The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

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Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Contact VFH

Virginia Foundation for Humanities
145 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629

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Phone: 434.924.3296
Fax: 434.296.4714
Email: vfhinfo@virginia.edu

Staff List


President
Rob Vaughan President (434) 924-3296 vfhinfo@virginia.edu

Administration
Andrew Chancey Director, Planning and Management (434) 924-4567 achancey@virginia.edu
Cary Ferguson Financial Assistant (434) 924-7190 cferguson@virginia.edu
Trey Mitchell
Webmaster (434) 924-4584 treym@virginia.edu
Judy Moody
Receptionist (434) 924-3296 jmoody@virginia.edu
Jeannie Palin
Receptionist (434) 924-3296 jpalin@virginia.edu
Gail Shirley-Warren
Business Manager (434) 243-5524 gshirleywarren@virginia.edu

Center for the Book
Susan Coleman
Director, Virginia Center for the Book (434) 982-2983 spcoleman@virginia.edu
Nancy Damon
Program Director, Virginia Festival of the Book (434) 924-7548 vabook@virginia.edu
Kevin McFadden
Associate Program Director, Virginia Festival of the Book (434) 924-6890 kmcfadden@virginia.edu

Development
Sheryl Hayes
Director of Development (434) 924-3296 sheryl@virginia.edu
Lynda Myers
Program Associate, Development (434) 243-5525 lmyers@virginia.edu

Encyclopedia Virginia
Matthew Gaventa Media Editor, Encyclopedia Virginia (434) 924-3777 mgaventa@virginia.edu
Matthew Gibson
Managing Editor, Encyclopedia Virginia (434) 924-4531 mgibson@virginia.edu
Brendan Wolfe Associate Editor, Encyclopedia Virginia (434) 243-5529 bwolfe@virginia.edu
Tori Talbot
Assistant Editor, Encyclopedia Virginia (434) 243-8809 toritalbot@virginia.edu

Grants and Public Programs
David Bearinger
Director, Grants and Public Programs (434) 924-3296 dab@virginia.edu
Carolyn R. Cades
Program Associate, Public Programs (434) 924-7202 carolyncades@virginia.edu
Christina Draper
Program Director, African American Heritage Program (434) 243-5528 cdraper@virginia.edu
Jon Lohman
Program Director, Virginia Folklife Program (434) 243-7030 folklife@virginia.edu
Karenne Wood
Program Director, Virginia Indian Heritage Program (434) 924-9946 karennewood@virginia.edu
Jeanne Nicholson Siler
Program Associate, Grants and Public Programs (434) 243-5522 jsiler@virginia.edu

Media Programs
Jesse Dukes
Associate Producer, With Good Reason (434) 243-5527 jpdukes@virginia.edu
Tony Field Producer, BackStory (434) 924-8922 tfield@virginia.edu
Nancy King Feature Producer, With Good Reason (434) 924-4040 nking@virginia.edu
Elliot Majerczyk
Associate Producer, With Good Reason (434) 924-3855 emajer@virginia.edu
Sarah McConnell
Producer and Host, With Good Reason (434) 243-5521 smcconnell@virginia.edu
Catherine Moore Research Assistant, BackStory (434) 924-4403 cm6ay@virginia.edu
Lydia Wilson
Program Associate, VFH Media Programs (434) 924-6895 lydiawilson@virginia.edu
Andrew Wyndham
Director, Media Programs (434) 924-6894 awyndham@virginia.edu
Rachel Quimby
Associate Producer, BackStory (434) 243-5530 rquimby@virginia.edu

Research and Education
Roberta Culbertson
Director, Research and Education (434) 924-6561 rculbertson@virginia.edu
Ann Spencer
Program Associate, Research and Education (434) 243-5526 aspencer@virginia.edu
William W. Freehling
Senior Fellow   wwf4n@Virginia.EDU
Jerome S. Handler
Senior Scholar (434) 924-8978 jerryh@virginia.edu

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