Our Mission and Vision
The Menokin Foundation's Mission is to preserve and interpret the home and life of patriot Francis Lightfoot Lee, as a focus for better understanding the fields of history, architecture, archaeology, ecology and other areas of the humanities, by developing innovative scholarship and new practices in conservation.
Our Vision is to provide at Menokin an internationally recognized learning center for heritage and natural resource conservation through innovative practices and technology.
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Core Strategies
Strategy I: Stabilize and conserve the existing physical fabric of Menokin and protect it from further deterioration with the Glass House Concept as the driving force.
Strategy II: Pursue the Glass House Concept in earnest.
Strategy III: Study and learn from the surrounding historic landscape to make the entire Menokin property more accessible, compelling and visitor-friendly to the public.
Strategy IV: Educate the public on the richness of Francis Lightfoot Lee, Menokin and the ideas of the times in which he lived, integrating hands-on learning opportunities into all historic preservation and land conservation work conducted at Menokin.
Strategy V: Establish a marketing platform to effectively tell the highly compelling story of Menokin, its people and its ideas to all stakeholders across all forms of traditional and social media.
Strategy VI: Deliberately, methodically and creatively raise the funds necessary to make our ambitions a reality.
Strategy VII: Recruit, retain and train the passionate and engaged volunteer corps necessary to make our ambitions a reality.
Trustees & Staff
Officers
Mr. W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. President
John H. Guy IV, Vice-President
Russell G. Brown, Secretary
John K. Boidock, Treasurer
Trustees
C. Dudley
Brown
Mrs. Arthur H. Bryant II
Capt. Hulon P. Fillingane, U.S. Navy (retired)
Dr. William M. Kelso
Mrs. Martin Kirwan King
Mrs. W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. (immediate past President)
Tayloe N. Negus
Mrs. Thomas L. Neuman
Mrs. Peter D. O'Hara
F. Scott Reed
Penelope de Bordenave Saffer
Alexander Smith, Jr.
Mrs. William G. Thomas
Stevenson T. Walker
James D.W. Zehmer
Honorary Trustees
Calder Loth
The Honorable Harry T. Taliaferro III
D. Anderson Williams
Executive Director
Sarah Dillard Pope
Assistant Director
Leslie S. Rennolds
Education Coordinator
Pam Narney, Ph.D.