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Staff

Deborah Buckson, Executive Director
Jennifer Cabell Kostik, Assistant Director
Johnnye Baker, Education Curator
Barbara Rutecki, Education Assistant
Paula Long, Education Assistant
Stephanie Brown, Education Assistant
Carla Pyle, Volunteer Coordinator
Jeffrey Pyle, Facilities Manager
Brian Miller, Associate Curator
Rita Ryor, Librarian
Betty Fiske, Contract Conservator

Advisory Committee

John Goodier, Chair
Rosemary Goodier
David Reese
Robert McCoy
Halsey Spruance
S.R. Smith, III
Meredith Martin

Board of Directors

Tony Mottola, President
J. Mathieu Plumb, Treasurer
William Gotwals, Treasurer
H. Donnan Sharp
Hugh Plumb
Derek Vanderwarker
Lea Hutchins
Chris Buccini

From the Collection

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Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp
In 1845, a fugitive slave from Maryland named Sam approached the Corbit home begging for refuge. Sam was hidden by Mary Corbit behind a tiny door in the attic of what is now referenced as the Corbit-Sharp house. There, the runaway was given food and a warm quilt.