Historic Germantown

Physical Location
5501 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215) 844-1683

**New Preferred Mailing Address**
6711 Germantown Avenue
Suite 4936
Philadelphia, PA 19119

Staff

Tuomi Joshua Forrest
Executive Director
director@freedomsbackyard.com

Caitlin Mongan
Manager of Operations and Partnerships
programs@freedomsbackyard.com

Malachy Egan
Manager of Archives, Germantown Historical Society
library@germantownhistory.org

Kaila Temple
Curator of Collections, Germantown Historical Society
kailat@freedomsbackyard.com

Betsy Torg
Director of Development
btorg@freedomsbackyard.com

Stephanye Watts
Community Engagement Manager
Stephanye.watts@stenton.org

Heather Zimmerman
Program Director
hzimmerman@freedomsbackyard.com

Historic Germantown 2026 Board

Carolyn Adams
President

Mark Sellers
Treasurer

Dwayne Grannum
Secretary

Kathleen Lee
Vice President for Programming

Jerry Miller
Vice President for Administration

Patricia Bass
Joan Countryman
James Earl Davis
Supreme Divine-Dow
Laura Fox
John Hanson
Kevin Hawkins
Min Kyung Lee
Norman S. Marcus
Dora L. Rogers
Lori Salganicoff
Nancy Van Dolsen
Bethany Wiggin