Committees
Building and Grounds
Ensures the preservation, maintenance and improvement of the facilities and grounds of the historic Salem Athenaeum
Chair: Pamela Hartford
Collections
Assists the Executive Director in the care of the Athenæum’s books, manuscripts, prints, photographs, artwork, and archival records.
Chair: Barbara Timmons
Cultural Programming Committee
Designs, implements and promotes high quality education and enrichment programming for the North Shore influenced by the collections and history of the Salem Athenaeum.
Chair: Tish Dragonette
Finance
Ensures the short and long term financial health of the Athenaeum and its assets.
Chair: Donald Gilligan
Governance, Nominating and Executive Committees
Ensures a highly effective Board of Trustees that makes the ethical and strategic decisions necessary to fulfill the mission of the Salem Athenaeum.
Chair: Ted Graham
Nominating Subcommittee
Chair: Gus Sousa and Barbara Cleary
Patron Engagement
Builds community and an engaged, philanthropic, lasting membership for the North Shore and beyond.
Chairs: Jodie Salasny and Liz Vago
Salem Literary Festival
Organizes and hosts an annual literary festival weekend committed to celebrating literature in all forms, honoring Salem’s own literary heritage, and fostering the next generation of readers and writers.
Chair: Jean Marie Procious
Writers Committee
Designs, implements and promotes programs that will make the Salem Athenaeum the Writers’ Center of the North Shore.
Chair: J.D. Scrimgeour
Upcoming Events
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Mar. 2:
Improv 101—Say Yes!
4-week Class, Mondays, March 2–23
7:00 p.m. -
Mar. 25:
Love and Loss After Wounded Knee with Julie Dobrow and Kiara Vigil
7:00 p.m. -
Apr. 8:
NEW DATE!
Native Plants and Pollinators: Create a Beautiful, Biodiverse Yard
7:00 p.m. -
Apr. 16:
2026 Adams Lecture
Colin Woodard—Nations Apart: The Past and Future of Our Democracy
7:00 p.m.