The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private, nonprofit organization that owns and operates Monticello, announced new leadership for its Board of Trustees as of January 2025. Molly Hardie was named chair of the board, and Michelynn Woodard as vice chair. Monticello also welcomed five new trustees from across the nation.
Monticello is pleased to announce three appointments to the organization’s leadership team: Laura Nichols as Vice President for External Relations, Alexandra Early Carter as Chief Development Officer, and Dr. Andrew M. Davenport as the Vice President for Research and Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies.
The National Science Foundation and The Conservation Fund have awarded a combined total of $354,000 to Monticello’s Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS).
Ballerina, author, and philanthropist Misty Copeland will be the keynote speaker during the 2024 Naturalization Ceremony on July 4.
On April 12, the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello will present their highest honors, the 2024 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals, to a trio of national luminaries in the areas of Architecture, Citizen Leadership, and Law.
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello announced the launch of a new, limited-time Revolutionary Women at Monticello Tour, which will invite visitors to explore the house and grounds through the eyes of women, both free and enslaved, who shaped the lives of so many at Monticello and beyond.
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private nonprofit organization that owns and operates Monticello, welcomed two new trustees to its Board: Dr. Danielle Allen of Harvard University and the Honorable J. Michael Luttig, former United States Court of Appeals Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
Castle Hill Cider is pleased to announce its second release of Orchard Select, a special hard cider made in collaboration with Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Jane Kamensky, Ph.D., as the new President at Monticello. Kamensky will assume her new role on January 15, 2024.
On April 13, the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello will present their highest honors, the 2023 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals, to a trio of national and international luminaries in the areas of Architecture, Citizen Leadership and Law.
Leslie Greene Bowman has announced she will conclude her leadership at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello as of April 30. Under her stewardship, Monticello has welcomed millions of guests, expanded scholarship, modernized across digital and physical platforms and multiplied the donor base sixfold.
On April 13, the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello will present their highest honors, the 2022 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals in Architecture, Citizen Leadership, and Law. This year’s awardees are, respectively: Kenneth Frampton, Sherrie Rollins Westin, Stephen Breyer.
Thomas Jefferson was only 33 years old when he wrote those immortal words, now among the most famous in the English language. And those were radical words in 1776. For a nation to justify its existence and governance on the premise of universal rights was new. But there were flaws in that promise of liberty that haunt us to this day.
April 9, 2018 - The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello two major grants, making possible greater accessibility to new archaeological research and a landmark exhibition on the legacy of slavery.
