The Essex National Heritage Commission (Essex Heritage) is the non-profit management organization for the Essex National Heritage Area. The Commission's mission is to preserve and enhance the historic, cultural, and natural resources of the Heritage Area. The Commission is supported by a 100+ member Board of Commissioners who live and/or work within the area. Commissioners serve as representatives and ambassadors of the communities, businesses, community organizations, educational institutions and historic, cultural, and natural resources of the region.
The Essex National Heritage Commission's Leadership is listed below:
Executive Committee
President: David Read, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Co-Vice President: Wayne Eisenhauer, Historic Danvers Inc.
Co-Vice President: Joseph Geller, President, Geller MicroAnalytical Laboratory, Inc.
Treasurer: Timothy Felter, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank
Clerk: Beth Bower, Salem State University
Trustee at Large: Dan Yaeger, New England Museum Association
Board of Trustees
Karen Andreas, President and Chief Executive Officer, North Shore Chamber of Commerce
Polly Brown, Daughters of the American Revolution, General Israel Putnam Chapter
Nate Bryant, Vice President of Student Success at Salem State University
Bernadette Butterfield, Groom Construction
Jason Consalvo, Community Business Loan Officer with Salem Five - Essex Heritage Assistant Clerk
Patrick DeIulis, DeIulis Brothers Construction
Susan Goganian, Historic Beverly
Steven Immerman, Past President of Montserrat College of Art
James Muse, formerly of North Shore Bank
Rebecca Oldfield Smith, Wenham Museum
Susan Plutsky, photographer
Nathaniel Pulsifer, Pulsifer & Associates
Laura Swanson, Executive Director of the Enterprise Center at Salem State University
John Thompson, Financial Advisor, Curtin and Associates (Ameriprise)
Rosario Ubiera-Minaya, Principal of Cojuelos’ Productions
Arthur Veasey, Trustee with Whittier Birthplace
Jared Ward, Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Group, Eastern Bank
Angela Warren Ippolito, Swampscott Planning Board member and active community member
Peter Webber, Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce
Frederic Winthrop, formerly of the Trustees of Reservations
National Park Service Liaison
Paul DePrey, Superintendent of Salem Maritime & Saugus Iron Works National Historic Sites, NPS
Trustees Emeriti
Jane Baugh, General Israel Putnam Chapter D.A.R., Danvers
Robert G. Bradford, North Shore Chamber of Commerce, Danvers
Anita Blackaby, retired, The House of the Seven Gables, Salem
Wayne M. Burton, formerly of North Shore Community College, Danvers
Michael Costello, formerly of Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, Gloucester
Charles Cullen, formerly of The Provident Bank, Amesbury
Lori R. Foley, formerly of Northeast Document Conservation Center, Lincoln
Joseph Gibbons, Salem Five Bank, Salem
Betsy Goodrich, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission
Robert J. Halpin, formerly of Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council, Concord
Laurence C. Harrington, Bank of America, Burlington
David Hartleb, formerly of Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill
Dr. William Heineman, President of North Shore Community College
David Hildt, Lawrence Family Development Charter School, Lawrence
Susan Lippman, former CFO of Essex Heritage
Malcolm MacLean III, MacLean Holloway Doherty Ardiff & Morse P.C., Peabody
Julie McConchie, formerly of the North of Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, Newburyport
Paul J. McGinley, Principal, McGinley Kalsow & Associates, Somerville
Kim Meader, Salem Five Bank, Salem
John Meserve, President & CEO, Merrimac Savings Bank, Merrimac
Dr. Patricia Meservey, Salem State University, Salem
Joseph A. Milano, Union Oyster House, Boston
James OBrien, General Manager, Topsfield Fair, Essex Agricultural Society
William Pickles, formerly of North of Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, North Andover
William Power, formerly of Peabody Historical Society & Museum, Peabody
Richard St. Pierre, Educator & Librarian, Salem
Nancy Huntington Stager, Eastern Bank, Lynn
Dr. Kurt Steinberg, President of Montserrat College
Julie Tarmy, Nahant Historical Society
Kevin M. Tierney, Sr., President and Chief Operating Officer of North Shore Bank
William Tinti, Tinti, Quinn, Grover & Frey P.C., Salem
Richard A. Yagjian, Executive Vice President & COO, W. B. Hunt Company, Inc., Melrose
Commissioners
Judy Anderson, Marblehead Architecture Heritage, Marblehead
John Andrews, Creative Salem
John Archer, Archer Insurance Agency, Inc.
Laura Assade, Director of Constituent Services and Latino Affairs Coordinator & LGBTQ Liaison for the Office of Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll
Nathan Baez, Andover Breadloaf & Elevated Thought
William Barlow, W. Lewis Barlow, IV and Architects, Inc.
