Directors:

 

Board Meetings:  The Board of Directors meets monthly for 1-hour at 5:30 pm on the third Monday of each month, from February - October at the Pendleton Methodist Church.  In addition, a half-day planning retreat is scheduled in early January of each year often followed up with a mid-year reassessment session in July.  

 

 

Ellen Harrison -  Our volunteers are directed by Ellen who recruites, trains and schedules volunteers to work at each house on open days.  She is also responsible for scheduling private tour groups. Please contact Ellen Harrison at 864-646-7249 to volunteer to work at either house or to schedule a tour or email Ellen at: tours@pendletonhistoricfoundation.org 

 

Ashtabula & Woodburn Site Committee - responsible for structural preservation projects, annual maintenance, site planning and development curation and care of collections. 

Chair:  Tim Drake

 

Site Intrepretation & Education Committee - responsible for intrepreting the houses in their historic setting, house tours, volunteer training and scheduling and developing projects to educate school children about plantation culture, the houses and their former owners.

Chair:  Ellen Harrison

 

Finance & Planning Committee - responsible for developing long range and annual financial and organizational plans and budgets, grant development, financial oversight for other committee actdivities, financial reporting and stewartship for the Foundation.

Chair:  TBN

 

Programs, Special Events and Marketing Committee -  responsible for organizing historic reenactments and other special events held on the grounds of Ashtabula and Woodburn and the related publicity, gife shop sales, and site and grounds marketing. 

Co-Chair:  Davie Kirkley

 

Historic Pendleton Committee - responsible for community outreach on historic preservation issues including providing education and assistance on development of preservation and conservation easements on historic structures, available state tax credits, grant opportunities for historic preservation.  This committee works with related organizations on a local and state-wide level to provide education on historic preservation to the community on these issues. 

Chair:  Jackie Reynolds