Staff and Board

GORE PLACE STAFF

Gavin Kleespies

Executive Director
Phone: 781-894-2798 ext.15
Email: gavinkleespies@goreplace.org

Crystal Burney

Family Events Coordinator
Phone: 781-894-2798 ext. 16
Email: crystalburney@goreplace.org

Scott Clarke

Director of Farm and Landscape Operations
Email: farmer@goreplace.org

Rebecca Deans-Rowe

Director of Development
Phone: 781-894-2798, ext. 24
Email: rdeansrowe@goreplace.org

Linda DeFranco

Private Event Rentals Manager
Phone: 781-894-2798 ext. 50
Email: functionrentals@goreplace.org

Annette Donnelly

Office Manager
Phone: 781-894-2798 ext. 11
Email: adonnelly@goreplace.org

Bryn Gingrich

Marketing Manager
Phone: 781-894-2798 ext. 14
Email: bryngingrich@goreplace.org

Tammi Kibler

Business Development Manager
Phone: 781-894-2798 ext. 17
Email: tammikibler@goreplace.org

Leah Kotok

Programs Manager
Phone: 781-894-2798 ext. 22
Email: leahkotok@goreplace.org

Jack Ordway

Farmer's Assistant

Thom Roach

Director of Interpretation
Phone: 781-894-2798 ext. 12
Email: events@goreplace.org


GORE PLACE GUIDES

Miriam Boucher

Prentice Crosier

Mike Dudal

Stu Rubinow

 

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

OFFICERS

Debbie Dobbins, President

Michael Aylward, Vice President

Greer Candler, Vice President

James F. Hunnewell, Jr., Clerk

Andrew Chin, Treasurer

Robert Storer, Assistant Treasurer
 

GOVERNORS

James Bordewick, Jr.

Jennifer Drayton

Anne Farrington, NSCDA-MA

Deborah Gevalt

Douglas Harding

George Kimball

Lydia Kimball, Historic New England

Thomas Kohler

Nicole Mason

Amey Moot, Trustees of Reservations

Richard Olney

John Quinn

Kita Reece

Clarence Richardson

Stewart Woodward


HONORARY GOVERNOR FOR LIFE

Charlotte Patten

DIRECTOR EMERITA

Susan Robertson

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- VSB

Did You Know?

Gore Place is one of only a small number of farms in the United States raising Leicester Longwool sheep.

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The mission of Gore Place is to continue Christopher and Rebecca Gore's spirit of innovation and appreciation of natural beauty and culture through public programming and events at the Gores' 1806 country estate that encompasses a museum, green space, and a working farm. 

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July 7, 2026

Gore Place wins Boston Magazine's Best of Boston for our Birthday Parties!

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52 Gore Street
Waltham, MA 02453
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