Staff Directory

Old Salem Museums & Gardens Administration

Frank Vagnone
President & CEO

Terry Taylor
Chief Operating Officer

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

Kim Wilson May
Manager of MESDA Research Center

Jane Sutton
Manager of Museum Interpretation