About VABook!

Volunteer Committees

The Virginia Festival of the Book is an annual program produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) in cooperation with community organizations. Consistent with our mission to promote literacy and reading through an annual celebration of books, festival programs are open to the public, and most are free of charge. Almost every aspect of VABook! is organized and generated by volunteer committees (listed below) who generously contribute their time and energy to this annual celebration of books and reading.

If you'd like to become a VaBook! volunteer, just fill out our online form.

Steering Committee

Paul Collinge
William L. Frank
Robert S. Friedman
Marcia Frick
John Halliday
Mary Jane King
Deborah Kovarsky
Evette Lamka
Judy Lesiak
Mayapriya Long
Lydia W. Peale
K. K. Pearson
Leah Puryear
Wayne D. Terwilliger
Tamyra Turner
Robert C. Vaughan III
Hilda Ward

Advisory Committee

Jaime Avanti
Peggy J. Baggett
Josef Beery
Terry Belanger
Judy Bias
Lu Bolen
Nancy E. Brockman
Carolyn Cullen
Virginia Daugherty
Rhoda Dreyfus
Johanna R. Drucker
George Garrett
Michael Green
Bryan Hagen
Kendra Y. Hamilton
Proal Heartwell
Jo Ann Hofheimer
Timothy Hulbert
Katherine L. Imhoff
Allyson Johns
Maurice Jones
Penelope Kaiserlian
Jonathan A. Kates
Joan Kindig
Mary Scott-Fleming
Deborah Kovarsky
Anna L. Lawson
Peppy Linden
Kristin Moses
Lucinda Munger
Katherine Neville
Nancy K. O'Brien
Lydia W. Peale
Meredith Richards
George W. Sampson
Rob Schilling
Martha J. Sims
Tim Hulbert
Lisa Russ Spaar
Katie Strotman
Katherine C. Stroud
Sally Thomas
Peter Thompson
Carol R. Troxell
Aubrey V. Watts
Anda L. Webb
Roger William

Adult Program Committee

Dawn Leigh Anderson
Paul Collinge
Susan Tyler Hitchcock
Karen Kevorkian
Katherine McNamara
Katherine Neville
Caroline Preston
Razel Solow
Bella Stander
Wayne D. Terwilliger
Tamyra Turner
Mike Zbailey

Business Breakfast Advisory Committee

Robin Amato
Larry Banner
Chris Engle
Debra L. Fisher
Sue Friedman
Hal Hurka
Dolores Johnson
Allyson Johns
Lauren Knight
Amy Lambert
Iris Luck
Susan McGinnis
Judy Mueller
Matt Perry
Gary Taylor
Aubrey Watts
Stephanie Williams

Crime Wave Committee

Deborah J. Dillon
Willetta L. Heising
Tom Nolan
Andy B. Straka
Marcia Talley
Dave Taylor

Publishing Day Committee

Robert S. Friedman
Mayapriya Long
Brandy Savarese
Bella Stander
Susan R. Williamson

Volunteer Committee

Sandra Anderson
John and Catherine Campagnino
Janet Cheeseman
Tish Ritchie Eppink
Peg Gilliland
Deb Kovarsky
Evette Lamka
Maggie Maranto
Kim and Wiley Martin
Liza Millett
K.K. Pearson
Bob Reynolds
Sigrid Sweitzer

Youth and Family Committee

Jennifer Bryerton
Timothy Carrier
Susan Coleman
Nancy G. Cook
Jamie Endahl
Jolee Nail Horn
Peter Jones
Joan Kindig
Carolyn Lawlor
Susan Midland
Judy Rood
Doris Vandermeulen
Jean Osborne Wilhelm

Office Assistance

Joy Blackburn
Emilia Braun
Janet Cheeseman
Palmer Curdts (UVa Intern)
Marilyn Fantino
Brian and Rebecca Hagen
Kate Jordan (UVa Intern)
Ann Lee (UVa Intern)
Judy Moody
Jeanne Palin
Marion Rothman
Pakisha Wortham (UVa Intern)

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