Meet the Board
Nancy A. Young
William Mullins and Richard Warren
Nancy’s biggest joy these days are her two granddaughters, ages 10 and 13. Her hobbies include reading, bridge, genealogy research and yoga. Nancy has served on the last Board as our Corresponding Secretary.
Robert B. Burgio
Patricia M. Elder
Richard Warren
Patty was born and raised in the Greater Boston area. She graduated from Emerson College with a degree in Mass Communications. Her family relocated to Maryland in 2003 where she worked as a Realtor for over 15 years. Patty serves on the Board of Directors for The Dwelling Place, Inc. of Montgomery County, a non-profit organization benefiting homeless families. Her membership in the Maryland Society became official in 2020, and she descends from Richard Warren. Patty enjoys traveling to Martha’s Vineyard and spending time with her husband, her two children and their rescue collies.
Benjamin G. Proctor, Jr.
John Alden, Isaac Allerton, William Bradford,
William Brewster, James Chilton, William Mullins, Thomas Rogers, Henry Samson,
George Soule, Myles Standish, and Richard Warren
Born in Portland, Maine, and raised in Newton, Massachusetts and Baltimore, Ben obtained a Business Management degree from the University of Baltimore. He worked as Senior Vice President of Wallace H. Campbell (a property management firm) before retiring in 2004. He has also been a member of the Boumi Temple Shriners where he plays drums in both concert and dixieland bands. Ben has been actively involved in our Society for several years as our Governor (2008-2014; 1999-2002), Deputy Governor General, Elder, and GSMD member.
Patricia M. Elder
Richard Warren
Patty was born and raised in the Greater Boston area. She graduated from Emerson College with a degree in Mass Communications. Her family relocated to Maryland in 2003 where she worked as a Realtor for over 15 years. Patty serves on the Board of Directors for The Dwelling Place, Inc. of Montgomery County, a non-profit organization benefiting homeless families. Her membership in the Maryland Society became official in 2020, and she descends from Richard Warren. Patty enjoys traveling to Martha’s Vineyard and spending time with her husband, her two children and their rescue collies.
Marilyn K. VanWagner
Louesa B. Canning
Stephen Hopkins
Dwight N. Mason
Christopher B. Locke
William Bradford, Stephen Hopkins, Constance Hopkins, William White, Susanna Jackson, Resolved White
David Holmes
William Bradford, Thomas Rogers, John Alden, Priscilla Mullins, William Mullins
A native of Waterloo, NY and a North Carolina and Maryland transplant, Dave graduated from Appalachian State University with a B.S. in Geography. Following a brief time with the DoD as a cartographer, Dave dedicated his career to software development with a focus on data warehousing. He collaborated for many years with academia to publish numerous scholarly articles on technology topics and he holds a patent in database security. Dave now leads a team supporting healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse investigations.
While his kids were young Dave loved coaching hundreds of youth soccer matches and basketball games. While he is a recovering coach, Dave’s passions are genealogy, his kids, and traveling with his wife. He is delighted to join the Maryland chapter of the GSMD as an assistant historian.
Tom Frank
Richard Warren
Born in Boston, Tom attended Tulane University on an Army ROTC scholarship and, except for one year spent studying chemistry at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, he remained at Tulane for ten years, obtaining his B.S. , M.S. (molecular biology) and M.D. degrees. He practiced internal medicine for ten years before doing a fellowship in allergy and immunology at Walter Reed. He served in the Army for 30 years, half of which were overseas in both combat and non-combat environments. He was stationed in Maryland when he retired from the Army as a Colonel in 2019 and he now works for the Army as the Deputy to the Commander for Preventive Medicine at Kirk Army Health Clinic and the Public Health Emergency Officer for Aberdeen Proving Ground. Susan, his wife of 33 years, is a school nurse and their daughter Samantha is a teacher in Texas. He resides in Havre de Grace where he enjoys his hobbies of genealogy, collecting rare books and studying military medical history.
Jim Durling
Stephen Hopkins, William Brewster
Jim studied history at Haverford College, public policy at Princeton, and law at NYU School of Law. He has been an international trade lawyer at various law firms in Washington DC for the past 35 years, with a three-year detour to live and work in Japan. When not working, Jim enjoys reading history, visiting national parks, and (of course) genealogy. Jim is a descendant from Stephen Hopkins and William Brewster on his father’s side. But he is equally proud of his maternal grandparents, who were Italian immigrants through Ellis Island in the early 20th century. He is married to Linda (who is descendant from Richard Warren), and is the proud father of Becky, Jamie, and Ellie and grandfather of Clementine and Rosalie.