From the archiveDirectors and Board pages, captured September 2010 and May 2016
Directors and Board
Meet our Directors
2010: Dr. Mark Emblidge, Director · Ms. Barbara Gibson, Associate Director · Dr. Christopher E. Chin, Assistant Director of Research
2013: Ms. Barbara Gibson, Co-Director · Mrs. Cynthia Hutchinson, Co-Director
Meet our Advisory Board (2010)
- Dr. Beverly J. Warren, ChairDean, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Mrs. Jeannie P. Baliles, Vice ChairFormer First Lady of Virginia
- Mr. David BaldacciDavid Baldacci Enterprises, a division of Columbus Rose, Ltd.
- Mrs. Jane Bassett SpilmanCommunity Leader
- Mr. Peter A. BlakeVice Chancellor, Workforce Development Services, Virginia Community College System
- Dr. William C. Bosher, Jr.Executive Director, Commonwealth Educational Policy Institute, VCU
- Dr. Michael D. DavisChair, Department of Teaching and Learning, VCU
- Dr. Mark E. EmblidgeDirector, The Literacy Institute at VCU
- Ms. Kathy GlazerDirector, Office of Early Childhood Development, Department of Education and Department of Social Services
- Dr. Robert D. HolsworthFounder, Virginia Tomorrow LLC
- Mr. Robert T. RitterRetired Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Brink’s Company
Meet our Advisory Board (2013)
- Mrs. Jeannie P. BalilesFormer First Lady of Virginia
- Mr. David BaldacciDavid Baldacci Enterprises, a division of Columbus Rose, Ltd.
- Mrs. Jane Bassett SpilmanCommunity Leader
- Mr. Peter A. BlakeDirector, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
- Dr. William C. Bosher, Jr.Executive Director, Commonwealth Educational Policy Institute, VCU
- Dr. Leila ChristenburyChair, Department of Teaching and Learning, VCU
- Dr. Mark E. EmblidgeExecutive Director, Virginia Literacy Foundation
- Ms. Kathy GlazerPresident, The Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
- Dr. Robert D. HolsworthFounder, Virginia Tomorrow LLC
- Mr. Robert T. RitterRetired Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Brink’s Company
Several board members also appear elsewhere in the archive: Jeannie Baliles co-founded the Virginia Literacy Foundation, listed among the key partners, and Mark Emblidge’s SREB election is in the 2009 press. The 2007 site linked to an “Advisory Board” page as well; its capture holds only the page frame, so the earliest list that survives is the 2010 one.
Questions readers ask
Who led the Literacy Institute?
Mark E. Emblidge was director from 2004, with Barbara Gibson as associate director. By 2013 the site listed Barbara Gibson and Cynthia Hutchinson as co-directors, and the 2016 contact page called them interim co-directors.
Was the novelist David Baldacci really on the board?
Yes. Both the 2010 and 2013 lists include Mr. David Baldacci of David Baldacci Enterprises. Baldacci and his wife Michelle have long backed literacy causes through their Wish You Well Foundation.