The San Diego Ghost Hunters || sdGH || The Team

core team members
associate team members

Maritza | founder and lead investigator
A genealogist with over 30 years experience, Maritza has assisted many individuals and organizations in discovering their past. Major projects have included teaming with Richard Milligan and John Miles of the Linn County historical and state historical societies of Oregon from 1980 to 1990, assisting Evergreen Production Studios, Inc.'s Larry Reaney for a television production focusing on the pioneers of Oregon, movie script development support with Cindy Clarke on the Harden Families history, and investigation support for paranormal historian and author Rob Wlordarski.

Currently, Maritza is working with the famously haunted San Diego Whaley House Museum, the historical department of the Hotel Del Coronado, and spearheading The San Diego Ghost Hunters' investigation agenda. Having experienced the paranormal all her life, Maritza founded The San Diego Ghost Hunters as an outlet to officially investigate life's mysteries. She brings her leadership, intuitive gifts and research experience to the team.

Dawn | founder and lead investigator
Dawn, a founder of sdGH, is a daughter in a highly intuitive family and has had interaction with the paranormal all her life. Dawn and follow sdGH founder, Maritza, are childhood friends. In high school, both explored numerous ghost towns and haunted locations. One of her most memorable trips was a visit to the Oregon Trail. Both spent five weeks there as Maritza researched the genealogy of her local pioneer ancestors. Along with using her inherited intuitive talents, Dawn is a team photographer, documenting investigations with her revealing images.

Her hobbies include drawing, painting, and writing. Dawn has four children and a four-year-old grandson.

Sharon | co-founder and lead investigator
Sharon has had countless paranormal / supernatural experiences in her life, several of them shared-experiences with other family members, including sister and sdGH founder, Dawn. With her avid interest in history and the realm of the spirits, she finds it fulfilling to work with such a close group who shares her perspectives, and with whom she can relate and trust. Sharon comes from a large family, quite a few with "gifts".

In her professional life, she has worked in the field of medicine for 30 years. She is married, and has two children.

Matthew | tech manager and investigator
Being born into the Scooby-Doo generation and having a curiosity in all subjects paranormal since a child, Matthew's interest was heightened when it was revealed his uncle and aunt occupied a haunted Southern California mansion modeled after a european castle. Unknown to Matthew at the time, he conducted his first EVP session in "the castle" at the age of seven by sneaking the cassette tape recorder his grandfather gave him for Christmas into the attic in an attempt of spirit communication.

Lacking the fine-tuned psychic sensitivity the founders of sdGH possess, he brings objective investigation assistance utilizing technical environmental monitoring and sensing equipment to locate and confirm potential ghostly presences noted by the team's intuitives.

Professionally, Matthew is an independent Art Director, creating marketing campaigns and providing web development services to companies in the Southland. He brings this background to sdGH for its public and media outreach.

Sarah | photographer and investigator
Having grown up in a family of sensitives -- her mother is sdGH founder Dawn, while Investigator Sharon is her aunt -- Sarah is accustomed to being surrounded by paranormal activity.

Professionally, she is an identity theft and fraud investigator for a major San Diego corporation, and brings valuable objective investigation and evaluation experience to the team.

Christina | photographer and investigator
One of the two nieces in the group -- both co-founder Dawn and Investigator Sharon are here aunts -- Christina is an amateur photographer. She and her cousin, fellow investigator, Sarah, bring a calm serenity to the group all the while energizing its intuitive power. Christina is instrumental in the preparation of sdGH investigation reports and continues to amaze the group with her stunning evidential photos.

In her professional life, she works as an office manager.

Jodi | photographer and investigator
Jodi has always had a passion for a spiritual life, but it became more a reality when she moved to Sedona, Arizona in her early 20s. During her 7-year residency in the Red Rocks, she blossomed. Jodi is known within the group for her investigation photographs, many displaying haunting results, along with her evidence examination. She has noticed her intuitive ability sharpening as she works with the group's gifted sensitives.

