{"id":1120,"date":"2013-12-31T00:16:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T00:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vnps.dreamhosters.com\/jefferson\/?page_id=1120"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:36:55","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jefferson Chapter serves the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange, as well as the city of Charlottesville.<\/p>\n<p>The Jefferson Chapter was chartered in September, 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0Chapter Flower is\u00a0<em>Jeffersonia diphylla<\/em>, commonly known as Twinleaf.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-1-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-1\">Board of Directors<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-1-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Title<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Name<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">President<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carol Carter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Vice President<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Karen Rexrode<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Secretary<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jenny Norwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Treasurer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ted Coates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Membership<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tana Herndon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Plant Sale<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Phil Stokes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Speakers<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Emily Walz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Publicity<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jenny Norwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Facebook<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Betty Truax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Field Trips<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Vacant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Member at Large<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Annemarie Abbondanzo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Member at Large<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ruth Douglas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Member at Large<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mary Lee Epps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Member at Large<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Marjie Giuliano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<h4>Contact a Board Member<\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f20344-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"20344\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> 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