Board Members & Staff
“For years I have visited John Brown Farm regularly and every time I am lifted up and inspired by the history and values inherent in that place and the perspective it’s always provided me. So now joining the dedicated and caring people of the John Brown Lives! board is a true honor. I am eager to contribute in any way I can to such an important and meaningful mission and to be part of this powerful legacy.”
—Jaime Collins
Board Members
David Blight
Historian and Director of Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
New Haven, CT
Erica Lewis Blunt
Vice President
DJ, Composer, Musician
NYC, NY
Jaime Collins
Communications Manager
Saranac Lake, NY
Joseph Henderson
Professor
Saranac Lake, NY
Jeff Jones
President
Media Consultant
Albany, NY
Tanya Jones
Writer and Independent Scholar
Newton, MA
Hadley Kruczek-Aaron
Secretary
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, SUNY Potsdam
Saranac Lake, NY
Benita L. Law-Diao
Community and Environmental Activist
Latham, NY
Justin Oliver
Small Business Owner
Saranac Lake, NY
Garrett Marino
Climate Leadership Coordinator
Tupper Lake, NY
Reynoldo Muñiz
Public Affairs and Strategy Consultant
Brooklyn, NY
Brad W. Ray
Oral Surgeon
Plattsburgh, NY
Mark Ryan
Treasurer
Certified Public Accountant
Latham, NY
Renán Salgado
Human Trafficking Investigator
Alcove, NY
Lewis Sheridan Hughes
Chef
Beacon, NY
Adam Stewart
Teacher
Albany, NY
Martin Tyler
Professor of Oral Medicine, McGill University (RET)
AuSable Acres / Jay, NY
Jerilea Zempel
Artist, Activist, Author
Keene Valley and NYC, NY
Janelle Schwartz
Director of Development and Communications
Jay, NY
Martha Swan
Founder and Executive Director
Westport, NY