Our Team. Key Staff.
The Wayside Inn Foundation employs a highly experienced staff that is dedicated to our hospitality operations and broader educational and cultural mission.

Steve Pickford
Innkeeper and General Manager
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Having worked in the restaurant business during high school, Steve Pickford developed a passion for the hospitality business early in life and attended Bryant University, graduating with a Major in Business Administration and a Minor in Hotel/Restaurant Institutional management. Steve began his career with positions at leading hotels, including Marriott and Sheraton. In 1990, he joined The Wayside Inn as Executive Chef, giving him deep experience with our food service operations. In 2003, Steve left the Inn to pursue management roles in the food and beverage industry, acquiring extensive managerial and operational experience, and in 2013, he was invited to rejoin the Inn to become our 11th Innkeeper and General Manager. Steve is responsible for overall day-to-day operations and care of the entire Wayside Inn property, which consists of nine historic structures and over 100 acres, most important, management of our flagship Longfellow’s Wayside Inn operations.

Sally Purrington Hild
Director of Community Engagement
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Hired in October 2019, Sally Hild was brought on board to strengthen the organization’s nonprofit identity, increase community engagement, and amplify development activities. Sally will also spearhead broader programs and exhibits that support The Wayside Inn Foundation’s educational mission. Sally holds a Master of Arts in Historic Preservation from Boston University’s American and New England Studies program. With extensive experience in nonprofit organization management, before joining TWIF, Sally served as Executive Director of the Sudbury Historical Society in Sudbury, Massachusetts and at the Cambridge Historical Society. Sally is passionate about historic preservation, American and New England studies, museum management, and educational programming. Sally is an active community volunteer and is proud to make Sudbury her home with her family.

Tyler Karpeichik
Executive Chef
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Driven by his love and passion for food, Tyler entered the restaurant industry at the ripe age of fifteen as a bus boy. After spending four years at Johnson and Wales University Tyler earned his Associates degree in Culinary and his Bachelors in business, Tyler then joined The Wayside Inn team as the kitchen line supervisor. In just under a year Tyler rose thru the ranks in the kitchen to achieve the position of Sous Chef, where he created, developed, and executed menus that showcased his style of food. In late 2017 Tyler, accepted a job with the Colorado Rockies as their Assistant to the Culinary Nutritionist in an attempt to further his knowledge of food and better accommodate people with specific allergies and dietary restrictions. In May of 2020, Tyler returned to The Wayside Inn as Executive Chef where he works tirelessly putting his own twist on some of our classic dishes.

Lauren Prescott
Archivist
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Lauren was brought on to manage The Wayside Inn’s collections, to digitize them, and to develop a cohesive cataloging system, so that our holdings may be made more readily available to researchers and the public. She holds a Master of Arts in History from the University of Massachusetts Boston, with a focus on Public History & Archives. Lauren is the former Executive Director at the South End Historical Society in Boston, where she was responsible for every aspect of the organization, including programs and events, development, and archival management. She also serves as the Manager of Collections & Interpretation at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts.