Non-Profit Internet Source for News, Events, History, & Culture of Northern Frederick & Carroll County Md./Southern Adams County Pa.

 

Michael Hillman - Creator, Content Integration and Knowledge Management

Michael and his wife Audrey moved to Emmitsburg in 1988 from the Unionville horse country just outside of Philadelphia, purchasing a small tenant farm on the outskirts of town.

Michael, a practitioner in the emerging field of Knowledge Management, created Emmitsburg.net as a platform to identify and develop simple, yet effective approaches to facilitate the sharing of knowledge among diverse communities of interest. 

An accomplished equestrian, when not riding or writing humorous articles on life on the farm, Michael serves as the head of the Emmitsburg Historical Society and frequently contributes articles detailing the rich history of the Emmitsburg area.  You can contact him at michael@emmitsburg.net


John Miller - Assistant Web Master

John Miller was born and raised in the town of Ladiesburg, Maryland and after marrying his wife Alicia, they moved to the charming town of Emmitsburg in April of 1997 where their son, Marshall was born. John is a military historian who focuses mainly on the Civil War. John and Alicia are both active members of the Emmitsburg Historical Society. 

As assistant web master he is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the historical society sections of the site.  Specific responsibilities included creating hyperlinked, knowledge pathways to allow visitors to seamlessly jump internally from article to article, conducting training of community members on web site operations, and site redesign to incorporate latest web technologies. You can contact him at John@emmitsburg.net

Michele Clerici - Communications Director 

Michele is a Mount St. Mary’s Senior with a double major in Rhetoric & Communications and Spanish. Michele hails from Cherry Hill in southern New Jersey. 

As Editor, Michele is responsible for preparing and integrating Robert Chambers’ Book of Days into a user-friendly web document. She is responsible for creating the most efficient links between pages so that users might use this invaluable source of information to their advantage. Michele brings her knowledge of mass communication and works to design and update the most proficient indexes for easy reading and accessibility to Chambers’ Book of Days. Her background and passion for writing and editing serve as a benefit to the website as a whole. She plans to use her experiences at emmitsburg.net, especially her growing understanding of web communication and knowledge sharing, to obtain a career in the field of communications after graduation.


Jessica Martin - Webmaster 2002-2003

Jessica is now a graduate of Mount Saint Mary's were she majored in Computer Science. Jess hails from Jarrettsville, a small town in Harford County, Maryland.

As Webmaster, she was responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operation of this distinctive non-profit community web site made up at the time over 22 individual community organizations.  Specific responsibilities included working with community members to identify and organize content for their sites, creating hyperlinked knowledge pathways to allow visitors to seamlessly jump internally from site to site, and conducting training of community members on web site operations, and site redesign to incorporate latest web technologies.