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Board of Directors and Board of Scholars

Paoli Battlefield Preservation Fund Board of Directors

An all-volunteer Board of Directors representing Revolutionary War, historic preservation organizations, educational and community groups leads the Paoli Battlefield Preservation Fund (PBPF). To contact individual Directors, please e-mail to info@paolibattlefield.org and address the message to the specific Director.

President
Bruce Knapp
Chester County Historic Preservation Network
Vice-President
Dennis Kane
1st Continental Regiment of Foot
Secretary
Susan Mahoney
Daughters of the American Revolution
Treasurer
Vacant
 
Ellen Carmody
East Goshen Historical Commission
WINCHELL CARROLL
PA Society of Sons of the Revolution (SR)
LYNNE HOCKENBURY
Co-Chair, Malvern Historical Commission
ROSEMARY HOGAN
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
Michael Payton
Historian and Educator
WILLIAM WATSON
Chairman, History Dept. Immaculata Univ.
JOHN WHITESIDE
Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)

Paoli Battlefield Preservation Fund Board of Scholars

PBPF has started a Board of Scholars (BOS) comprising local educators and historians to guide the Paoli Battlefield Preservation Fun, and its partners, in educational programs and activities. Current membership includes:

  • Dr. Bill Watson PBPF Board, Author; Chairman, Immaculata University History Dept.
  • Ellen Carmody PBPF Board; Historical Reenactments
  • Sandy Claus Great Valley School District Community Relations director
  • Philip Katcher Historian, Author, Editor of Military Images Magazine
  • Michael Payton Historian, Teacher in PA and DE
  • Marilyn Rothberg Librarian, Teacher — Great Valley School District
  • Stacy Swigart Curator, Please Touch Museum, Author

Adjunct Advisors

  • Jane L. S. Davidson PBPF Board, Chester County Heritage Preservation Officer
  • Bill Troppman Historian, Interpretive Ranger — Valley Forge National Historical Park