Virginia PTA President Gallery
Past president pictures are from Virginia PTA’s archives of the ‘Virginia Bulletin’, “Contact”, and other association publications that were sent to PTA leaders and members. Work is ongoing to locate the missing photographs. (Printable pdf)
1904 – 1908
Dr. Samuel Chiles Mitchell
(Richmond)
1908-1910
John Stewart Bryan
(Richmond)
1910-1924
Mary Cooke Branch Munford
(Richmond | Mrs. B.B. Munford)
1924-1928
John Preston McConnell
(Radford)
1928-1932
Dr. Joseph Leonard Jarman
(Farmville)
1932-1933
Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines
(Lexington)
1921-1928
Mrs. Hattie Anderson Semones
(Cloverdale | Mrs. Harry Semones)
1928-1929
Mrs. Lillian Dunn
(Rapidan | Mrs. W.H. Dunn)
1929-1930
Mrs. Sally Rowbotham
(Altavista | Mrs. Arthur Rowbothom)
1930-1932
Mrs. D. W. Persinger
(Roanoke | Mrs. D.W. Persinger)
1932-1933
Mrs. Rita Cox
(Galax | Mrs. S.C. Cox)
1933-1937
Dr. William Thomas Sanger
(Richmond)
1937-1939
Mrs. Rita Cox
(Roanoke | Mrs. S.C. Cox)
1939-1943
Dr. Early Lee Fox
(Ashland)
1943-1946
Mrs. Helene Willis
(Norfolk | Mrs. Berry Willis)
1946-1949
Dr. George B. Zehmer
(Charlottesville)
1949-1952
Mrs. Harriet Barrow
(Dinwiddie | Mrs. Hunter Barrow)
1952-1955
Dr. Robert O. Nelson
(Newport News)
1927-1933
Mrs. Clara L.K. Bailey
(Portsmouth)
1933-1937
Mrs. Mattie Javins
1937-1945
Mrs. Zula E. White
(Hampton)
1945-1946
Mrs. Janet P. Crawley
1946-1949
Mr. Henry A. Davis
(Norfolk)
1949-1950
Mr. David Woodbury
1950-1955
Mrs. Thelma S. Pegram
(Covington)
1955-1959
Dr. Alfred Kenneth Talbot, Jr.
(Purcellville)
1959-1963
Mr. Ira J. Wormack, Sr.
(Roanoke)
1963-1965
Mr. J. Luvelle Taylor
(Roanoke)
1965-1968
Dr. Ethelyn Ratcliff Strong
(Norfolk)
1955-1958
Mrs. Helen W. Kavanaugh
(Roanoke | Mrs. W.W. Kavanaugh)
1958-1961
Dr. Edgar Johnson
(Longwood College)
1961-1963
Mrs. Harold T. Gerry
(Petersburg)
1963-1965
Dr. Charles Caldwell
(Harrisonburg)
1965-1967
Mrs. Margaret T Duncan
(Radford | Mrs. Charles Duncan)
1967-1969
Mr. Fred Entler
(Bristol)
1969-1971
Mrs. Virginia A Crockford
(Richmond | Mrs. W.H. Crockford)
1971-1973
Dr. Spencer Smith, Jr.
(Arlington)
1973-1975
Mr. Robert Shaver
(Danville)
1975-1977
Mr. George Thompson
(Salem)
1977-1979
Mrs. Maybelle Coussens
(Virginia Beach | Mrs. Paul Coussens)
1979-1981
Mrs. Janet Alley
(Chester | Mrs. Lofton Alley)
1981-1983
Mr. George Meek
(Arlington)
1983-1985
Mrs. Pearl Lineberry
(Hampton | Mrs. Leonard Lineberry)
1985-1987
Mrs. Cathy Belter
(Fairfax | Mrs. Leonard Belter)
1987-1989
Mrs. Delores Delaney
(Virginia Beach | Mrs. Robert Delaney)
1989-1991
Mr. Richard D. Martin
(Henrico)
1991-1993
Mrs. Nancy Taylor
(Hanover)
1993-1995
Mr. David W. Goodrich
(Suffolk)
1995-1997
Mrs. Mary B. Gormley
(Loudoun)
1997-1999
Mrs. Lois L. Cumashot
(Chesterfield)
1999-2001
Mrs. Sue R. Glasco
(Virginia Beach)
2001-2003
Mrs. Janice M. McKeever
2003-2005
Mrs. Ramona Morrow
2005-2007
Mrs. Dianne Florence
2007-2009
Mrs. Melissa Nehrbass
2009-2011
Mrs. Debra Abadie
(Newport News)
2011-2013
Mrs. Anne Carson
(Richmond)
2013-2015
Mrs. Brenda L. Sheridan
(Loudoun)
2015-2017
Mrs. Jane S. Brooks
(Virginia Beach)
2017-2019
Ms. Sarah R. Gross
(Richmond)
2019-2021
Ms. Donna Colombo
(Loudoun)
2021-2023
Ms. Pamela B. Croom
(Hampton)
2023-2025
Ms. Jenna Alexander
(Loudoun)
2025-2027
Dr. Benjamin Pearson-Nelson
(Chesterfield)
