Alison Davis-Holland is the VBS County Coordinator for Arlington County. She learned under Barbara and Charlie Chambers in nearby Fairfax County after finding an abandoned nest box trail in a park nearby. Alison is a cartographer and writer who creates story maps to visualize and tell the stories behind geographic data. As a kid, she could be found crabbing, canoeing, collecting molted cicada shells, searching for crawdads, and falling in love with many a frog and toad. As an adult, she attended lots of nature programs with her kids and started nest box monitoring with them in 2008, the same year she became a master naturalist. For fun, she likes to eat tasty food, travel around the world, putter through flat water on a kayak, make any kind of art, and write personal essays. She and her husband will be empty nesters this fall.

Valerie has been serving as VBS President since 2019 and is looking forward to serving VBS for another term. She is retired from a 25-year career with The Washington Post, is a Virginia Master Gardener, treasurer of Prince William Wildflower Society, a member of Centennial Garden Club, and Vice President of Lifelong Learning – Manassas. When not giving presentations on bluebirds to school students and community organizations she likes nothing more than immersing herself in a good book with Eleanor Rigby, her indoor cat at her side.

I have been a bird enthusiast for most of my adult life, and for about the last ten years I have welcomed bluebirds to my yard by maintaining bluebird nest boxes. It has been a great joy year after year to observe two, and sometimes 3, clutches of bluebird eggs hatch and the nestlings successfully fledge. Two years ago I happily accepted an invitation to monitor the Nottoway Park bluebird trail in Vienna, Virginia. It was about then that I learned of and joined the Virginia Bluebird Society. I am an attorney licensed in California and the District of Columbia. In my prior life, I held a variety of jobs in the public sector, including California Indian Legal Services, the Office of the Solicitor for the United States Department of the Interior, and the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Cathleen Drake McGarvey is a wife and mother of two children. She has been an educator for over 26 years and holds a B.S. in Elementary Education from SUNY College at Old Westbury. She is certified in Early/Primary Education PK-3 and Elementary Grades 3-6. Citizen Science and Environmental Stewardship have been an integral part of her classroom. She has been a bluebird monitor since 2013 and a Virginia Save Our Streams and local Water Quality Monitor in the Danville/Pittsylvania County area. She travels and teaches across elementary and middle schools as a STEM Teacher. She will work toward expanding the nest box program across the region and state in collaboration with Virginia Bluebird Society members.

Dana Glenn is a retired middle school teacher from North Carolina. She is a North Carolina Certified Environmental Educator. She has been involved with bluebirding since 1998. She has been a member of the North Carolina Bluebird Society (NCBS) since 1998. She has served on the Board of NCBS several times over the past 25 years. She has been a County Coordinator since 1998. She served as the State Coordinator of the County Coordinators for several years during the 2010s. She was honored as “Bluebirder of the Year” by NCBS in 2003. Over the years, she has traveled to NABS conferences across the U.S. and Canada. After moving to Roanoke, Virginia in 2020, she joined the Virginia Bluebird Society. She was honored to take on County Coordinator for Roanoke and Botetourt Counties in 2023. She has just finished Virginia Master Naturalist training in June 2023. Bluebirds and other native cavity nesters are her true passion. She truly enjoys educating others about bluebirds and other native cavity nesters. Dana enjoys nothing more than being on a bluebird trail and learning what techniques and tricks work best in promoting the success of all trails.

I’m a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and relocated to Southwest Virginia in 2017, where I reside in Radford with my husband Ed and our two golden retrievers, Gracie and Ripley. I am currently a member of Virginia Bluebird Society, VSO, a certified member and Membership Chair of the New River Valley Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists, and also the Trail Coordinator/Monitor for the New River Valley Bird Club bluebird trail. My career prior to retirement was in Project Management so I hope to bring those skills to the Board Secretary position with the VBS. AND, I LOVE Bluebirds!!

Mark Murphy is retired from a career in the IT industry where he worked with several nonprofits and fundraising organizations. He is a board member and IT administrator for the Virginia Native Plant Society and volunteers with the Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation. Mark is grateful to his wife Donna who introduced him to a love of bluebirds.

Pam Narney is a Certified Virginia Master Naturalist, an educator, citizen scientist, osprey blogger, and bird lover. When Pam became a Northern Neck Master Naturalist in 2009, she was introduced to bluebirds, and bluebird monitoring, which gave her another reason to be outside experiencing nature. She has been monitoring trails, refurbishing trails, giving presentations, and training bluebird monitors ever since. Pam has been the County Coordinator for Westmoreland and Richmond Counties for over 12 years. Last year for their dedicated service, Pam and her husband John shared the 2022 Virginia Bluebird Society’s County Coordinator of the Year Award. Pam loves wearing her “Ask Me About Bluebirds” pin and especially enjoys leading bird walks. Bluebirds bring joy. Pam shares that joy with Northern Neck residents, especially the children. She continues to educate people on the Northern Neck about the beauty and bounty of the area in which they live, especially those beautiful bluebirds.

My name is Jen Kettelkamp. I’m an Instructional Coach for Kindergarten-2nd grade teachers at Bluestone Elementary School in Harrisonburg, Virginia. I’ve been teaching for 18 years. I live with my husband and two teenage boys. When I’m not at school or checking bluebird boxes, I am throwing pottery on my potters wheel. I have been bluebirding for 3 years monitoring the eight nest boxes Bluestone Elementary received through a grant from the Virginia Bluebird Society. After seeing firsthand how excited students become when learning about bluebirds, I thought I would take the next step and join the board with hopes of being someone to inspire the younger generation to love and care for bluebirds. I look forward to working with you all.

Doug Rogers served as VP Trails for the past ten years. He is past president of the Monticello Bird Club and is an active member of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. He monitors 15 bluebird nest boxes and is frequently available to help with installation of nest boxes for all who ask. Doug is an avid photographer whose main subjects are birds and wildlife. His photos have been published in Birdwatching Magazine, in local news articles, and research papers. He is also a frequent contributor, both photos and articles for The Bird Box.