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VAM Office, Staff & Council

The VAM Office is located at:

200 South Third Street 
Richmond, VA 23219

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VAM Staff
Executive Director

Margo Carlock
804.788.5821

Deputy Director
Jennifer Weiskotten
804.788.5823

Communications Director
Heather Widener

Accountant
Su Thongpan
804.788.5820

VAM Council

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President
Joseph Gutierrez, Jr. 
Senior Director, Museum Operations and Education
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
P.O. Box 1607
Williamsburg, VA 23187
(757) 253-7302
Fax: (757) 253-7350
joseph.gutierrez@jyf.virginia.gov

Vice President, Planning & Resources
Sean Fearns, Museum Director
DEA Museum & Visitors Center
700 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
(202) 307-3463
Fax: (202) 307-8956
sean.fearns@deamuseum.org

Vice-President, Programs
Tracy Gillespie, Director of Communications
Morven Park
P.O. Box 6228
Leesburg, VA 20178
(703) 777-2890
Fax: (703) 779-1368
tgillespie@morvenpark.org

Secretary
Barbara Batson, Exhibits Coordinator
Library of Virginia
800 E. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 692-3518
Fax: (804) 692-3736
barbara.batson@lva.virginia.gov

Treasurer
Mary LaGue, Collections Manager
Taubman Museum of Art
Roanoke, VA 24011
(540) 342-5760
Fax: (540) 342-5798
mlague@taubmanmuseum.org

Director, Central VA
Norman Burns, Executive Director
Maymont
1700 Hampton Street
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 358-7166
Fax: (804) 358-9994
nburns@maymont.org

Director, Northern VA
Gretchen Bulova, Director
Gadsby's Tavern Museum
134 North Royal Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 838-4242
Fax: (703) 838-4270 
gretchen.bulova@alexandriava.gov

Director, Tidewater/Eastern Shore
Al Schweizer, Site Manager
Children’s Museum of Virginia
221 High Street
Portsmouth, VA 23704
(757)393-5258
Fax (757)393-8083
schweize@portsmouthva.gov

Director, Southwest & Blue Ridge
Charlotte Whitted, Executive Director
Historic Crab Orchard Museum
3663 Crab Orchard Road
Tazewell, VA 24651
(276) 988-6755
Fax: (276) 988-9400
cwhitted@craborchardmuseum.com

Director, Southern Region
Lacy Ward Jr., Director
Robert Russa Moton Museum
PO Box 908
Farmville VA 23901
(434) 315-8775
Fax (434) 315-8724
director@motonmuseum.org

Director Mountain & Valley
Troy Marshall, Supervisor of Historical Interpretation
New Market Battlefield State Historical Park
P.O. Box 1864
New Market, VA 22844
(866) 515-1864
Fax: (540) 740-3033
marshalltd@vmi.edu

Director District of Columbia
Kym Rice, Assistant Director
George Washington University, Museum Studies Program
2147 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
(202) 994-7030
Fax: (202) 994-7034
kym@gwu.edu

Director, Art
Sandy Rusak, 
Deputy Director for Education & Statewide Partnerships
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Deputy Director of Education
200 N. Boulevard
Richmond VA 23220
(804) 204-2668
Fax (804) 204-2676
sandy.rusak@vmfa.museum

Director, Historic House Museums/Sites
Gary Sandling, 
Vice President of Visitor Programs and Service
Monticello
PO Box 316
Charlottesville VA 22902
(434) 984-9833
Fax: (434) 977-7757
gsandling@monticello.org

Director, History
Anna Holloway
Vice President, Museum Collections & Programs
Mariners' Museum
100 Museum Drive
Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 591-7740
Fax: (757) 591-7312
aholloway@marinersmuseum.org

Director, Nature, Science & Planetaria
Jeff Liverman, Director
Danville Science Center
677 Craghead Street
Danville, VA 24541
(434) 791-5160
Fax: (434) 791-5168
jliverman@smv.org

Director Specialized Audience Interests
Lin Ezell, Director
National Museum of the Marine Corps
18900 Jefferson Davis Hwy
Triangle, VA 22172-1938
(703) 784-6422
Fax: (703) 432-0029
lin.ezell@usmc.mil

Director of Universities & College Museums and Galleries
Barbara Rothermel, Director
Daura Gallery
1501 Lakeside Drive
Lynchburg VA 24501
(434) 544-8343
Fax (434) 544-8277
rothermel@lynchburg.edu

Director-at-Large
Page Hayhurst, Executive Director
Virginia Living Museum
524 J Clyde Morris Blvd
Newport News VA 23601
(757) 595-1900
Fax: (757) 599-4897
director@thevlm.org

Director-at-Large
Cheryl Robinson, Museum Administrator
Legacy Museum of African American History
PO Box 308
Lynchburg VA 24505
(434)845-3455
Fax (434)845-9809
legacymuseum@ntelos.net

Immediate Past President
John Verrill
P.O. Box 325, 402 South Main Hebron, Maryland 21830
703-967-9399 or 410-742-0691
jubylee@verizon.net

Ex-officio Member
Robert C. Vaughan, President
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
145 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 924-3296
Fax (434) 296-4714
rcv@virginia.edu