Staff Directory

Old Salem Museums & Gardens Administration

Terry Taylor
President & CEO

Michelle Cook
Senior Director of Development

Daniel K. Ackermann, PhD
Chief Curator & Director of Collections, Research and Archaeology

Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts

Daniel K. Ackermann, PhD
Chief Curator & Director of Collections, Research and Archaeology

Gary Albert
Director of MESDA Research

Johanna Brown
Curator of Moravian Decorative Arts & Director of Collections

Jessie Harris Chambers
Assistant Curator of Collections & Collections Manager

Jenny Garwood
Education Coordinator for MESDA & Adjunct Curator of Textiles

Melissa Knapp
Manager of MESDA Educational Conferences

Lea Lane
Curator of the MESDA Collection

Kim Wilson May
Manager of MESDA Research Center

Jane Sutton
Manager of Museum Interpretation