The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

Barbara Wadyka, Carol Lidard, and Julia Potler

Barbara Wadyka is a graduate of Goucher College with majors in International Relations and Fine Arts. Her work experience includes managing the college relations program for AT&T and coordinating marketing and licensing at the United States Golf Association. Barbara recently relocated to Baltimore from her native New Jersey. She is a volunteer docent at Homewood House Museum and joined the Peabody Elderhostel Staff in 2001.

Carol Lidard, our Elderhostel and Peabody Inn Manager, is a native Baltimorean. She recently joined the Peabody Elderhostel as an experienced manager with 18 years of administrative and fiscal experience. For eight years, she served as Director of Finance & Administration for the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, leading them through significant growth in their operation. Carol initially began her professional career as a teacher of dyslexic children in a private school in Baltimore County. Most recently, she has been a successful entrepreneur, having completed five years as an artisan/owner of her business, "Off the Wall Studio, " where she designed, built and sold home goods, made with architectural remnants such as antique ceiling tin and reclaimed wood.

Julia Potler  is a 2004 graduate of Goucher College with a double major in Arts Administration and Flute performance. Prior to Peabody, Julia interned with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, where she was the music librarian, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, in the public relations department.