Board of Directors

Danny Fary, President

Bill Lawrence, Treasurer

Adam White, At-Large

Robert Kelly, Ex-Officio

Rachael Burnette, Corresponding Secretary

Deborah Billups, Vice-President

Board of Directors

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  • Bio bio bio this is where we would put Deborah Billups’ bio. I’m going to give her space for a few sentences. I’m sure she’s been very involved in historical pursuits. We can put contact information here, as well.

  • Bio bio bio this is where we would put Bill’s bio. I’m going to give him space for a few sentences. I’m sure he’s been very involved in historical pursuits. We can put contact information here, as well.

  • Bio bio bio this is where we would put Rachael’s bio. I’m going to give her space for a few sentences. I’m sure she’s been very involved in historical pursuits. We can put contact information here, as well.

  • Bio bio bio this is where we would put Adam White’s bio. I’m going to give him space for a few sentences. I’m sure he’s been very involved in historical pursuits. We can put contact information here, as well.

  • Recognized in 2023 as one of Old Dominion University’s “40 under 40,” Robert Kelly graduated in 2009 with a BA in History. He began his career at Fort Monroe National Monument and served as Casemate Museum Historian from 2011-2019. Robert proposed the $9 million Fort Monroe Visitor and Education Center (FMVEC) and comanaged the development of the center’s exhibits. The FMVEC is a “legacy project” of Virginia’s 2019 Commission.

    In 2020, Robert was named Gloucester County’s Museums Coordinator and is responsible for managing the Gloucester Museum of History. As Vice President of the American Friends of Lafayette, Robert is leading Lafayette200 public programming and education efforts. He also serves as President of both the Fort Monroe Historical Society and Peninsula Museums Forum. In 2019, Robert’s publication, “Humanizing the Enslaved of Fort Monroe’s Arc of Freedom,” was featured in Yale University’s Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies. In 2020 he was recognized as a Virginia Humanities Scholar. Robert resides in Fort Monroe, Virginia.