Staff & Board
Meagan Baco
Executive Director
Previously, Baco led Preservation Maryland’s communications, public history, and internship programs during a period of unprecedented organizational growth, which included a national historic trades training program and international podcast. As a trained preservationist and planner, they served as project manager of several diverse public history projects, including interpretive signage on labor history throughout the Jones Falls area of Baltimore City, a multi-media women’s history project called Ballot & Beyond, and the groundbreaking Maryland LGBTQ History Context Statement. Baco’s public history projects have been recognized with awards from Maryland Historical Trust, Historic Annapolis, and Baltimore Heritage, Inc.

“In this, our 20th year as a certified state heritage area, ATHA must meet new challenges in social equity and public health. We believe that as Executive Director, Baco can make the natural and cultural assets of Northern Prince George’s County a relevant part of these much-needed discussions and opportunities for community building.”
– Ariel Trahan, President of the Managing Board of Directors of ATHA, Inc.

Baco managed the Waxter Memorial Internship Program at Preservation Maryland and mentored dozens of students from across the country, tackling a massive digital archiving project and a joint architectural internship with AIA Maryland’s Historic Resources Committee. Baco is a Fellow of the ARCUS Preservation Leadership Academy and has practical experience in historic architecture, historic preservation, and legislative advocacy. They are a frequent guest lecturer, including at the UMD School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and conferences across the country. Baco was a founding board member of the Friends of Greenbelt Theatre and Painting for Preservation.

“Heritage tourism represents the opportunity to explore a place through time—right up to the day you are experiencing it. You are part of this story.” Continuing, Baco said, “ATHA has resources and partnerships that must be leveraged for telling authentic history, supporting local businesses, and making connections between visitors and residents alike in service of creating healthier and happier historic communities.”
- Baco, upon accepting the position
Staff
Meagan Baco
Executive Director
Tantara Person
Program Associate
Kira Cronin-Hennessey
Archivist
Managing Board
Ariel Trahan
President
Alfonso Narvaez
Vice President
Stefan F. Woehlke
Treasurer
Tracey J. Toscano
Secretary
Ngina Jackson
Board Member
Experience Prince George’s Representative
Linda Thompson
Board Member
Governing Board Liason
Jonathan Ebbeler
Board Member
Crystal Sanchez
Board Member
Marita Roos
Board Member
James Wilkison
Board Member
Kacy Rohn
Board Member
Ivy Thompson
Board Member
Governing Board
Joel Biermann
Mayor
Town of University Park
Takisha James
Mayor
Town of Bladensburg
Emmett Jordan
Mayor
Town of Greenbelt
Kayce Munyeneh
Mayor
Town of Cheverly
Petrella Robinson
Mayor
Town of North Brentwood
David Lingua
Councilmember
Town of Riverdale Park
Doug Bowles
Councilmember
Town of Colmar Manor
Ben Simasek
Councilmember
City of Hyattsville
Marcus Monroe
Councilmember
Town of Brentwood
Sarah Turberville
Councilmember
Town of Edmonston
Jarrett Stoltzfus
Councilmember
City of Mount Rainier
Carol Richardson
Town Manager
Town of Cottage City
Lee Fuerst
Historical Committee
Town of Berwyn Heights
Terry Shum
Planning Office Staff
City of College Park
Audrey Barnes
Director of Communications
City of Laurel
Linda Thompson
Glenn Dale Citizens Association
Managing Board Liason
Edward Day
Director
M-NCPPC Natural and Cultural Resources
Susan Proctor
Historic Properties Manager
City of Bowie
Gloria Aparicio Blackwell
Office of Community Engagement
University of Maryland