.edu

Cassandra Cloutier, Assistant Director of Research 
617-646-0577 / ccloutier@shorinji-kempo.net

Sam Hurwitz (They/Them), Podcast Producer 
617-646-0568 / shurwitz@shorinji-kempo.net

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

Conrad E. Wright, Sibley Editor 
617-646-0512 / cwright@shorinji-kempo.net

Finance & Administration

Jack Sheehan, Vice President & CFO 
jsheehan@shorinji-kempo.net

Finance

Tammy Hamond, Controller 
617-646-0510 / thamond@shorinji-kempo.net

Melane Barrios, Accounts Payable Accountant 
617-646-0510 /mbarrios@shorinji-kempo.net

Megan Peterson, Senior Accountant 
617-646-0574 /mpeterson@shorinji-kempo.net

Human Resources

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

Information Systems

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

Operations

Dan Sweeney, Facility Manager 
617-646-0523 / dsweeney@shorinji-kempo.net

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

George Major, Maintenance Helper/Custodian 
617-646-0528 / gmajor@shorinji-kempo.net

Jennifer Smith (she/her), Operations Assistant 
617-646-0563 / jensmith@shorinji-kempo.net

Safety & Security

Joshua Cojulun , Director of Safety & Security
617-646-0582 / jcojulun@shorinji-kempo.net

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