Jennifer Kuykendall – Executive Director
Jennifer is a native of Goldsboro and attended Eastern Wayne High School. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Tulsa where she was a Theater History major. She has lived and worked in Tulsa, Seattle and most recently St. Louis where she lived for the past 25 years working for both the Missouri Botanical Garden and the St. Louis Art Museum. She is passionate about art, antiques, history, food and travel. Jennifer recently moved back to Goldsboro to be near her family and to work for the Wayne County Museum where she hopes to share her knowledge and considerable experience to create compelling and enriching new exhibits and programs.
 Assistant Director – Hildegard Fossett
Executive Board
President – Rebecca Scott Reynolds
Vice President – Mary Emma Stevens
Secretary – Marian Westbrook
Treasurer – Diane Kester
Board Members
Joan Hackmann
Jim Hinnant
Hiawatha Jones
Ingrid Quick
Emily Weil
Jeff Westbrook
Michael Corbitt
Rachel Rhodes
Milton Dewayne Whitfield, Sr.
Jennifer Lynn Sumler
Education & History Consultant: Mary Susan Heath
Mary Susan Heath is a retired Wayne County teacher and author. Her most recent project has been a World War II memoir, Legs Astride the World, for her uncle, Lt. Col. Lehman H. Johnson, Jr. Working with the Wayne County Historical Society and partnering with Wayne County Public Schools, she has written two plays and numerous lesson plans for their newly launched traveling trunks exhibition.