Gary Barrett, Essex County Sheriff's Department
Ingrid Barry, formerly of Danvers Bipeds
Kerrie Bates, Ipswich Visitor Center
Walter Beebe Center, Essex Restorations
Joseph Gene Bella, Bella Collection
Alan Berry, C.P. Berry Homes
Michael J Bonfanti
Sarah Boucher, Willowdale Estate & Briar Barn Inn
Kate Bowditch, Greenbelt
Daniel Broderick, Friends of Lynn Woods
Nate Bryant, President of North Shore Community College
Barbara Buls, Department of Conservation and Recreation
Wayne Capolupo, SPS New England, Inc.
George Carey, Sea Level- Salem + Newburyport
Marilyn Carlson, Saugus Historical Commission
Ann Marie Casey, North of Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Margo Casey, North Shore United Way
Claudia Chuber
Mary Ann Clancy, Institution for Savings
Forrester Clark, Essex Agricultural Society
Samuel D. Cleaves, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Tim Coco, COCO + CO.
Robert A. Conley, Ryan & Coscia, P.C.
William E. Conly, Marblehead Historical Commission
Susan Gould Coviello, North Shore Health Project
Doug DeAngelis, Greenbelt Trustee
Frederic C. Detwiller, New England Landmarks
Thomas E. Dexter, Capital Management Partners, LLC.
Laura Dow, Vista Motel
Joy M. Fisher, Fisher Dentistry
Kate Fox, Destination Salem
Alyssa G A Conary, Salem Historical Society
Lane A. Glenn, Northern Essex Community College
David Goss, Gordon College
Leslie Gould, Beverly Chamber Of Commerce
Susan Grabski, Lawrence History Center
Jon B. Gray, J. Barrett & Company, LLC
Brian F. Gregory, Boston Private Bank and Trust
David D. Hall, Tannery Marketplace
Michael J. Harrington, Three Corners Realty Trust
Grace Harrington Napolitano, Pierce, Pierce & Napolitano
Richard C Hydren, Hydren Advertising
Stephen D. Immerman
Angela Ippolito, Swampscott Planning Board
Beth Isler, former member of Swampscott Planning Board
Norman J. Isler, Topsfield Historical Society
Bethany Jay, Salem State University
Michael Jones, Institution for Savings
Jerry Klima, Coastal Trails Coalition
Walt J. Kosmowski, Beverly Community Access Media
Dave Lash, Dave Lash & Company
Jacqueline Laubner, General Israel Putnam Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Josh Lerner, Harvard Business Schoool
Charles Lincicum, North Shore Nature & Recreation advocate & volunteer
Bruce A. MacDonald, Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC.
Carol J. Majahad, North Andover Historical Society
Posie Mansfield, COP Amputee Association
Elizabeth Marcus, Coastal Trails Coalition
Rashaun Martin, Haverhill Public Schools
John Mayer, Amesbury Carriage Museum
James McAllister, Derby Square Tours
Carole McCauley, the Trustees, Crane Estate
Lauren McCormack, Marblehead Museum
Robert W. McIntosh, formerly of the National Park Service
Kara McLaughlin, House of the Seven Gables
Betsy Merry, MerryFox Realty
Ingrid Miles, Keller Williams Realty
Richard F. Moore, Eastern Bank
Susan K. Moulton, Moulton Consulting
Karen Nascembeni, North Shore Music Theatre
Charles L. Newhall, St. John's Preparatory School
Kristen Zampell Noon, Wenham Museum
Beth O'Grady, Salem
Rinus Oosthoek, Salem Chamber of Commerce
Ann Ormond, Town of Andover
Marianne Paley Nadel
Linn Parisi, Over the Bridge Tours
Pam Peterson, Marblehead
Peter Phippen, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission
Mark Pitzi, Coldwell Banker Commercial
Ken Riehl, Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce
Drew Russo, City of Lynn
Michael Rutstein, Schooner Fame
Stuart Saginor, Community Preservation Coalition
Mary W. Sarris, North Shore Workforce Investment Board
Richard Scott, fomerly of the Department of Recreation
Donna Seger, Salem State University
Lisa F Shanko, First Ipswich Bank
Elena Sierra, Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care
Brona Simon, Massachusetts Historical Commission
Kim Smith, Kim Smith Designs
Margaret Somer, Small Business Development Center
Paul St. Germain, Thacher Island Association
William Steelman, Formerly of Essex Heritage
Michael Steinitz, Massachusetts Historical Commission
Terri Stephens, Ipswich Museum
Laura Swanson, The Enterprise Center at Salem State University
Mary Katharine Taylor, Schooner Ardelle, Inc.
