A native of New York state, Catherine has led many community-focused projects and exhibitions for institutions from Florida to Maine. Her work has been recognized with several industry honors and awards. Catherine relocated to Maine with her family in 2024 and began her position at Old York in 2026, where she leads the organization in fulfilling its mission and ensuring access to its immersive programs and events.
Diane raised her family in Westborough, Massachusetts, before moving to York in 2009. She holds a BS in accounting from Boston College and a Master’s in education from Lesley University. She taught math and science to sixth graders for 21 years, and now provides bookkeeping services to three local nonprofit organizations, including Old York. She is doting mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother, who loves spending time with her family, reading anything well written, playing board games, and dining with family and friends.
Kaitlyn is originally from Massachusetts, but has a long family tradition of visiting York in the summertime. She received a BA in Studio Art Photography from Boston College, and a MA in Photography Preservation & Collections Management from Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. She has worked in various museum positions such as a gallery assistant, archivist, collections assistant, and assistant to a private collector. She joined the Old York team in 2021 as a Perkins Fellow assisting in the archive, and became Old York’s first full time archivist in 2024. She loves to spend time with her husband, family, and friends, and you usually can find her walking her dog Chicken on Long Sands.
Elena is a native of the New Hampshire Seacoast. Her interest in history started early as she would visit her father, a finish carpenter, at historic buildings throughout New Hampshire and southern Maine. She received a BA in English and an MA in History and Museum Studies from the University of New Hampshire. She has worked at museums and historical societies throughout New England, as well as held research fellowships at Historic New England and New Hampshire Historical Society. She previously worked at Old York as the visitor experience and communications director! Elena left Old York to work on a her debut book, Trailblazing Women Printmakers: Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios and the Folly Cove Designers, published in 2023 by Princeton Architectural Press/Chronicle Books. The book was the winner of the 2024 Historic New England Book Prize and has been translated into Japanese. A French translation is pending. Elena lives in southern Maine with her beloved cat Leland and is pleased to have returned to Old York.
Erin is a York native, and has been a part of Old York since 2017 when she joined the visitor services team. She went on to become a Perkins Research Fellow, doing primary research on colonial court records related to York, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern Maine with a BA in history and a minor in political science. Having grown up attending school field trips to Old York, she has embraced her role as education coordinator, and is excited to foster an interest in history and museums in a new generation of young people. She is a voracious reader, with a deep love of history, nature, and wildlife.
Peggy is charged with caring for and tracking Old York’s extensive collection of objects, both on display and in storage. Peggy came to Old York from Historic New England, with a background in archaeology, house museum management, programming, and collections care. First introduced to the New Hampshire and Southern Maine seacoast as a college intern at Strawbery Banke Museum, Peggy was so enamored of the area, that she has made it her home ever since.