Board of Directors:
Executive Committee:
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Walter J. Stewart Co-Chair
Dr. Ray Smock Co-Chair Erik Fatemi Vice Chair |
Karen Rice Treasurer
Secretary open |
Board Members:
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Marianne Alexander
Mary Anne Clarkson Dionne M. Davies Patrick J. Griffin |
Susan Kemnitzer
Hon. Alan B. Mollohan Donald A. Ritchie Barbara Videnieks |
Emeritus Board:
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Richard A. Baker
Anne Barth |
Ned Rose
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Our Staff:
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Dr. Ray Smock
Director Emeritus & Resident Scholar (304) 876-5701 or (304) 671-3295 | [email protected] Dr. Ray Smock led the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education as its founding director from 2002 to 2018. He rejoined the staff in 2021 as Interim Director. Prior to his tenure at the Byrd Center, Ray served as Historian of the United States House of Representatives from the creation of that office in 1983 until 1995. He is a past president of the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress, the Society for History in the Federal Government, and the Association for Documentary Editing. He holds the Ph.D. in American History from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a biographer of Booker T. Washington, co-editor of Congress Investigates: A Critical and Documentary History (2 vols.), and other works on the history of Congress and the presidency. He served as a historical consultant to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA.
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Tish Wiggs holds the MSLS in Information and Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.A. in Public History, with a concentration in Historic Preservation, and a B.A. in American History with a minor in Folklore. Before joining the staff of the Byrd Center she was Youth Services Librarian at Shepherdstown Public Library.
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Patrick Fuller is a 2021 graduate of Shepherd University, holding a B.A. in History. Before joining the staff of the Byrd Center in April 2025, Patrick served as an AmeriCorps Member with the Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission, a NCPE intern with the National Park Service's Interpretive Design Center, and an ACE fellow with the National Park Service's Museum Management Program.
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