In 1985, seven local volunteers, under the aegis of the Alleghany Chamber of Commerce Community Development Committee, explored the possibilities of encouraging local youth to pursue education beyond the high school level. Armed with five-thousand-dollar seed money provided by First Citizens Bank, the Alleghany Educational Foundation, Inc. was about to embark on what would prove to the impetus for a remarkable future in our small, rural mountain community.
President:
Warren Taylor
First Vice President:
Jay Woodruff
Second Vice President:
Susan D. Murphy
Treasurer:
Karen Leys
Clarence Crouse
Margaret Crouse
Evelyn Hash
Frances Huber
Dr. Suzanne Mellow-Irwin
Una Lindh
John Wishon
Rita Woodruff
Bob Irwin
Melissa Vestal, Executive Director
Susan Nilo, Assistant Director
Board Of Directors
Dr. Zach Barricklow
Amy Bottomley
Pratt Davis
Richard Doughton
Dennis Gambill
Karen Leys
Walt McMillan
J. Sidney Miller
Susan D. Murphy
Shirley K. Richardson
Russell Sheets
Warren Taylor
Missey Weaver
George White
Jay Woodruff