Trustees
Freeport Historical Society is overseen by a Board of Trustees. Our bylaws set the size of board between 11 and 17 members. Trustees are elected by the membership for a term of three years. They may be re-elected to serve one additional three-year term.
Officers are elected annually by the Trustees.
Officers:
Eric C. Smith (President)
Janice Gerry (Vice President)
Polly Brann (Secretary)
Scott Burrill (Treasurer)
Trustees:
Mary Babikian
David Coffin
Jim DeGrandpre
Jane Grant
Rebecca Hotelling
Dennis Landis
Brad Snow
Alan Tracy
Peter Wagner
Sally Walsh
Jule Whelan
Lonny Winrich
The Trustees meet monthly, on the second Thursday evening of the month. The Annual Meeting of the Corporation takes place in the first half of the year, at a date determined by the Trustees.
Bylaws of the Freeport Historical Society (as amended February 11, 2015)
Staff
Jim Cram, Executive Director
director@freeporthistoricalsociety.org
Jim Cram has been a member of our Historical Society since about 1980 when he was a Trustee and served as President and also chairman of the Freeport Townscape Committee. His career has been in construction with an emphasis on sales and project management spending 18 years as the export manager for Acorn / Deck House. This included building 310 housing units in ten countries. While in Hollis, NH Jim was on several boards including Chair of the Architectural Review Board and named Citizen of the Year in 2007 for the successful restoration of a 1760s triple English barn into a heavily used community center. Currently he is on the board of Greater Portland Landmarks and the Freeport Project Review committee. Jim and his wife Anne are very pleased to be back in Freeport.
Audrey Wolfe, Collections & Education Manager
library@freeporthistoricalsociety.org
Shannon Gilmore, Administrative & Programs Associate