About Us

Advisory Panels

AFRICAN AMERICAN ADVISORY group

 

Ramona Battle
Vice-President, Lynchburg Museum
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


Lisa Culpepper-Beverley

Domestic Violence Advocate Relief Staff, YWCA of Central Virginia
Lynchburg, VA


Michelline Hall

Marketing Professional
Lynchburg, VA


Teresa Harris

Program Coordinator, Randolph College
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

 

LANDSCAPE ADVISORY PANEL

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

ARCHITECTURAL ADVISORY PANEL

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