George Alfred Townsend and Gathland

Dianne Wiebe has served as a museum docent and researcher at the Townsend Museum in Gathland State Park for five years. She was formerly the executive director of the Maryland Association of Historic District Commissions, a project manager for the Ellicott City Restoration Foundation and operations director of the Preservation Society of Fells Point. Now a resident of Western Maryland, Wiebe previously worked in upstate New York as a journalist for several local newspapers. Dan Spedden managed Greenbrier State Park and South Mountain Recreation Area for twenty-three years. He successfully oversaw the merging of Greenbrier with Washington Monument and Gathland State Parks and the forming of South Mountain State Battlefield. Spedden worked for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources for nearly thirty years and now oversees safety and security at Hood College.