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Board of Directors

Courtney Gardner, Interim Executive Director with YAV Board Members Marty Einhorn, N. Brooks Gornto, Tricia Allgood, Minette Cooper and Deb Butler at our yearly Board Retreat led by Jane Short.

Every day we work to foster the creative development of children through the arts. We do this through a strategic partnership that includes: talented performing artists, passionate teaching artists, a dedicated and highly qualified staff, educators and administrators who believe in the power of the arts, as well as generous and committed individuals, foundations, corporations and municipal funders. But none of this would be possible without the support and advocacy of community members who volunteer to serve on our Board of Directors.

If you think you might be interested in serving on our State Board or our Richmond or Roanoke Advisory Boards, please contact Interim Executive Director, Courtney Gardner at executivedirector@yav.org.

State Board of Directors

• Karen Fine, President
• Dr. Bill Graves, Immediate Past President
• Jean Shackelford, Vice President
• Martin Einhorn, Treasurer
• Cindy Cooke, Secretary
• Deb Butler, Member At Large
• Nancy DeFord, Member At Large
• Michael Kelly, Richmond Regional Board Chair
• Dr. Henry J. Sullivan, Roanoke Regional Board Chair
• Patricia Allgood
• Edwin Brown
• Minette Cooper
• Robert Clarke
• Pat Edmonson
• Dr. Louise Einolf
• N. Brooks Gornto
• Stephanie Howe
• The Honorable Jerrauld C. Jones
• Theresa A. Kirchner, Ph.D.
• Ann Reed
• Judy Thaler
• Linda Webb
• Natalia Wilson

Richmond Advisory Board

• Michael K. Kelly, Chair
• Dr. Louise Einolf, Secretary
• Dr. Bill Graves, Board Liaison
• Rene Massey Ashjian
• Joyce Bassette
• Richard A. Fay
• Ginger Levit
• Marian M. Siegla
• Carol Snyder
• Caron Sterling