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The mission of Friends of Southwest Virginia is:
• To preserve, promote and present the cultural and natural assets of Southwest Virginia;
• To work in partnership in the region to generate economic development through these efforts;
• To provide educational and cultural opportunities for the general public and students of the region;
• To showcase the cultural assets of SWVA at Heartwood: Southwest Virginia’s Artisan Gateway.
Friends of
Southwest Virginia
mission & Board
Salutation
Name
Board position Title, Agency /
Organization
Mr.
James A. Baldwin
Director
Executive Director,
Cumberland Plateau
Planning District
Commission
Ms.
Betsy K.White
Director
Executive Director,
William King Museum
Mr.
John Kilgore, Jr.
Director
Executive Director, Scott
County Economic
Development Authority
Mr.
Ron Thomason
Director
Director of Tourism,
Smyth County
Mr.
Chuck Lacy
Director
Attorney
Ms.
Elizabeth Adair
Obenshain
Director
Community Volunteer
Mr.
H. Ronnie Montgomery Director
Community Volunteer
Mr.
Lewis I. Jeffries “Bud”
Director
Community Volunteer
Ms.
Linda DiYorio
Director
Community Volunteer
Mr.
Bill Shelton
Ex Officio with Voting
Rights, Director - DHCD
Director, VA
Department of Housing &
Community
Development
Delegate
Terry Kilgore
Ex Officio with Voting
Rights, Chair - SWVA CHF
Elected Member for 1st
District, Virginia House of
Delegates
Ms.
Rita McClenny
Ex Officio with Voting
Rights, President - VTC
President, Virginia
Tourism Corporation
Mr.
Austin Bradley
Ex Officio, Chair - Round
the Mountain
Breaks
Mr.
Bill Shelton
Ex Officio, Director - DHCD Richmond
Ms.
Rita McClenny
Ex, Officio, VTC Director
Richmond
Mr.
David Matlock
Ex Officio, ED, SWVAHEC Abingdon