Virginia General Assembly
Delegate Jeion Ward, Chair
Hampton
Delegate Buddy Fowler
Hanover
Senator Mamie Locke, PhD
Hampton
Senator Jennifer McClellan
Richmond
Gubernatorial Appointees
President Makola Abdullah, PhD
Virginia State University
Petersburg
Audrey Davis
Alexandria Black History Museum & Virginia Africana Associates
Alexandria
Pastor Nelson Harris
Former Mayor
Roanoke
Dean Khadijah Miller, PhD
Norfolk State University
Norfolk
Jalane Schmidt, PhD
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Cainan Townsend
Robert Russa Moton Museum
Farmville
Ex-Officio Members
Matthew Gibson, PhD
Representing Virginia Humanities
Brett Glymph
Representing the Virginia Outdoors Foundation
Timothy Roberts
Representing the Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Monroe Harris, MD
Representing the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia
Rita McClenny
Representing the Virginia Tourism Corporation
Advisors
Delegate Delores McQuinn, Founding Chair Emerita
Richmond
Elizabeth Kostelny
Preservation Virginia
Susan Perdue
Virginia Humanities
Lauranett Lee, PhD
University of Richmond
Lynn Rainville, PhD
Washington & Lee University
Peter Hedlund
Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Humanities
Staff
The Office of Community Initiatives at Virginia Humanities
Karice Luck-Brimmer
Program Associate
Yahusef Medina
Associate Director
Justin G. Reid
Director