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Margaret Bendroth extension 240
Executive Director mbendroth@14beacon.org

Peggy has served as Executive Director for the Congregational Library since August 2004. She received her B.A. from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in history from the Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of several books, including Fundamentalism and Gender, 1875 to the Present (Yale 1993) and Fundamentalists and the City: Conflict and Division in Boston's Churches, 1885 to 1950 (Oxford 2005), and has edited several other volumes, including Women and Twentieth-Century Protestantism (Illinois 2002). Her most recent book, A School of the Church: Andover Newton Across Two Centuries (Eerdmans 2008), was written to mark the school's bicentennial year.
   
   
Robin Duckworth extension 228
Digital Projects Specialist / Webmaster rduckworth@14beacon.org

Robin has worked at the library since 2002, after graduating with a degree in Classics from Boston University. She has taken on many responsibilities over the years, including the organization and cataloging of the library's many periodicals, and coordinating an overhaul of the physical collection. She is now serving as webmaster and overseeing the library's growing digital program.
   
   
Carolyn Hewitt extension 246
Director of Development chewitt@14beacon.org

With a background in education and non-profits Cary joined the library to create and execute a sustainable plan for advancement. Cary holds a BA from the University of Connecticut and earned an MBA from Simmons School of Management. She has served on several non-profit boards and is currently active on advisory boards. Cary enjoys working with the library staff and ACA Board to promote the story of the library and its treasures, as well as our historically significant building, Congregational House. She is also a practicing artist exhibiting work in Boston and Arizona.
   
   
Sari Mauro  
Archives Assistant smauro@14beacon.org

Sari's responsibilities include the digitization of the image collection, processing and organizing collections, and creating metadata and finding aids. She is a student in the Archives program at Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science and a graduate of Elizabethtown College. Her previous experience in archives includes assisting in the organization of the archives of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches (NACCC).
   
   
Claudette Newhall extension 229
Librarian cnewhall@14beacon.org

Claudette joined the library staff at the beginning of 2005. Claudette's career was in banking and financial services before coming to the library. She has been active in the Simmons College GSLIS Alumni Association and served as its President in 2006-2007. The challenges and opportunities that have evolved through the catalog conversion process have been both surprising and exciting for her. She looks forward to being a part of the library as it moves into the 21st century.
   
Kate Parsons extension 230
Administrative and Development Assistant kparsons@14beacon.org

Kate brings to the library a passion for fundraising and diverse experience in non-profit settings, including university teaching and museum work. She holds an MA from Tufts University and a BA from UMass Boston. She assists with the library's growing annual fund and board relations as well as providing support to the Executive Director.
   
Steven Picazio extension 102
Assistant Librarian for Cataloging and Reference spicazio@14beacon.org

Steven is a graduate of St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT with a BA in English in 2007, and received his MSLIS from Simmons College, Graduate School of Information and Library Science here in Boston in December 2011. He was an intern here during his final semester at Simmons, and is eager to contribute to the library as it grows.
   
   
Cristina Prochilo extension 231
Associate Archivist cprochilo@14beacon.org

Cristina's previous experience includes positions at the Property Information Resource Center at Harvard, as well as the Boston Preservation Alliance, The Northeast Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Park Service. Her undergraduate degree is from Smith College and Cristina received a Master of Arts in Historic Preservation Planning from Cornell University, as well as a Dual Masters in U.S. History and Library and Information Science from Simmons College. She will use her skills in all phases of archival work including processing, preserving records, creating finding aids, and providing reference assistance to those using the collections.
   
   
Jessica Steytler extension 234
Archivist jsteytler@14beacon.org

Jessica has served as the Archivist for the Congregational Library since April of 2000. She is responsible for some pretty standard archive-based activities: processing manuscript collections, answering reference questions, and preservation, for example. She also has some less obvious responsibilities. Jessica teaches classes on records management and, more recently, an introductory class on using new technologies in a church setting for which she has also created educational brochures.