Our People

Committees

Building and Grounds
Ensures the preservation, maintenance and improvement of the facilities and grounds of the historic Salem Athenaeum.
Chair: Pamela Hartford

Collections
Assists the Executive Director in the care of the Athenaeum’s books, manuscripts, prints, photographs, artwork, and archival records.
Chair: Barbara Timmons

Cultural Programming Committee
Designs, implements, and promotes high quality education and enrichment programming for the North Shore influenced by the collections and history of the Salem Athenaeum.
Chair: Tish Dragonette

Finance
Ensures the short and long term financial health of the Athenaeum and its assets.
Chair: Donald Gilligan

Governance, Nominating and Executive Committees
Ensures a highly effective Board of Trustees that makes the ethical and strategic decisions necessary to fulfill the mission of the Salem Athenaeum.
Chair: Ted Graham

Nominating Subcommittee
Chair: Gus Sousa and Barbara Cleary

Patron Engagement Committee
Builds community and an engaged, philanthropic, lasting membership for the North Shore and beyond.
Chairs: Jodie Salasny and Liz Vago

Salem Literary Festival
Organizes and hosts an annual literary festival weekend committed to celebrating literature in all forms, honoring Salem’s own literary heritage, and fostering the next generation of readers and writers.
Chair: Jean Marie Procious

Writers Committee
Designs, implements and promotes programs that will make the Salem Athenaeum the Writers’ Center of the North Shore.
Chair: J.D. Scrimgeour