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Lolly Rash

Executive Director

After serving as a board member, board president and volunteer for MHT for many years, Lolly took over as Executive Director in 2013.  Lolly has over twenty years of experience in historic preservation, including her work as Historical Administrator for the City of Biloxi, Program Manager for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Vice President of White House Properties.


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Claire Cothren Winn

Director of Programs

Claire has been a part of the Board of Trustees for five years as a board member, Treasurer, Vice President and President. She has degrees in Interior Design from Mississippi State University and Historic Preservation from the University of Georgia. Originally from Natchez, she worked for many years with Waycaster & Associates Architects on public and private preservation and restoration projects across Mississippi and Louisiana. She also spent some time working with cultural resources with the Army on the island of Oahu in Hawaii and with Dean and Dean Architects in Jackson. She now lives in the Mississippi Delta, managing the historic Baby Doll House in Benoit with her husband Eustace and daughter Frannie. One of her favorite projects was the exterior restoration of the Art Moderne Columbia Waterworks Building in Columbia, Mississippi.