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Virginia Foundation for Humanities
145 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629
UVA Messenger Mail Only:
PO Box 400749
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4749
Phone: 434.924.3296
Fax: 434.296.4714
Email: vfhinfo@virginia.edu

Staff List

President

Name Title Phone Email
Rob Vaughan President (434) 924-3296 vfhinfo@virginia.edu
Sarah Pickell Assistant to the President (434) 924-6562 spickell@virginia.edu

Administration

Name Title Phone Email
Kevin McFadden Chief Operating Officer (434) 243-5520 kmcfadden@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
Tori Talbot Events Manager (434) 243-8809 toritalbot@virginia.edu
Gail Shirley-Warren Business Manager (434) 243-5524 gshirleywarren@virginia.edu

Center for the Book

Name Title Phone Email
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

Community Programs

Name Title Phone Email
Carolyn R. Cades Program Associate, Public Programs (434) 924-7202 carolyncades@virginia.edu
Leondra Burchall Director, African American Heritage Programs (434) 243-5528 lburchall@virginia.edu
Jon Lohman Director, Virginia Folklife Program (434) 243-7030 folklife@virginia.edu
Jeanne Nicholson Siler Program Associate, Grants and Virginia Folklife Program (434) 243-5522 vfhgrants@virginia.edu
Karenne Wood Director, Virginia Indian Heritage Programs (434) 924-9946 karennewood@virginia.edu

Development

Name Title Phone Email
Elizabeth Piper Director, Development 434-243-9069 epiper@virginia.edu
Kate Turnbull Rullman Associate Director, Development 434-924-6561 katerullman@virginia.edu
Lynda Myers Program Associate, Development (434) 243-5525 lmyers@virginia.edu

Documents Compass

Name Title Phone Email
Rob Hewitt Office Manager (434) 924-2872 rrh7c@virginia.edu
Sue Perdue Program Director (434) 924-4519 ssh8a@virginia.edu
Holly C. Shulman Founding Director (434) 243-8881 hcs8n@virginia.edu

Encyclopedia Virginia

Name Title Phone Email
Matthew Gibson Director of Digital Initiatives and Editor, Encyclopedia Virginia (434) 924-4531 mgibson@virginia.edu
Peter Hedlund Programmer, Encyclopedia Virginia (434) 243-3585 hedlund@virginia.edu
Donna Lucey Media Editor, Encyclopedia Virginia (434) 243-8535 dl5up@virginia.edu
Caitlin Newman Associate Editor, Encyclopedia Virginia (434) 924-6890 cn8v@virginia.edu
Brendan Wolfe Managing Editor, Encyclopedia Virginia (434) 243-5529 bwolfe@virginia.edu

Fellowships

Name Title Phone Email
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

Grants

Name Title Phone Email
David Bearinger Director, Grants and Public Programs (434) 924-3296 dab@virginia.edu
Jeanne Nicholson Siler Program Associate, Grants and Virginia Folklife Program (434) 243-5522 vfhgrants@virginia.edu

Radio Programs

Name Title Phone Email
Jess Engebretson Associate Producer, Backstory (434) 982-2955 je9n@virginia.edu
Tony Field Producer, BackStory (434) 924-8922 tfield@virginia.edu
Kelley Libby Associate Producer, With Good Reason (434) 924-6895 kll6r@eservices.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
Eric Mennel Associate Producer, Backstory (434) 982-2930 em9pc@virginia.edu
Jamal Millner Technical Director, Backstory (434) 924-4403 jmillner@virginia.edu
Anna Pinkert Associate Producer, Backstory (434) 982-2955 apinkert@virginia.edu
Andrew Wyndham Director, Media Programs (434) 924-6894 awyndham@virginia.edu