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Officers & National Board

The officers and members of the NSCDA's National Board work tirelessly to advance the mission of the organization. Their unrelenting dedication and fierce passion for preservation, patriotic service, and education unites them in one common goal: the exploration and appreciation of our nation’s history. Meet the members of the National Board below.

National Executive Committee

  • Mary Heyward Mundy

    President

  • Lisa Lacy White

    VP for Corporate Society Engagement

  • Frances (Francie) Root

    VP for Finance & Investments

  • Elizabeth (Beth) Robinson

    VP for Advancement

  • Elsie Smith

    VP for Mission Initiatives

  • Headshot of Edith Stickney, a blonde woman in a blue and white button up jacket and a blue/gold medallion

    Edith H. Stickney

    Vice President National Headquarters – Dumbarton House

  • Eileen Moody

    Secretary

  • Winafrid Avery Jenkins (Avery)

    Treasurer

  • Gail Faherty

    Registrar

  • Meg Beasley

    Historian

Corporate Society Presidents

  • Lucy Martin Jackson

    Alabama

  • Catherine Bacon Von Stroh (Cappy)

    Arizona

  • Katharine Lindsey Adams

    Arkansas

  • Julia Howell Sarno (Julie)

    California

  • Caro Thomas Williams

    Colorado

  • Alice Merrill Hyland (Tita)

    Connecticut

  • Mary Lawshe Henderer

    Delaware

  • Eleanore Hopkins Boyse

    District of Columbia

  • Elizabeth Howard

    Florida

  • Mary Helen Monroe

    Georgia

  • Juanita Wright Allen

    Hawaii

  • Courtenay Robinson Wood

    Illinois

  • Mary Bennett

    Indiana

  • Anne Katherine Wilson

    Iowa

  • Joyce Lappin Artz

    Kansas

  • Lisa Barr

    Kentucky

  • Margaret Kostmayer Charbonnet (Meg)

    Louisiana

  • Margaret Boyd Schutrumpf

    Maine

  • Carol Smith Gould

    Maryland

  • Carrie Hawley

    Massachusetts

  • Jane Quinn

    Michigan

  • Lois Abromitis Mackin

    Minnesota

  • Hermine McLarty Granberry

    Mississippi

  • Irene Schock Holmes

    Missouri

  • Elizabeth Bucholz

    Nebraska

  • Jeri Scudder Crawford

    Nevada

  • Elaine Blaylock

    New Hampshire

  • Ann Ward Talcott

    New Jersey

  • Marguerite Howard Morrison

    New York

  • Frances Wilson Smyth

    North Carolina

  • Charlotte Williamson Goering

    Ohio

  • Patty Tague

    Oklahoma

  • Meri Grady Taylor

    Oregon

  • Virginia Jarvis Whelan (Gina)

    Pennsylvania

  • Elizabeth Appleton Greig Hyman (Betsey)

    Rhode Island

  • Angelyn Thomas Bridges

    South Carolina

  • Julia Sanford

    Tennessee

  • Betty Sue Bird

    Texas

  • Janie Grantham

    Vermont

  • Anabel Smith Bowen

    Virginia

  • Julie Ernest

    Washington

  • Dixie Hudson Wilson

    West Virginia

  • Susanna Taylor Meyer

    Wyoming

Committee Chairs

  • Bethe Hagopian

    Audit

  • Laura Roberts

    Codification

  • Edith H. Stickney

    Dumbarton House Board

  • Francie Root

    Finance

  • Molly Carey and Lisa Liles

    Founding Females Initiative

  • Jayne Middleton

    Governance

  • Virginia Nicholson, First Regent

    Gunston Hall

  • Katherine Bergholtz

    Media-Publications

  • Caroline Goedhart

    Membership

  • Marianna MacIntyre

    Mission Outreach

  • Catherine Cooper

    Museum Alliance

  • Virginia Whelan

    Nominating

  • Kate Zabriskie

    Philanthropy

  • Evelyn Griswold

    Scholarships, Grants & Awards

  • Beth Robinson

    Strategic Planning

  • Charbra Jestin, Senior Representative

    Sulgrave Manor

Welcome from the President

NSCDA National President Mary Heyward Mundy introduces you to The NSCDA. Hear from Mary