Advisory Panels

Ramona Battle
Vice-President, Lynchburg Museum
Lynchburg, VA

Lisa Culpepper-Beverley
Domestic Violence Advocate Relief Staff, YWCA of Central Virginia
Lynchburg, VA

Gloria J. Braxton, Ph.D.
Retired University Administrator & Professor of Political Science, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA
Madison Heights, VA

Rophenia Crawley, Esq.
Lawyer
Lynchburg, VA

Teresa Harris
Program Coordinator, Randolph College
Lynchburg, VA

Michelline Hall
Marketing Professional
Lynchburg, VA

Hylan T. Hubbard, III
Retired, Insurance Industry
Lynchburg, VA

Leslie King
Facilitator, Consultant
Lynchburg, VA

Morris D. Lockhart
Retired, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC
Retired, Virginia State Police
Forest, VA

Vicky Schaffer
Retired Educator, New Jersey School Systems
Lynchburg, VA

Gayle Jessup White
Public Relations & Community Engagement Officer at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Richmond, VA

Sterling Wilder
Executive Director, Jubilee Center
Lynchburg,  VA

Bill Alexander
Landscape and Forest Historian, Emeritus, Biltmore Company
Asheville, NC

Peggy Cornett
Curator of Plants at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Charlottesville, VA

Daniel Druckenbrod
Associate Professor of Geological, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ

Julie Ernstein
Supervisory Archaeologist and Acting Chief, National Register & National Historic Landmarks Program at the National Park Service
Washington, DC

Jack Gary
Director of Archaeology, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Williamsburg, VA

Barbara Heath
Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Will Rieley
Landscape Architect, Rieley & Associates
Charlottesville, VA

William L. Beiswanger
Former Director of Restoration, Monticello
Charlottesville, VA

S. Allen Chambers
Architectural Historian
Lynchburg, VA

John C. Larson
Former Vice-President of Restoration, Old Salem Museums
Winston-Salem, NC

Hugh C. Miller
Former Chief Historical Architect, National Park Service
Richmond, VA

Nicholas A. Pappas
Former Chief Historical Architect, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Dania Beach, FL

Robert L. Self
Former Architectural Conservator and Director of Restoration, Monticello
Wingina, VA

Consultants:

John I. Mesick
Consulting Architect, Mesick Cohen Wilson Baker Architects
Albany, NY

Jeff Baker
Consulting Architect, Mesick Cohen Wilson Baker Architects
Albany, NY