Board of Directors & Staff
Board of Directors
George Benjamin (Old Jail Chairman)
Richard W. Covington (Publications Chairman, Editor)
Bruce M. Craig (Grant Committee)
Chris F. Cralle (Program Chairman)
A. Wiatt Garland – PRESIDENT
Mark Huffman (Videographer, Grant Committee)
Alva J. Jackson (Advisor for African American History)
W. Leslie Kilduff, Jr. – VICE PRESIDENT (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 (Lay Chaplain)
Staff
Virginia H. Burgess, Exec. Secretary
Our other staff members volunteer to share their many skills. NCHS could not operate without them.
Nancy Bowen, Volunteer
Hilary Derby, 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) Richard W. Covington (2023 – 2024)
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 -present)
Hilary Derby working on a genealogy file.