Jessie Merrell joined the NCHS staff in January 2015 as a curation specialist and was named curator in 2016. Merrell is a graduate of the University of West Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in History and English Literature and is continuing her studies in public history as a graduate student. She also has an Associate’s Degree in Business Administration from Gordon College. She served in summer of 2014 as the Research and Archives intern for Newnan-Coweta Historical Society.