Staff Directory by Department

​General Phone Number:  410-586-8538 / Fax:  410-586-0080

​For general inquiries, email jef.pat@maryland.gov

​​​​​​​​​​​Administration​​​​
​​​​​Rod Cofield - Executive Directorrod.cofield@maryland.gov410-586-851​1
Eric Frere   - Assistant ​​​​Director
eric.frere@maryland.gov443-845-4350
​​ Vacant - Business Manager

Bridget Rinker - Patterson Center Administrator & Director of Marketing
bridget.rinker​@maryland.gov410-586-8512
Victoria Hall - Outreach Coordinatorvictoria.hall1​@maryland.gov410-586-8536​
​Lauren Canty - JPPM Curator
lauren.canty@maryland.gov
410-586-8550
​​​Nora Windsor -Public Services Coordinator
nora.windsor​@maryland.gov
410-586-8538
​​​Education
​​Debra Rantanen - Director of Education and Public Programming
debra.rantanen@maryland.gov
Elizabeth Brant - Education Coordinatorelizabeth.brant@maryland.gov410-586-8502
Nate Salzman - Village Manager​
nathaniel.salzman@maryland.g​ov443-743-9482​
Jeff Nikolaus - Museum Educator​
jeff.nikolaus@maryland.gov410-387-6482​​
​​​Facilities Management
Dimitrios Papadakis - Director of Facilities
d.papadakis@maryland.gov443-710-2599
Jim House - Maintenance Chief
jim.house@maryland.gov410-245-2965
Steve Embrey - Maintenance Mechanicsteve.embrey@maryland.gov410-428-2281
​​Lemuel Thomas - Maintenance Mechaniclemuel.thomas@maryland.gov410-402-3987
Lindsay Hollister - Horticulturistlindsay.hollister@maryland.gov410-586-8510​
​​Chad Cook - Grounds & Events Safety Technicianchad.cook1@maryland.gov410-586-8520
​​Derek Mathieson - Patterson Technicianderek.mathieson@maryland.gov 

Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab - 410-586-8551

​​​Patricia Samford - Directorpatricia.samford@maryland.gov410-586-8551
​​Scott Strickland - Deputy Directorscott.strickland@maryland.gov410-586-8554
Rebecca Morehouse - Curator of State Collections
rebecca.morehouse@maryland.gov
410-586-8583 
Hannah Wells - Digital Archivist
hannah.wells@maryland.gov
410-586-8579​ ​
Megan Kearns - Collections Assistant
megan.kearns@maryland.gov
410-218-4339​ ​
​​Sara Rivers Cofield - Curator of Federal Collectionssara.rivers-cofield@maryland.gov410-586-8589
Alexandra Glass - Patterson Archaeologistalexandra.glass@maryland.gov410-586-8555
Nichole Doub - Head Conservator
n.doub@maryland.gov410-586-8577
​​Heather Rovardi - Conservatorheather.rardin@maryland.gov443-827-4518
Arianna Johnston - Conservator​​​​​arianna.johnston@maryland.gov410-586-8584



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