About Christy
Christy currently serves as the Executive Director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation in Williamsburg, VA. Prior to that role, she served 12 years as CEO of the American Civil War Museum. Christy is an innovator and thought leader with over 30 years of museum and public history experience.
She's dedicated herself to correcting the American narrative particularly of the Colonial/Revolutionary and Civil War eras by placing the diverse peoples and their impact back into the history. She's been a featured guest on many news and television outlets. Most recently, she's been featured in the History Channel's Grant and Lincoln: Divided We Stand miniseries .
Christy also served as a historical consultant for the award-winning film "Harriet" and Showtime's "Good Lord Bird," "The Gray House" and other upcoming works
Christy is the recipient of numerous awards, three Honorary Doctorates, and the David McCullough Prize for Public History.
Select Activities/Awards/
Recognitions
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Virginia 500 Power List 2020-2004 for Arts and Culture, Virginia Business Magazine
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Chair, American Association for State and Local History, 2024-2026
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Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA February 2020
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Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA December 2018
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Honorary Doctor of Civil Law, University of the South, Sewanee, TN October 2018
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2018 Richmond Power List: Arts and Culture, Style Magazine , August 28, 2018
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Meet the 31 People Who are Changing the South, Time Magazine August 6, 2018
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Co-Chair, Monument Avenue Commission, City of Richmond, VA 2017-2018