Board of Directors & Staff
Board of Directors
Richard W. Covington – Vice President (Bulletin Editor)
Bruce M. Craig
Chris F. Cralle (Program Chairman)
A. Wiatt Garland – President
Joseph A. Gibbs (Museum Chairman)
W. Leslie Kilduff, Jr. (Resource Development Chairman)
James F. Minor – Treasurer (Investment & Finance Chairman)
Wellington H. Shirley, Jr. (Accessions Chairman)
Emily D. Thomas (Membership chairman & Public Relations Chairman)
Gayle Thompson – Recording Secretary (Historian)
Rev. R. Meade Walker
Staff
Virginia H. Burgess, Exec. Secretary
Our other staff members volunteer to share their many skills. NCHS could not operate without them.
Marsha Benya, Volunteer
Nancy Bowen, Volunteer
Hilary Derby, Volunteer
Laura Hazel, Volunteer
Virginia Burgess is the Executive Secretary at NCHS. She has held that position since 1997 and will gladly assist you at the library or answer your questions by phone or email
NCHS Presidents to Date
Dr. J. Motley Booker (1965 — 1979)
Francis F. Palmer (1979 — 1981)
Bayne Palmer O’Brien (1981 – 1983)
A. Wiatt Garland (1983 – 2015; 2024)
Thomas A. Wolf (2016 — 2023)
NCHS Editors to Date
Dr. J. Motley Booker (1964 – 1967; 1989 – 1990)
Isabel Gough (1968 – 1969)
James F. Lewis (1970; 1974 – 1978)
Ada Kelly Hudnall (1981 – 1989)
W. Preston Haynie (1990 – 2008)
Thomas A. Wolf (2008 – 2023)
Richard W. Covington (2024)
Hilary Derby working on a genealogy file.