Currently, Jodi works with children in Los Angeles, California, enabling her to give back to society as a humanitarian.

Robert Wlodarski | historian, archaeologist, author and investigator
Born in the very haunted Queen of Angels hospital in Los Angeles, California, Robert Wlodarski has BAs in history, anthropology, and an MA in anthropology from California State University, Northridge. As the President of Historical, Environmental, Archaeological, Research, Team (H.E.A.R.T.) and Cellular, Archaeological, Resource, Evaluations (C.A.R.E.) since 1978, Robert has administered over 1500 archaeological and historical projects for federal, state, county, city agencies and private companies, and is a registered professional historian in California and has authored and co-authored over 20 articles for journals and magazines throughout California and the Southwest.

As president of Mayan Moon Productions, Robert has co-authored seven screenplays: The Crawling Eye, Cities of Stone, The Cool Change, Illusion, No Innocents, Ghost Glass, and The Palace of Unknown King. He has served as a consultant for: Catalina, A Treasure from The Past for Ironwood Productions; the History Channel / Greystone Productions on their Haunted History series; Consulting Producer with the Food Network on Haunted Restaurants; The Travel Channel / Indigo Productions on their Most Haunted America series; Authentic Entertainment / TLC on their Haunted Hotels series; Mike Mathis Productions / The Travel Channel on the Mysterious Journeys program, and USA TV Special: Weekend before the Movie -- The Whaley House. Robert also has been the featured ghost hunter on JoJo Wright’s KIIS FM’s annual Halloween special the past five years at the Leonis Adobe, Ambassador Hotel, Lincoln Heights Jail, Glen Tavern Inn and Fox Fullerton Theater.

Anne Powell Wlodarski | author and investigator
Born in San Antonio, Texas, Anne is a registered art therapist. She received her MA in behavioral science from the University of Houston, and has published several articles including a chapter in California Art Therapy Trends. She has been an exhibiting artist and is the president and founder of Heartworld Arts Center for Children, a non-profit organization for abused and disadvantaged youth. Anne served as an education outreach coordinator and gallery assistant for the City of Los Angeles' Art Space Gallery from 1989-1993 and has been featured in the media for her work with children and the arts. She was honored as a "Sunday Woman" by the Daily News, and was a J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award nominee. She is also a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), and the Southern California Art Therapy Association (SCATA). Ms. Wlodarski is Vice-President of Mayan Moon Productions, and has co-authored six screenplays: The Crawling Eye, Cities of Stone, The Cool Change, Illusion, No Innocents, and Ghost Glass.

Tom Foster | historian and investigator
Tom has accompanied the sdGH team on numerous historical investigations. He has vast knowledge of World War artifacts, and has worked with many historical societies. Tom was born in Orange County, California, and is now a resident of Miami, Arizona, a small copper mining community. His interest in in the unexplained and hauntings began early-on, living in a house that exhibited subtle, but classic signs of activity. Tom's interest grew and he photographed his first apparition in the summer of 1964. All of this came to an end one February night in 1968, involved in things for the wrong reasons. He was visited - a warning of sorts - and years passed before his courage returned, and his interest re-kindled.

Older now, and refocused, with interest in antiques, history, investigative research and restoration, he has again become somewhat active in researching and photographing places with reported activities and energies that reside in haunted locations.

Tom worked with Maritza on the Kate Morgan story for the Hotel Del Coronado. By finding the gun and ammunition that would have been used in that time period, he was able, with Maritza, to reconstruct some of the history of the Kate Morgan story.

Karen | historian, archaeologist and investigator
Karen is an Associate Archaeologist / Historian. She has a B.A. degree in History from Cal State San Marcos, an A.A. degree in Archaeology and a Certificate in American Indian Studies from Palomar Community College. Karen has been a practicing archaeologist for ten years. Her interest in the paranormal reaches as far back as childhood. She remembers always feeling strange when visiting historic towns and museums, creating a deep passion for discovering the peoples and stories of the past. Karen has volunteered with the San Diego Ghost Hunters for the past three years and has worked with them on many of the projects.