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Maryland Historical Trust

Grants Review Panel

A large group of children listening to a guide in front of a historic dark wood colonial building at the Godiah Spray Tobacco Plantation.

The Maryland Heritage Areas Program’s Grants Review Panel reviews project grant applications and makes funding recommendations to the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, the program’s governing body that approves the grants, each year. The panel includes people from all over Maryland with many different backgrounds, such as historic preservation, tourism, planning, construction, education, and outdoor recreation.  

Individuals can apply or be nominated to serve on the Grants Review Panel year-round. Serving on the panel is a great way to learn about and support Maryland’s historic, cultural, and natural heritage. 

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A collage of men and women of diverse ages and ethnicities.

Current members 

A.C. Alrey, Business & Community Advocate, Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore 

Trillion Attwood, Deputy Director, Jewish Museum of Maryland  

Ken Brink, Construction Inspector, City of Rockville 

Ken Burke, Museum Supervisor, Piney Point Lighthouse Museum 

Lane Burritt, Architectural Conservator & Founding Principal, Aeon Preservation Services   

Katie Clendaniel, Project Development Specialist, Riverbank Services LLC  

Charlotte Davis, Executive Director, Rural Maryland Council 

Ruth Davis-Rogers, Division Chief, Calvert County Development/Planning Commission

Jamie Ferguson, Senior Historian, M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks and Baltimore County Landmarks Preservation Commissioner

Karen Footner, Retired, Development & Communications Consultant 

Cynthia Guillen, Project Manager 

Wendy Hubbert, Vice President of the Eastern Shore Archaeological Society, MHT Archaeological Technician Candidate, and Master Gardener  

Samia Kirchner, Associate Professor of Architecture & Planning, Morgan State University 

Kristen Lycett, Executive Director, Phillips Wharf Environmental Center 

Mary Mateer Cummings, Executive Director, Apollo Civic Theatre 

Linda Moore-Garoute, Vice President-Cedar Haven Civic Association on the Patuxent River, Inc. And Sanitation Commissioner, Town of Eagle Harbor 

Peter Morrill, Curatorship Manager, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Department of Natural Resources 

Maria Mougridis, Project Manager, State Revitalization Programs, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development 

Eliza Mullen, Senior Manager of Grants and Foundations, The Walters Art Museum

Margaret Mulvihill Lawson, Salisbury Historic District Commissioner  

Paula Newton, President, Historical Society of Cecil County, Chairperson, Elkton's Historic District Commission 

Josue (Josh) Otarola, Coordinator of Social Studies, Office of Instructional Programs and Services, Maryland State Department of Education   

Anne Raines, Deputy Director / Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Maryland Historical Trust 

Kym Rice, Retired Emeritus Professor, Museum Studies, George Washington University 

David Rodgers (not pictured), Regional Planner for Charles County and Prince George's County, Regional and Intermodal Planning Division, Maryland State Highway Administration, Maryland Department of Transportation 

Jessica Sainz, Marketing and Sales Manager, Allegany County Tourism  

Lauren Sampson, Development Officer, Corporate and Foundation Relations, St. Mary's College of Maryland 

Camilla Sandoval, Program Coordinator, Grants at Maryland Humanities  

Patricia Sanner, Librarian/Reading Specialist/Grant Coordinator  

Violetta Sharps Jones, Retired, Communications Specialist, Genealogist, and Local Historian

Jennifer Shea, Retired University Administrator and Communications Strategist 

Zhuping Sheng, Professor, Civil Engineering, Morgan State University 

Sam Shoge, Consultant, Partner at Rivers & Roads  

LaStelshia "Talking Bird" Speaks-Walker, American Indian Resource Educator/ Researcher 

Denis Superczynski, Livable Frederick Planning Manager, Frederick County 

Michelle Taylor, Genealogist, Ph.D. Student

Katie Telligman, Strategic Industry Communications Specialist, Peanut and Tree Nut Processors Association  

Elinor Thompson, Genealogist, Historian and Author, Founder and President of Broadneck African-American Heritage Project, Inc and Maryland Commissioner on African-American History and Culture 

Allison Tolman, Assistant Director for Collections Management, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture 

Ron Waters, Retired Deputy Director of Federal Resources, Div. Neighborhood Rev., Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development 

Joe Wojciechowski, Park Project Specialist Liaison, Hampton National Historic Site, National Park Service