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Commission Members

Organizations applying to the Virginia Commission for the Arts are encouraged to include the members of the Commission on mailing lists and notify them of activities and events.

Mailing Addresses

Name	Location	Expiration of Term
Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr., Chair	Accomac	06/30/2011
Lisa Alderman	Abingdon	06/30/2014
Willie Dell	Richmond	06/30/2014
Dr. Gwen Everett	Fairfax	06/30/2013
Tina Lea	Virginia Beach	06/30/2014
Evelia Gonzalez Porto	Richmond	06/30/2013
Ann Edwards Rust Marcia Neuhaus Speck	Herndon Alexandria	06/30/2014 06/30/2014
Marcia H. Thalhimer	Richmond	06/30/2014
Ann Bondurant Trinkle	Roanoke	06/30/2014
Vaughan Webb	Rocky Mount	06/30/2011
Deborah Wyld	Smithfield	06/30/2013

Commissioner Mailing Addresses

Nicholas J. Covatta, Jr., Commission Chair
25118 Bowman’s Folly Drive
Accomac, VA 23301
Ncovatta@esnursery.com

Lisa Alderman
19404 McCray Drive
Abingdon, VA 24211
Lta0992@aol.com

Willie Dell
2956 Hathaway Road, Unit 805
Richmond, VA 23235
604emmamae@gmail.com

Dr. Gwendolyn H. Everett
9310 Ludgate Drive
Alexandria, VA 22309
Gheverett99@aol.com

Tina Lea
4728 Orchard Lane
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23464

Evelia Gonzalez Porto
2211 Monument Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23220

Ann Edwards Rust
1020 Monroe Street
Herndon, VA 20170
Annrust@cox.net

Marcia Neuhaus Speck
3813 Colonel Ellis Avenue
Alexandria, Virginia 22304
Mnspeck2vca@aol.com

Marcia H. Thalhimer
206 Ampthill Road
Richmond, Virginia 23226

Ann Bondurant Trinkle
2855 Jefferson Street, SW
Roanoke, Virginia 24014
Abtrinkle@gmail.com

J. Vaughan Webb, Assistant Director
Blue Ridge Institute
Ferrum College
Ferrum, Virginia 24088-9014
Vwebb@ferrum.edu

Deborah H. Wyld
20566 Captains Walk
Smithfield, Virginia 23430
Deborah.wyld@nscorp.com