L-R: Julia Potler, Barbara Wadyka, Allison Dreskin, Carol Lidard
Coordinators
Carol Lidard, the Road Scholar at Peabody and Peabody Inn Manager, is a native Baltimorean. She joined Road Scholar at Peabody as an experienced manager with 18 years of administrative and fiscal experience. For eight years, she served as Director of Finance and 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) from old Baltimore row houses.
Julia Potler joined the Road Scholar at Peabody staff in 2004 upon graduation from Goucher College, MD, where she obtained a degree in Arts Administration and Flute performance. Prior to Peabody, Julia interned at both the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, where she was the music librarian, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, in the public relations department.
Allison Dreskin joined the Peabody staff in March 2012 with over 7 years experience in arts administration, having worked with theatreWashington and The Helen Hayes Awards in Washington, DC as Operations Manager. A communications graduate from the University of Maryland, her coursework focused in rhetoric and public discourse, with a minor focus in theatre. She is a vocalist in Cover Me Badd, a Baltimore-based rock and pop cover band, and has performed at several venues in the area including the George Peabody Library.
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 relocated to Baltimore in 2000 from her native New Jersey. She is a volunteer docent at Homewood House Museum and joined the Road Scholar at Peabody Staff in 2001.
