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VAEA Leadership
Leadership Through the Years
For more than a century, Virginia art educators have stepped forward to lead, serve, advocate, and build community. We honor the generations of leaders whose vision and service have helped shape VAEA and strengthen visual arts education across the Commonwealth.
Honoring a Legacy of Service
Explore VAEA leadership across the decades. Each name represents a chapter in our association's story and a commitment to supporting art educators, students, and visual arts education throughout Virginia.
1915–1939
Building the Foundation
1922–23
Louise J Smith
1924–25
Mary Elizabeth Barclay
Returned to Serve
1928
Sallie Leigh Cole
1929–30
Dorothy Duggan
1931–32
Marnetta Souder
1933–34
Marrow Stuart Smith
1935
Mary Elizabeth Barclay
Multiple Terms
1936
Grace Palmer
Returned to Serve
1937
Ruth Wilt
1938
Martha Coulling
Multiple Terms
1939–40
Grace Palmer
Multiple Terms
1940–1969
Growing a Statewide Community
1941–42
Stella Wilde
1944
Russell D McCommons
1945–46
Virginia Bedford
1947
Ruth Hyland
1948
Catherine Baldock
1949–50
Eleanor King
1951–52
Janice Leman
Returned to Serve
1953–54
Ina Johnson
1955–56
Polly Arthurs
1957–58
Helen Cynthia Rose
1959–60
Ray Yoder
1961
Richard G Wiggin
1962
W Randolph Cheatham
1963
Shirlee Young-Loomer
1964
Janice Leman
Multiple Terms
1965–66
Eugenia Logan
1967
Eugenia Logan & James Williams
Co-Presidents
1968–69
Lee Montgomery
Tidewater
1970–1999
Expanding Leadership & Connection
1970–71
Betty Tisinger
Southwestern
1972–73
Barbara Bishop
1974–75
Gary DiVecchia
Central
1976–77
Jan Jones Hamel
Central
1978–79
Alan Schantz
Central
1980–81
Rebecca Humphery Hawkins
Blue Ridge
1982–83
Samual G Banks
Central
1984–85
Inocencia Waters
Central
1986–87
Barbara B Laws
Tidewater
1988–89
Charles Bleick
Central
1990–91
Daniel Reeves
Central
1992–93
Joan Podd
Central
1994–95
George Wise
Central
1996–97
Roger Tomhave
Blue Ridge
1998–99
Pearl Quick
Central
2000–Present
Advocacy, Professional Learning & Community
2000–01
Margaret Wood
Central
2002–03
Ronald Fabin
Blue Ridge
2004–05
Anne Wolcott
Tidewater
2006–07
Patricia Franklin
Tidewater
Returned to Serve
2008–09
Patricia Franklin
Tidewater
Multiple Terms
2010–11
W Scott Russell
Northern
Returned to Serve
2012–13
W Scott Russell
Northern
Multiple Terms
2014–15
Maripat Hyatt
Central
2016–17
Linda Conti
Northern
Returned to Serve
2018–19
Linda Conti
Northern
Multiple Terms
2020–21
Holly Bess Kincaid
Blue Ridge
Returned to Serve
2022–23
Holly Bess Kincaid
Blue Ridge
Multiple Terms
2024–25
Cheryl Miehl
Northern
2026–27
Leigh Drake
Tidewater
Regional Abbreviations in the Historical Record
BR · Blue Ridge
CR · Central
NR · Northern
SW · Southwestern
TW · Tidewater
Leadership Continues
Building on More Than a Century of Service
Today's VAEA leaders continue the work of the educators who came before them—building community, supporting professional growth, advocating for visual arts education, and helping shape the future of our profession.
Meet Today's VAEA Leadership →