Working Group Statement of Purpose
The Connecting to Collections Working Group provides informed recommendations and advice to the Department of Cultural Resources and the Connecting to Collections staff to help assure a successful, responsive program. Members freely share experience and expertise in order to enhance the collective body of knowledge the NC ECHO project provides North Carolina’s cultural heritage community.  The Connecting to Collections Working Group represents the concerns of cultural heritage professionals and serves as a communications link between the project and relevant institutions and government agencies.

Members
John Campbell, Collections Section Chief, North Carolina Museum of History, 5 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1011.  Telephone: 919.807.7864.  E-mail: john.campbell@ncdcr.gov

Gwen Gosney Erickson, College Archivist, Guilford College, 5800 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, North Carolina 27410.  Telephone: 336.316.2264.  E-mail: gerickso@guilford.edu

Ruth Haas, Director, Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market Street, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401.  Telephone: 910.798.4357.  E-mail: RHaas@nhcgov.com

Martha Battle Jackson, Curator of Technology, North Carolina Historic Sites, 4620 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4620.  Telephone: 919.733.7862x236.  Fax: 919-733-9515.  E-mail: martha.jackson@ncdcr.gov

Robert James, Executive Director, North Carolina Preservation Consortium, PO Box 2651, Durham, North Carolina 2771-2651.  Telephone: 252.328.6114.  E-mail: robertjamesncpc@gmail.com

Laura Ketcham, Outreach Coordinator, Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies, Department of Cultural Resources, 4610 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4610.  Telephone: 919.807.7395.  E-mail: laura.ketcham@ncdr.gov

Peter Koch, Education Associate, Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, 28723.  Telephone: 828.227.7129.  E-mail: pkoch@email.wcu.edu

Sarah Koonts, Collections Management Branch Head, North Carolina State Archives, 4614 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614.  Telephone: 919.807.7339.  E-mail: sarah.koonts@ncdcr.gov

Grant Pair, Assistant State Librarian for Statewide Development Programs, State Library of North Carolina, 4640 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4640.  Telephone: 919.807.7408.  E-mail: grant.pair@ncdcr.gov

Frank Thomson, Curator, Asheville Art Museum, PO Box 1717, Asheville, North Carolina 28802-1717.  Telephone: 828.253.3227x112.  E-mail: fthomson@ashevilleart.org

Connecting to Collections Staff
Hilary Perez, Project Archivist, North Carolina ECHO, State Library of North Carolina, 4640 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4640.  Telephone: 919.807.7418. E-mail: hilary.perez@ncdcr.gov

Michelle Shoemaker, Project Assistant, North Carolina ECHO, State Library of North Carolina, 4640  Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4640.  Telephone: 919.807.7422.  E-mail: michelle.l.shoemaker@ncdcr.gov

LeRae Umfleet, Chief of Collections Management, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, PO Box 148, Bath, North Carolina 27808.  Telephone: 252.923.5181 and 919.389.6096. E-mail: lerae.umfleet@ncdcr.gov

Last updated: Nov 2009