Doneeca Thurston, Director of Lynn Museum/Lynn Arts
David A Tibbetts, Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council, Inc.
Richard B. Trask, Danvers Archival Center
Kenneth C. Turino, Historic New England
Aileen Valenta, Constant Contact/Endurance International
Gin Wallace, Beverly Main Streets
William B. Whiting, Topsfield Historical Society
Jan Williams, Buttonwoods Museum/Haverhill Historical Society
Anne Ryder Wilson, formerly of Saugus Public Schools
Stephen P. Winslow, Bike to the Sea
Paul Wright, Boston Architectural College
Pamela Yameen, Butcher Boy Market
Ex Officio
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts
U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts
U.S. Representative Lori Trahan, 3rd District of Massachusetts
U.S. Representative Seth Moulton, 6th District of Massachusetts
Senator Diana DiZoglio, 1st Essex District
Senator Joan Lovely, 2nd Essex District
Senator Brendan Crighton, 3rd Essex District
Senator Bruce E. Tarr, 1st Essex and Middlesex District
Senator Barry Finegold, 2nd Essex and Middlesex District
Representative James Kelcourse, 1st Essex District
Representative Leonard Mirra, 2nd Essex District
Representative Andy Vargas, 3rd Essex District
Representative Bradford Hill, 4th Essex District
Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante, 5th Essex District
Representative Jerald Parisella, 6th Essex District
Representative Paul Tucker, 7th Essex District
Representative Lori Ehrlich, 8th Essex District
Representative Donald Wong, 9th Essex District
Representative Dan Cahill, 10th Essex District
Representative Peter Capano 11th Essex District
Representative Thomas Walsh, 12th Essex District
Representative Sally Kerans, 13th Essex District
Representative Christina Minicucci, 14th Essex District
Representative Linda Campbell, 15th Essex District
Representative Marcos Devers, 16th Essex District
Representative Frank Moran, 17th Essex District
Representative Tram Nguyen, 18th Essex District
Representative Bradley Jones, 20th Middlesex District
The Honorable Kassandra Gove, Mayor, City of Amesbury
Mr. Andrew Flanagan, Town Manager, Andover, Town of Andover
The Honorable Michael Cahill, Mayor, City of Beverly
Mr. Alan Benson, Town Administrator, Town of Boxford
Mr. Steve Bartha, Town Manager, Town of Danvers
Mr. Brendhan Zubricki, Town Administrator, Town of Essex
Mr. Michael Farrell, Town Administrator, Town of Georgetown
The Honorable Sefatia Theken, Mayor, City of Gloucester
Mr. William F. Dunn, Chair, Board of Selectmen, Town of Groveland
Mr. Joseph J. Domelowicz Jr., Town Manager, Town of Hamilton
The Honorable James Fiorentini, Mayor, City of Haverhill
Mr. Anthony Marino, Town Manager, Town of Ipswich
The Honorable Acting Mayor Kendrys Vasquez, City of Lawrence
The Honorable Thomas McGee, Mayor, City of Lynn
Mr. Robert Dolan, Town Administrator, Town of Lynnfield
Mr. Gregory Federspiel, Town Administrator, Town of Manchester
Mr. Jason Silva, Town Administrator, Town of Marblehead
Mr. Joel D. Breen, Chair, Board of Selectman, Town of Merrimac
The Honorable Mayor Neil P. Perry, Mayor, City of Methuen
Mr. Andrew Sheehan, Town Administrator, Town of Middleton
Mr. Antonio Barletta, Town Administrator, Town of Nahant
Ms. Tracy Blais, Town Administrator, Town of Newbury
The Honorable Donna Holaday, Mayor, City of Newburyport
Ms. Melissa Rodrigues, Town Manager, Town of North Andover
The Honorable Edward Bettencourt Jr., Mayor, City of Peabody
Mr. Mitchell Vieira, Town Administrator, Town of Rockport
Ms. Debbie Eagan, Town Administrator, Town of Rowley
The Honorable Kimberley Driscoll, Mayor, City of Salem
Mr. Neil J. Harrington, Town Manager, Town of Salisbury
Mr. Scott Crabtree, Town Manager, Town of Saugus
Mr. Sean Fitzgerald, Town Administrator, Town of Swampscott
Mr. Kevin Harutunian, Town Administrator, Town of Topsfield
Mr. Peter Lombardi, Town Administrator, Town of Wenham
Mr. David Archibald, Chair, Board of Selectmen, Town of West Newbury
Updated August 2021
