Staff

officers

Mike Pojman, President, has served on the NHS Board since 2017 and is completing his third year as President. He teaches and administers at The Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury. He has been a resident of Natick since 1989.

Vincent Vittoria, Vice President, has served on the NHS Board since 2019. He also serves on the Natick Historical Commission, leads walking tours of the Walnut Hill neighborhood, and spearheads an effort to save the historic Concert Hall in Clark's Block downtown. Vincent is a major gifts fundraiser at Boston Children's Hospital.

Brenna Greer, Secretary, has served on the NHS Board since 2022. She is a historian of race, gender, and culture in the twentieth century and is an Associate Professor of History at Wellesley College. She lives in Natick with her family.

Patrick Thomas, Treasurer, has served as Treasurer of the Natick Historical Society since 2020. He is Assistant Treasurer at Cognex Corporation and moved into a historic home in Natick in 2020.

Board Members

Kyle Bollen, has served on the NHS Board since 2022 and is also a member of the Natick Historical Commission. He works in the technology and cybersecurity software sales field and is an ancient and US numismatics expert. Kyle lives in a historic home in the Walnut Hill neighborhood of Natick with his wife and two daughters.

Terri Evans, has served on the NHS Board since 2010 and has been the Secretary of the Board for much of that time. She is a Town Meeting member on the Natick Planning Board and the Open Space Advisory Committee. She worked with the late Jim Morley on his 2019 book on Natick's history and gives historical walking tours in Natick and Boston.

Steve Evers has served on the NHS Board since 2010 and is a lifelong resident of Natick. He has also served on the Natick Historical Commission for more than 40 years and has contributed to many restorations, additions, and new buildings designed to fit their historical context. Steve is an architect and preservationist, and he has meticulously restored his own home, which was built in 1738 by Robert Jenison.

Tim Hinton has served on the NHS Board since 2016. Tim originally came to the United States to intern for the National Trust for Historic Preservation at Woodlawn, the home of George Washington's foster daughter. He is currently an Account Program Manager at Arbee Associates.

Jan Parsons has served on the NHS Board since 2014, as a member of the NHS Collections Committee since 2015, and as co-chair since 2021. Jan served as a Natick Town Meeting member for many terms between 1976 and 2018 and was a school counselor/department head at Natick High School for 26 years. She enjoys researching local and family history and exploring /birdwatching in local sanctuaries and green spaces.

Ken Van Blarcom has served on the NHS Board since 2020 and has been co-chair of the Collections Committee since 2021. Ken has been in the antiques field for forty years and runs Kenneth W. Van Blarcom Antiques and Appraisals in South Natick. He is Curator Emerita of the Sherborn Historical Society and lives in South Natick.

Fran Weisse has served on the Board since 2017. Fran is the Co-Coordinator of the MIL Stitchers. She is active with the Friends of the Morse Institute Library and has lived in Natick since 1984. Her career was spent in social services program development and administration. She enjoys genealogical research, lifetime learning, and book groups.