Staff

Museum Director 

Originally from France, Christine Lamberton moved to the US to attend college in North Carolina. She is a UNCW alumna with a master’s degree in history with a concentration in museum education and historic houses. She taught history at UNCW part-time for seven years, and worked in various local museums, including the USS North Carolina battleship and Wrightsville Beach Museum. 

Assistant Director 

A North Carolina native, Hunter has worked with the history of the Lower Cape Fear since his time as a reporter for the Wilmington StarNews starting in 2013. At the newspaper, he created and hosted the award-winning local history podcast “Cape Fear Unearthed,” each episode of which shared a different story from the region’s rich history. He also hosted tours, events and speaking engagements through the podcast and newspaper, as well as covered the North Carolina film industry. Most recently, he served as the educator for the Old Baldy Lighthouse and Smith Island Museum of History on Bald Head Island.

Collections Manager

Trish Jordan is originally from Idaho,and to North Carolina after joining the military. She has a B.A. in anthropology and history, and is now pursuing her M.A. in public history at UNCW. She joined the Burgwin-Wright House team in February 2025 as an interpreter and in January 2026 as the collections manager and archivist. She loves all history, but her strong interests are with colonial American and North Carolinian history.

Archivist

Casandra Murray is originally from Toccoa, Georgia but moved to Wilmington in 2014. She earned a BA and MA in American history at UNCW and previously worked at the Wilmington Railroad Museum and as a research assistant at UNCW. She is currently working as an interpreter for the Burgwin-Wright House and Wilmington Color Heritage Tours. Her historical interests are early American and Revolutionary Era history, and the history of slavery.

Museum Interpreters

One of the ways the Burgwin-Wright House fulfills its educational mission is through the hiring of students in the field of history, museum studies, and education. This opportunity provides them with hands-on, real-life experiences that help build their resumes. In return, the Burgwin-Wright House is staffed with people who have a shared love of colonial history and preservation, and are always coming up with new ways to engage the public! 

Rebekah Burroughs is from Stantonsburg, North Carolina and earned her BA in History and English at East Carolina University. Currently she is a graduate student at UNCW for Public History. Previously, Rebekah worked as a docent and collections assistant at The Country Doctor Museum. Today, she works at the Wilmington Railroad Museum and, since September 2022, the Burgwin-Wright House. Her specific interests are in collections management and curation.. 

Mitchel Hopkin, originally from Utah, moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 2018. He is currently studying History and Political Science with a minor in Pre-Law and hopes to attend law school. He has been working at the Burgwin-Wright House as an interpreter since 2026. His historical interests include the Soviet Union, World War I, and the global impact of slavery.

Matthew Stasio, originally from Massachusetts, moved to North Carolina in 2025.  He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in public history at Southern New Hampshire University. His favorite part of giving tours is helping visitors connect with the everyday experiences of people from the past, and their surprise in how much they have learned. Today, he works both at the Wilmington Railroad Museum and Burgwin-Wright House & gardens. 

Eva Elder is from Raleigh, North Carolina and earned her BS in Biological Sciences from North Carolina State University. Currently, she is a graduate student at UNCW for Public History. Her historical interests include colonial and maritime history of North Carolina.