The 2026-2027 AHS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers
President - Michael Pope
Past President – Pam Cressey, Student Awards Co-Chair
President Elect - Darnella McGuire-Nelson
Vice President – Audrey P. Davis, Program Committee Chair
Treasurer – David Heiby, Publicity
Secretary – Consuella Hopkins, Student Awards Co-Chair
Directors
Peggy Harlow, Online Operations Coordinator
Linda Lovell, Hospitality Coordinator
Scott Vierick, History Awards Co-Chair, Grants Chair, Digital Museum Curator
Brenda Mitchell-Powell, Archivist
Mary V. Thompson, Member-Emerita
Paula Tarnapol Whitacre, Behind the Scenes Coordinator
Janet Hawkins, Member-at-Large
Brian Sando, Member-at-Large
Tom Fulton, Member-at-Large
Mark Jones, Member-at-Large
Jim Gilson, Member-at-Large
Ann Kaupp, Ex-officio, Editor
All Board members can be reached through the AHS email address: AlexandriaHistoricalSociety@gmail.com
The Lyceum Hall Union Civil War Hospital. Photo by Andrew J. Russell. (Alexandria’s History Museum purchase)
Current view of Alexandria's History Museum at the Lyceum Source: www.AlexandriaVA.gov
AHS events are usually held at the Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum, where citizens of Alexandria have been holding meetings and attending lectures for nearly 200 years.