Anna Goldstein, Communications Intern

Anna Goldstein is an intern in the Communications Office during the summer of 2009 where she is writing articles for The Rambler and compiling media lists. Originally from the Boston area, Anna is a senior at Wellesley College majoring in urban studies and planning with focus in urban history. Her past internship experiences include work with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, The William J. Clinton Foundation in New York, and a national political campaign. In her spare time, Anna enjoys running, reading the Sunday paper, exploring Atlanta, and cheering on the Red Sox.

AGoldstein@GeorgiaTrust.org
404.885.7819

Addie Watts, Endangered Properties and Revolving Fund Intern

Addie Watts is a Graduate Student from Georgia State working on her Master's Degree in Heritage Preservation. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia in Public Relations. Addie is a native Georgian who lives in Kennesaw. She is very passionate about preservation and public education about our cultural resources. Her internship is working with endangered properties and the Trust's revolving fund. She is very excited to be working with the Georgia Trust!

AWatts@GeorgiaTrust.org
404.885.7804

Caitlin Zygmont, Development Intern

Caitlin Zygmont is interning in the Development Department this summer, where she is assisting with membership activities. She is originally from Alpharetta, Georgia, and currently resides in Atlanta. Caitlin received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia in Advertising, and is pursuing her Master of Historic Preservation at Georgia State University. Prior to entering graduate school, Caitlin worked in sales and business development for The Coca-Cola Company and Comcast.

404.885.7816
CZygmont@georgiatrust.org

Karen Norwood, Hay House Administrative Associate for Finance & Museum Store

478.742.8155 ex 11
KNorwood@GeorgiaTrust.org

Katherine Brown, Hay House Director

Katey Brown, Director of Hay House, holds a Ph.D. in art history from Indiana University (1998). Hay House director since October 2006, Katey is the former Curator of Historic Macon Foundation (2004-06) and prior to that, taught art history on University of Georgia's Study Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy from 2000-2004. Katey oversees the restoration, development, and operations of Hay House.

478.742.8155 ex. 19
KBrown@GeorgiaTrust.org

Emelyn Arnold, Rhodes Hall Visitor Services Coordinator

Emelyn Arnold is orignally from a very small town outside of Augusta, Ga., and started studying piano at the age of four. She graduated from Wesleyan College, a girls’ school in Macon, with a degree in History. She then taught history and obtained her Master’s Degree in History from the University of Georgia. Emelyn then went into real estate in Atlanta for over twenty years. Today she lives at Chastain Park with my pets in one of the original WWII cottages and sings in the choir at Peachtree Road Methodist. She thoroughly enjoys playing cocktail music for events.

404.885.7800
rhtours@georgiatrust.org

Ann Dorsey, Rhodes Hall Special Events Coordinator

Ann Dorsey joined The Georgia Trust as Rhodes Hall's Special Events Coordinator in September of 2008. With over 6 years of event planning experience, she thoroughly enjoys the satisfaction of seeing events through from start to finish. As a native of Delmar in Bethlehem, New York- a small suburb of Albany established in 1793- Ann has always had an interest in historic homes and places. She is proud to be a part of The Georgia Trust and Rhodes Hall.
Ann currently lives in Atlanta with her husband, Kevin and their 7 month old daughter, Nora.




404.885.7800
Events@GeorgiaTrust.org

Laraine Lind, Director of Rhodes Hall

Laraine Lind, director of Rhodes Hall, is originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 2004. As director of Rhodes Hall, she oversees the Romanesque Revival mansion that functions as both a house museum and the headquarters for The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Rhodes Hall is also a popular rental facility for corporate and social events.

She received her bachelor’s degree in art history at the University of Florida in 2000, and is currently completing her master’s degree in museums studies from UF. Mrs. Lind has been active in the art community, working at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville, Florida and interning at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art. She has held positions at various museum and art institutions as a volunteer coordinator, a curator, museum registration assistant and development assistant. She lives in the “upper Westside” of Atlanta with her husband Chris, son August, and long-haired German Shepherd Dog Brady.

404.885.7809
LLind@GeorgiaTrust.org

Evan Thibeault - Main Street Design Manager

Evan Thibeault became the Manager of the Main Street Design Assistance Program in 2006. In this capacity, he advises client cities on recommended preservation techniques and produces illustrative renderings of project proposals.
A native New Englander, Evan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Syracuse University. After developing an interest in landscape design, he established his own design/build firm in St. Louis. A desire to produce work of public significance later brought him to the Southeast to attain a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the well-regarded University of Georgia program. Most recently, he spent over two years working for the Georgia Department of Community Affairs' Office of Downtown Development where he provided design assistance to Better Hometown cities throughout the state.

