Advisory Council

Serves in a consultative capacity to the Commission. Meets at the request of the Chairman of the Commission to deliberate and dispose of matters directed to it by the Commission or the Chairman, collaborate and share information to facilitate the Commission's work, respond to inquiries from the Commission, and make recommendations as appropriate.

Library of Virginia
Dr. Sandy Treadway, Librarian of Virginia
Advisory Council liaison to the Commission

Museum Community
Margo Carlock, Executive Director, Virginia Association of Museums
Christy Coleman, The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar
Graham Dozier, Virginia Historical Society
Vonita Foster, National Slavery Museum
Will Greene, Pamplin Historical Park
Patricia Hobbs, Lee Chapel and Museum, Washington and Lee University
John Quarstein, Hampton History Museum
Waite Rawls, Museum of the Confederacy
Craig Symonds, The Mariner's Museum
Edwin Watson, Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center

National Park Service/Battlefields
Dr. Edwin C. Bearss, Chief Historian (ret.), National Park Service
Scott Harris, New Market Battlefield Historic Park; Past President, VAM
John Hennessy , Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Battlefield Park
Howard Kittell, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
Robert E. L. Krick, Richmond National Battlefield Park
Robert K. Krick, Chief Historian (ret.), Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Battlefield Park
Dave Ruth, Richmond National Battlefield Park
Russ Smith, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Battlefield Park

Civil War Trails
Mitch Bowman, Executive Director

Civil War Preservation Trust
Jim Lighthizer, President
Claude Foster, Board member

Academic Historians
Dr. Theodore DeLaney, Associate Professor of History, Washington and Lee University
Dr. Gary Gallagher, John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War, University of Virginia
Prof. Ervin L. Jordan, Jr., Associate Professor and Research Archivist, University of Virginia
Dr. John W. Mountcastle, Ret. Brig. Gen., Army Chief of Military History, University of Richmond
Dr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, President, Sweet Briar College
Dr. Brian Wills, Professor of History, University of Virginia at Wise

Education Community
Dr. George McVey, Virginia Council on Private Education
Dr. Thomas Saville, Virginia Association of School Superintendents
Dr. Beverly Thurston, Virginia Department of Education

State and Local Government Liaisons
Michael Amyx, Executive Director, Virginia Municipal League
Alisa Bailey, President and CEO, Virginia Tourism Corporation
The Hon. Viola O. Baskerville, Secretary of Administration
The Hon. Patrick O. Gottschalk, Secretary of Commerce and Trade
Hugh Keogh, President and CEO, Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Kathleen Kilpatrick, Director, Department of Historic Resources
Brian Shepard, Policy Director, Office of the Governor

Community/Group Liaisons
D. Michael Beard, Sons of Union Veterans
Jeffry C. Burden, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
B. Frank Earnest, Sons of Confederate Veterans
Asa Gordon, Sons and Daughters of the United States Colored Troops
Barbara Joyner, United Daughters of the Confederacy

Robert A. James, Arlington
Nicholas P. Picerno, Bridgewater College
John Sandridge, Ft. Defiance
Lawrence Y. Schwab, Portsmouth
Anne R. Stuart, Fredericksburg
Bruce L. Turner, Virginia Beach
Anderson Williams, M.D., Norfolk