Iredell Museums is governed by a Board of Directors. Fiscal accountability is maintained through policies adopted by the board and upheld by a treasurer, as well as through the separate services of a Certified Public Accountant. Funding comes from a variety of state, local and private sources, as well as from earned income. Additionally, the Museum employs an Operations Manager, Programs Coordinator and Assistant, and a Visitor Services Coordinator. 

OUR STAFF

Emily Baker: Programs and Operations Manager
Emily Baker grew up in western North Carolina. She received a B.A. from University of North Carolina Asheville and a Master’s in American History from Western Carolina University. Prior to arriving at Iredell Museums she worked at Old Salem Museums and Gardens as Program Coordinator of Humanities, Medicine, and Science, an NEH funded position. Her main interests include medical history, music history, traveling entertainment in the 19th and 20th centuries, Appalachian folklore, and the history of the southeast U.S. 

Samantha Moose: Visitor Services Coordinator
​California native Samantha Moose moved to North Carolina at the age of 13. She graduated from Mooresville Senior High School class of 2009, earned her Associate of Arts from Mitchell Community College, then went on to earn her BA in History from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Samantha is recognized around Statesville for her role as Perline Foster in the Tom Dooley Project. She has two rescue dogs, Frank and Lucy, watches too much reality television and plays the banjo (just not very well.) She has a passion for Appalachian history, music and literature and loves anything local. As the Visitor Services Coordinator for Iredell Museums, she is very much the face of the Museum both in house and while out doing community outreach. Samantha is a quintessential millennial, aspiring author and do-it-yourself kind of lady.

OUR BOARD

Vacant - President  
Vacant - Vice President
Carol Ciampanella - Treasurer
Vacant - Secretary
Amy Lawton - Board Member Emeritus

Dawne Clark
Caitlin Gordon                    
Will Long                                          
Carey Parker
Jason Petree