The Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Children’s Museum and Johnstown Flood Museum begin a winter operating schedule as of Dec. 1: open Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm, Sunday noon-5:00 pm; and closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Special events calendar is here.

Board of Directors

Our volunteer board of directors is as follows:

Dan Solomon, Chair; Vice-President, Enterprise & US Federal, SonicWall Inc.

Karen Welsh, AIA, 1st Vice Chair; President, UpStreet Architects 

Ernie Petersen, Treasurer; consultant, retired from AmeriServ Trust & Financial Services Company 

Barry Gallagher, Secretary; Realtor, Keller-Williams

Tammy Barbin, Director of Marketing & Communications, Conemaugh Health System

Alan Cashaw, President, Johnstown Branch NAACP

Brad Clemenson, Former Senior Manager at Pennsylvania Environmental Council; consultant on recreation and community development

Lynn Clement, Workforce Development Coordinator, JWF Industries

Dr. Jill Henning, Professor, Pitt-Johnstown

Bryan Hummel, co-chair, AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival; Physician Assistant, Mainline Associates of UPMC

Joseph P. Kelly Jr., Senior Vice-President/Chief Credit Officer, 1st Summit Bank

Kevin J. Petak, Spence Custer, Attorneys at Law

Barry Polster, Executive Director, Johnstown Regional Partnership

Donna Baxter Porcher, Founder and CEO, Soul Pitt Media

Perry Russ, President/COO, Zamias Services Inc.

Christine Trotz-Cosgrove, Esq., Managing Attorney, Summit Legal Aid

Stephen Clark; Superintendent, National Park Service: Western PA Sites, ex officio

Carole Gigliotti, ex officio  

Patty Carnevali, ex officio

This list is current as of January 1, 2026.