706.425.2926
EThibeault@GeorgiaTrust.org

Kate Ryan, Programs Manager

Kate Ryan, Programs Manager at The Georgia Trust, grew up in a Havertown, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. She moved to Savannah, GA in 1999 to study historic preservation. She received both a BFA and MA in historic preservation from Savannah College of Art and Design and has worked throughout southeast Georgia and Florida in areas of art and antiques, historic research and documentation, cultural resource management and archaeology, and historic preservation. Her hobbies include reading, painting, cooking, visiting museums, and roadtripping. Kate moved to Atlanta in 2007 to work for The Georgia Trust.

404.885.7817
KRyan@GeorgiaTrust.org

Jordan Poole, Field Services Manager

Jordan Poole is the Trust's new field services manager. Originally from Chattooga County in Northwest, Georgia, Jordan received both his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in historic preservation from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Jordan comes to the Trust after working as restoration manager at George Washington's Mount Vernon. We will be offering preservation assistance to this year's Places in Peril sites through the Trust's Partners in the Field program.

478.745.4277 ex 12
706.506.9864
JPoole@GeorgiaTrust.org

Traci Clark, Director of Communications

Traci Clark, Director of Communications at The Georgia Trust, grew up in coastal Georgia. She received a master’s degree in historic preservation and a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a focus in advertising from the University of Georgia. Traci has been working in the marketing field for over 10 years. Her hobbies include running, reading, and visiting historic sites. Traci moved to Atlanta in 2007 to work for The Georgia Trust.

404.885.7802
TClark@GeorgiaTrust.org

Felicia McCullough, Senior Director of Finance and Administration

404.885.7811
mailto:FcFMcCullough@GeorgiaTrust.org

Amy Crowder Jackson, Grant Writer

404.885.7806
AJackson@GeorgiaTrust.org

Lindsay Cronk - Membership Manager

Lindsay Cronk, originally of Valparaiso, Indiana, is a Hoosier to her marrow, but first came to Atlanta and fell in love in the fall of 2002. She graduated four years later from Agnes Scott College, and has since worked at Coxe Curry & Associates and Emory University. Working at The Trust satisfies Lindsay’s childhood desire to own a castle, and she feels a little thrill each time she ascends the front staircase. When she isn’t working, Lindsay likes to ride bikes, read books, bake pies, and fly to foreign countries. Having traveled extensively in Western Europe and East Asia, Lindsay next hopes to explore Scandinavia.

404.885.7805
lcronk@GeorgiaTrust.org

Mary Railey Binns, Special Events Coordinator

Mary Railey Binns is the Trust's special events coordinator. Originally from Columbus, Georgia, she moved to Atlanta in Augusta of 2008 from Charleston, South Carolina where she obtained degrees in Arts Management, Historic Preservation, and Art History at the College of Charleston. Mary Railey enjoys the logistical challenges of event management and the satisfaction of an event well done. In her spare time, Mary Railey hobbies include cooking, walking/hiking, the great outdoors, reading, and current events.

404.885.7812
MRBinns@GeorgiaTrust.org

Anne Farrisee, Senior Director of Development

Anne Farrisee has been with The Georgia Trust since April 2007 and become Director of Development in September 2008. Anne was the State Capitol Historian for 15 years, during which she co-authored Democracy Restored: A History of the Georgia State Capitol. She has served as Executive Director of Easements Atlanta and the Atlanta Preservation Center, and worked several years for the Historic Preservation League of Dallas (TX). Anne has also worked for the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Atlanta History Center. She has a Master's degree in Heritage Preservation from Georgia State University and her undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Virginia.
Born in New York, Farrisee has lived in Atlanta for more than 30 years and resides in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood with her husband, two teen-aged children, and two dachshunds

404.885.7803
AFarrisee@GeorgiaTrust.org

Gloria Tinsley

Gloria Tinsley
Executive Secretary
404.885.7810
GTinsley@GeorgiaTrust.org

Gloria has been with The Georgia Trust for over 30 years serving as the Membership Manager and now the Executive Secretary.

Mark C. McDonald

Mark C. McDonald
President & CEO
404.885.7801
MMcDonald@GeorgiaTrust.org