Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation Directors and Staff

Staff

Michelle Depp, Executive Director

Telephone: 304-637-7424 (637-RICH) – Email: richmt@richmountain.org

• BA in History, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA 1994
• Board member: West Virginia Museum Association, Randolph County Convention & Visitors Bureau;
• Treasurer—Tygart Valley Homestead Association (National Register District)

Donald Moore, Site Manager

• Elkins Department of Public Works, Site manger since 2002

Board of Directors

Richard Wolfe, President

• Bridgeport, WV
• Retired from the United States Marine Corps after 26 years as a Major
• Employed by Lockheed Martin as a Program Manager for a Federal Information Technology Program

Thaddeus McClellan “Mac” Pritt,  Vice President

• Elkins, WV
• Founding Member of RMBF
• Retired

Wayne Farley, Secretary

• Bridgeport, WV
• Civil War Researcher
• Pharmacist

Arden Swecker, Treasurer

• Beverly, WV
• Owner, Canaan Valley Gas
• 31st VA Descendent

Dr. Victor Thacker

• Elkins, WV
• Retired educator and Air Force Colonel. B.S., US Air Force Academy, 1963; M.A. and Ph.D. in English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.P.M. (Masters in Public Management), Carnegie Mellon. Supervisor of the restoration of Graceland Mansion, Davis & Elkins College. Board chairman of the Randolph County Community Arts Center. Member, WV Hospitality & Tourism Education Foundation. Editor of French Harding: Civil War Memoirs.

Terry Jones, Past President

•  Mabie, WV
• Ancestor fought at Rich Mountain
• WV Division of Forestry, Forester

 Carroll Martin, Randolph County Historical Society Representative

• Elkins, WV
• Retired Pharmacist
• WVU School of Pharmacy

 Frank Koenig,  RCDA Representative

• Elkins, WV
• Retired U.S.D.A. Forest Service
• Prairie Supervisor, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
• Wilmington, Illinois

John Calabrese, US Forest Service

• Elkins, WV
• Archeologist, Monongahela National Forest

Tim Glaser, West Virginia Reenactors Association

• Clarksburg, WV
• Electrician/Electronics Tech Medical Action Industries AA
• Electronics Technology Electrician;
• Civil War re-enactor—Telegraph Operations

Cindy Reel

• Coalton, WV
• BA in Education-K-8; Certification in Mentally Impaired, Learning Disabilities, and Behavior/Emotional Disorders. Masters in Learning Disabilities.
• Randolph County Board of Education--Teacher

Leonard Kerns

• Retired Labcraft Co.

T.R. Ross

• Elkins, WV
• Washington & Jefferson College, B.A. History
• WVU College of Law J.D.; Private practice in Elkins, WV
• 1974 – present Member, Board of Trustees Davis & Elkins College; Past Member and Chairman of Board of Trustees of Davis Memorial Hospital; Past Member and President of Board of Trustees of Elkins YMCA

Dr. Timothy Hart

• Fairmont, WV
• PhD Technology Education, WVU
• Support Staff
• Descendant of Hart Family of ante-bellum Rich Mountain

Phyllis Baxter

• Elkins, WV
• MA in History with Certificate in Public History.
• One of founding members, past President and past Executive Director of RMBF,
• Executive Director, Appalachian Forest Heritage Area
• President, Historic Beverly Preservation and Beverly Historic Landmark Commission
• Board member and past President, Preservation Alliance of West Virginia

Hunter Lesser

• Elkins, WV
• Archaeological, historic preservation, and interpretive services consultant
• Author-- Rebels at the Gate and more than 50 additional publications

Randy Allan

• Beverly, WV
• Forester
• Randolph County Historical Society, Pres,

Don Teter

• Monterville, WV
• Surveyor
• Author— Going Up Gandy
• Lecturer—“Mapmaking in the American Civil War”

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