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President and CEO
Dr. Carter Hudgins ’00 is president and CEO of Drayton Hall Preservation Trust, an 18th century plantation in the South Carolina low country—a property that he started working at in high school.
Managing director
Clayton James ’91 is managing director of Jamestowne Investments and is actively involved in the management of The Rosewell Foundation and currently consults for The Fairfield Foundation.
Historic preservation consultant
Jeffrey Harris ’90 spent six years at the National Trust for Historic Preservation as director of diversity before becoming an independent historian and historic preservation consultant.
Public historian
Ed Ayres ’66 began his career as a historian in the 1970s working with archaeologists at the College of William and Mary, then later joined the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation as a public historian where he was part of the team that created a new museum on the American Revolution at Yorktown.
Retired archivist
Retired Virginia State Archivist Conley Edwards ’67 led a Herculean effort over the course of his 35-year career at the Library of Virginia growing the state archives from 47,500 items in 1974 to 109,221,000 upon Edwards retirement in 2009.
Preservation photographer
Brian Grogan ’73 is back on the Hill this semester teaching an art course that combines history, architecture, and photography, building on his more than 30 years of experience.
Medical Student, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist
When COVID-19 cut clinical rotations short and delayed board exams, medical student Aaron Gilani, Hampden-Sydney Class of 2015, found a way to fill his days—and take a break from studying for boards—while helping others.
Head Football Coach
University of Memphis Head Football Coach Ryan Silverfield ’03 has 24 years of coaching experience at both the college and professional levels, a journey that began while he was a freshman at Hampden-Sydney College.
Senior executive and Scientist
After Moderna produced a COVID-19 vaccine, Scott Nickerson '95 and his team was charged with safely and successfully manufacturing and rolling out hundreds of millions of doses—a considerably more daunting challenge.
CEO and Entrepreneur
What began in 1993 as an internship with family-owned Grocery Outlet became the preservation of a family legacy with Eric Lindberg '93 at the helm.