Education Steering Committee
The 250th Commemoration will provide timely opportunities to educate, engage, and inspire Virginians around our history and foundational values and beliefs that continue to be relevant to our lives. Over the next two years, the VA250 Education Committee will work with partners throughout the Commonwealth to accomplish the following goals:
- Make History Come Alive
- Spark a Civics Renaissance
- Celebrate Democracy
Chair
Secretary of Education for Virginia
Subcommittee Chairs
Catherine Fitzgerald Wyatt
Library of Virginia
Department of Education Staff
VA250 Staff
Secretary of Education Staff
Zach Jacobs
Lanz Geisler
Members
Chickahominy Tribe
Jeffrey Allison
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Lucretia Anderson
The Richmond Forum
Reverand Cozy Bailey
Virginia NAACP
Rose Basom
Science Museum of Virginia
Jamie Bosket
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Liz Briechle
Constructive Dialogue Institute
Kerry Canaday
Virginia Tribal Education Consortium
Mary Kate Cary
University of Virginia
Lee Ann Chisenhall
Williamsburg-James City County Schools
Christy Coleman
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Richard Conti
Science Museum of Virginia
Paula Cook
Sail250® Virginia
Emily Cooper
Virginia Department of Education
Heather Crislip
The Richmond Forum
Nick Down
American Council of Trustees and Alumni
Barry DuVal
Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Cliff Edwards
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
Celeste Fetta
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Jodi Fisler
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
Sam Florer
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Judge Douglas Ginsburg
U.S. Court of Appeals
Deecy Gray
American Battle Monuments Commission
Paige Hildebrand
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
Erin Hill
The Virginia Public Access Project
Joe Keiper
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Jennifer Lopez
Norfolk Public Schools
Hank Moseley
Sail250® Virginia
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill
Campus Free Expression Project
Michael Plumb
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Sarah Quesenberry
Botetourt County Public Schools
Alyson Ramsey
Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest
Michael Regnier
Hetereodox Academy
Andrew Richardson
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
Beverly Sanford
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
Butch Smiley
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
Bethany Spitzer
Gunston Hall
Doug Sprei
American Council of Trustees and Alumni
Scott Stroh
Gunston Hall
Amy Tillerson-Brown
Mary Baldwin University
Rajiv Vinnakota
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
Mike Wasserman
Constructive Dialogue Institute
Sandra Wheeler
The Richmond Forum
Jennifer Whitlow
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Previous Meetings
Tuesday
October 1, 2024
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Materials