Ginger Moodie-Woodward has served as both a docent and a staff member at Josiah Henson Museum and Park since September 2021. She has a BA in History and French from the University of Wisconsin, and an MA in Linguistics from Indiana University. She is currently pursuing a second master’s degree in Museum Studies at Harvard Extension School.

Prior to joining Montgomery Parks, she taught Social Studies and English at the French International School in Bethesda for over 20 years. A fun fact about Ginger is that in 1993 she was awarded a scholarship by the Rotary Club of New Orleans to study Education at the University of Geneva in Switzerland for a year. She is a big Rotary fan!

Cyril Draffin serves as Senior Fellow, Advanced Nuclear for the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council, which represents more than 90 companies engaged in nuclear innovation and supply chain development.

Mr. Draffin is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Energy Initiative, gave an energy talk at MIT in May 2022, is workstream lead for Standards, and Regulations for the U.S. Department of Commerce Small Modular Reactor Working Group, is representative to International Energy Agency’s International Smart Grid Action Network Academy, and serves as member of the Maryland Cybersecurity Council focused on critical infrastructure.

Previously, Mr. Draffin was Director, Strategic Development for Northrop Grumman Corporation for 15 years; Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development for BDM International; Vice President of Greater Washington Investors, a venture capital firm; Director and strategic planner with the U.S. Department of Energy; and a nuclear and environmental engineer at Bechtel Power Corporation. Mr. Draffin has made major national contributions in developing hydraulic fracturing for natural gas production, sulfur dioxide removal from coal combustion, industrial energy markets, and clean-up of nuclear weapons waste.  Mr. Draffin has BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering from MIT.                   

Kristin Shanks is the Director of Sales for Ingleside, a premier not-for-profit provider of senior living services in the DMV. Based in Rockville, MD, Ingleside is the parent organization for 3 CARF-accredited life plan communities: Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge and Ingleside at King Farm. 

Kristin has more than 25 years of sales experience, predominantly within assisting clients navigate their options within the senior living market. A native Marylander, she earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland College Park and currently resides in Washington, DC.