Genevieve Croker | Executive Director

Genevieve Croker comes to Rebuilding Together with a Masters Degree in Nonprofit Management and nearly 20 years experience, domestically and internationally, with the nuts and bolts of helping organizations to thrive.

While her career started with administering scholarship programs, she has always gravitated toward positions that allow her to interact closely with the people she serves.

After six+ years as Director of Operations and Development for a small nonprofit in rural Guatemala that built classrooms and homes out of waste materials, she returned to the U.S. and fell in love with the Eastern Shore. Rebuilding Together allows her to combine her passion for helping people and developing efficient procedures into programs that make a tangible difference in her community.

Feel free to email Genevieve at gcroker@rteasternshore.org if you’d like to learn more about Rebuilding Together Eastern Shore.

Zack Schmitt | Program Coordinator

Zack Schmitt comes to Rebuilding Together with a degree in printmaking from The Maryland Institute College of Art as well as a history of construction spanning 27 years. He has worked in timber frame construction, CNC fabrication, framing, finish carpentry, window and door installation, as well as scenic design and theatrical set construction.

After graduating college and helping launch a construction business in Baltimore, he landed in Chestertown. While still moonlighting in Baltimore with his old company and keeping his printmaking practice active, he started volunteering with RTES in 2021 and he hasn't looked back.

Zack is happy to be helping his community at Rebuilding Together. You can often see Zack and his wife walking their beautiful silver pupper, Cooper, all over Chestertown.

Feel free to email Zack at zschmitt@rteasternshore.org if you’d like to learn more about Rebuilding Together Eastern Shore.

Erik Martinez Rodriguez | Development Support Specialist

Erik Martinez Rodriguez is a native of the Eastern Shore and a graduate of Queen Anne’s County High School. Throughout his high school years, he explored a variety of activities and subjects including, among others, Yearbook, Computer Science, Sports. He says, "I did all those things because I want to learn a bit of everything and I was just bored."

His appetite for learning new things led Erik to participate in the Maryland Service Corps and, as a Member, Erik joins Rebuilding Together Kent County as a Development Support Specialist.

While his high school career track was Computer Science, he is very grateful to be a part of the RTKC Team as not only does he learn new things about this organization, but he's also helping people in the process which, “makes everything totally worth it and my day a little bit better.”

Feel free to email Erik at emartinezrodriguez@rteasternshore.org if you'd like to learn more about Rebuilding Together Eastern Shore.

Cory Palmer | Community Service Coordinator

Cory Palmer is a native of Utah and comes to Rebuilding Together with a Masters in Scenic Design for Theatre. She has 9 years of experience as a technical director and teacher at the college level and spent 10 years freelancing from Chicago to Philadelphia. She is also a certified kitchen and bath designer, a finish carpenter, a mural artist, a pharmacy technician, and various other things.

This Jill-of-All-Trades wanted to do something meaningful with her skills that helps the people in her new community. Rebuilding Together combines her love of teaching with her varied skill set. She can also be seen at Cricket’s Pet Supply in Rock Hall, which she owns with her wife and their dog, Cricket!

Feel free to email Cory at cpalmer@rteasternshore.org if you’d like to learn more about Rebuilding Together Eastern Shore!