The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Who We Are

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Board Members

Stephen K. Adkins
Chief
Chickahominy Tribe
Charles City, VA 

Carolyn Bell
Professor Emerita of English
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Lynchburg, VA 

Bob Blue
Senior Vice President-Law, Public Policy and Environment
Dominion
Richmond, VA

Jack Censer
Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of History
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

Rose Nan-Ping Chen
President
The Rose Group for Cross-Cultural Understanding
Washington, DC

Scott Colley
Professor Emeritus and Professor of English (retired)
Keswick, VA
 
Theodore DeLaney
Professor of History
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA

Cynthia Fralin
Civic Leader
Roanoke, VA 

Barbara J. Fried
Fried Companies, Inc.
Crozet, VA 

Joanne Gabbin
Executive Director, Furious Flower Poetry Center
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA

Oliver Hill, Jr.
Chair, Department of Psychology and Professor of Psychology
Virginia State University
Petersburg, VA


Jo Ann M. Hofheimer
Writer
Virginia Beach, VA 

Maurice A. Jones
President and Publisher
The Virginian-Pilot
Norfolk, VA 

B. Thomas Mansbach
Attorney
Russin & Vecchi LLP
Washington, DC
 
Cassandra Newby-Alexander
Associate Professor of History
Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA 

Michelle DuPont Olson
Entrepreneur
McLean, VA 

Christopher Peace
Delegate, Virginia General Assembly
Executive Director, Historic Polegreen Church Foundation
Mechanicsville, VA

Walter Rugaber
President and Publisher (retired)
The Roanoke Times
Meadows of Dan, VA

Robert C. Vaughan, III
President
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Charlottesville, VA

Emma Violand-Sanchez
School Board Member
Arlington Public Schools
Arlington, VA

Peter Wallenstein
Professor of History
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Lacy Ward, Jr.
Executive Director
Robert Russa Moton Museum and Center for the Study of Civil Rights in Education
Farmville, VA