Meet Your RTHC Board Members
“Mac” MacDermaid
Vice Chairperson
(view full bio here)
Favorite photo or artifact in the museum:
Current research topics, projects, and events:
– Centennial Homes project
– The Lahser family
– Redford Cemetery Walk
– Movie in the Cemetery
Favorite place in Redford:
Redford Cemetery
Number of years in Redford:
Since 2012
Board member since:
April 2015
Day job:
Real Estate Agent & Photographer
Amanda Flesher
Favorite photo or artifact in the museum:
The collection of typewriters
Current research topics, projects, and events:
– Haunted locations
– Historic locations (then & now) especially businesses
– South Redford yearbooks
– Historical Markers/50th milestone plaque
Favorite place in Redford:
My farmhouse porch
Number of years in Redford:
Since 1990
Board member since:
November 2018
Day job:
Court Reporter
Stefanie Caloia
Chairperson
Favorite photo or artifact in the museum:
Burt Collection photographs, Redford Newspapers
Current research topics, projects, and events:
– Annexation
Favorite place in Redford:
The Historical Commission building!
Number of years in Redford:
1983-2001
Board member since:
2014
Day job:
Archivist at the Reuther Library, Wayne State University
Kathy Anderson
Financial Coordinator/Treasurer
Favorite photo or artifact in the museum:
Current research topics, projects, and events:
– Creating a timeline of past board members (since 1969) for the Historical Society, Genealogical Society, and the Historical Commission
Favorite place in Redford:
My childhood/adult home – never moved
Number of years in Redford:
56 years
Board member since:
February 2018
Day job:
Clerk’s Office at Redford Township Town Hall
Julie Atkinson-Fountain
Secretary
Favorite photo or artifact in the museum:
Photo of young girls playing on Grand River circa 1935
Current research topics, projects, and events:
– History of Redford Inn
– Time capsules of Stuckey School
– Nacker family oral histories of Glenhurst Golf Course and the Clarenceville area
– Redford and the Rouge River
Favorite place in Redford:
My north-end neighborhood where remnants of the original woodland remain as well as centennial homes
Number of years in Redford:
15 years
Board member since:
May 2018
Day job:
Retired horticulturist
Ashley Johnson
Favorite photo or artifact in the museum:
Current research topics, projects, and events:
– Redford High School
– Accession numbers on artifacts
– Redford cemetery coffin handles
Favorite place in Redford:
Number of years in Redford:
Since 2019
Board member since:
August 2019
Day job:
Makeup artist
