Dr. Mark J. Stout currently serves as the executive Director of the Howard County Historical Society. Previously, he was the Global Curriculum Director for Discovery Education. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Maryland College Park, with a BA in Geography from UMBC. He began his career as a middle school social studies teacher, and has worked as a curriculum specialist, facilitator in professional development, and curriculum coordinator for secondary social studies, gifted and talented, and Advanced Placement in the Howard County Public School System. He also served as an educational consultant in historical thinking, secondary reading, and college and career readiness; an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland system; a board member for the National Social Studies Supervisors Association, and a coordinator for two Teaching American History Grant projects.

Lauren received her BA degree in Psychology and Spanish from Hollins University in Roanoke, VA and Master's in Library and Information Science with an Archival Concentration from Simmons University. She has interned at a variety of archives including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, MA, the Office of the Curator of the Supreme Court in Washington DC and Wyndham Robertson Library in Roanoke, VA. She has previously worked as a Government Records Management Contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton in Virginia and Washington DC. Lauren has been a resident of Maryland for 6 years as a military spouse.

Alexandra received her BA in Anthropology/Sociology and Government/Law from Lafayette College in Easton, PA, and her Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. She has worked in a public service role for the majority of her career, most recently as a librarian at the Baltimore County Public Library. Alexandra has been a Howard County resident for over 25 years, happily raising her family both in Columbia and Ellicott City.

Dr. Mark J. Stout currently serves as the executive Director of the Howard County Historical Society. Previously, he was the Global Curriculum Director for Discovery Education. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Maryland College Park, with a BA in Geography from UMBC. He began his career as a middle school social studies teacher, and has worked as a curriculum specialist, facilitator in professional development, and curriculum coordinator for secondary social studies, gifted and talented, and Advanced Placement in the Howard County Public School System. He also served as an educational consultant in historical thinking, secondary reading, and college and career readiness; an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland system; a board member for the National Social Studies Supervisors Association, and a coordinator for two Teaching American History Grant projects.

Lauren received her BA degree in Psychology and Spanish from Hollins University in Roanoke, VA and Master's in Library and Information Science with an Archival Concentration from Simmons University. She has interned at a variety of archives including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, MA, the Office of the Curator of the Supreme Court in Washington DC and Wyndham Robertson Library in Roanoke, VA. She has previously worked as a Government Records Management Contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton in Virginia and Washington DC. Lauren has been a resident of Maryland for 6 years as a military spouse.

Alexandra received her BA in Anthropology/Sociology and Government/Law from Lafayette College in Easton, PA, and her Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. She has worked in a public service role for the majority of her career, most recently as a librarian at the Baltimore County Public Library. Alexandra has been a Howard County resident for over 25 years, happily raising her family both in Columbia and Ellicott City.