Rare Book School’s reputation as a center of excellence in bibliographical and book-historical education is built on the strength of its people. Our community thrives because of the skillful governance of our board, the dedicated labors of our staff, and the inspired teaching of our faculty. Each play an essential role in advancing our shared mission. We invite you to meet the individuals who make RBS what it is.
RBS Staff
Administration & Special Projects
Michael F. Suarez, S.J.
Executive Director
Kevin J. McFadden
Chief of Operations
kevin.mcfadden@virginia.edu
434-924-7183
Responsible for: Strategic vision and leadership, board coordination, performance management, human resources
Amy Speckart
Assistant to the Director
amy.speckart@virginia.edu
434-924-7606
Responsible for: Director’s calendar and travel
Shannon Wilson
Budget & Finance
Danielle Culpepper
Chief of Finance
danielle.culpepper@virginia.edu
434-243-7213
Responsible for: Management of budget and finance, diversity initiatives, grant administration
Michael X. Taylor
Manager of Finance & Facilities
michael.taylor@virginia.edu
434-243-2920
Responsible for: Accounts, payroll, human resources, tuition
Juliana Callen
Assistant Manager of Finance
juliana.callen@virginia.edu
434-297-7949
Responsible for: Bookkeeping, general administration, reception
Collections, Exhibitions & Scholarly Initiatives
Barbara Heritage
Miranker Family Director of Collections, Exhibitions & Scholarly Initiatives
barbara.heritage@virginia.edu
434-924-3878
Responsible for: Collections, exhibitions, outreach, acquisitions, donations of books and related materials, grant administration, fundraising for scholarship initiatives
Zoe Langer
Associate Curator
zoe.langer@virginia.edu
434-243-7239
Responsible for: Curating RBS collections and exhibitions, RBS faculty requests, outreach, collections-based social media communications, collections-based queries
Sarah Hale
Pine Tree Foundation Rare Materials Cataloger
Responsible for: Collections cataloging; also preservation of RBS collections and collections management
Connor R. Smith
Administrative Director, Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB)
connor.smith@virginia.edu
434-924-5723
Responsible for: SoFCB program administration
Andy Lin
Collections Assistant
Harry Mayor-Mora
Collections Assistant
Heidi Zmick
Collections Assistant
Communications & Outreach
Kim Curtis
Director of Communications & Outreach
kim.curtis@virginia.edu
434-243-7077
Responsible for: Strategy and planning, branding and messaging, publicity and media relations, copyediting
Katie Hodges-Kluck
Assistant Director of Communications
katie.hodges-kluck@virginia.edu
434-297-7164
Responsible for: Website, social media, video, print and digital materials, strategy and publicity
Development
Andrew A. Kuhn
Director of Development
andrew.kuhn@virginia.edu
434-924-0992
Responsible for: Overall fundraising efforts, annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, &c.
Antanella Tirone
Assistant Director of Development
Responsible for: Database administration, reporting, stewardship, and analytics
Programs & Education
Laura Perrings
Director of Programs & Education
laura.perrings@virginia.edu
434-924-9176
Responsible for: Programs administration, course schedule, session arrangements, course advertising, fellowship and scholarship administration
Rachel Budge
Assistant Program Manager
rachel.budge@virginia.edu
434-982-2625
Responsible for: Remote course logistics, local arrangements, Certificates of Proficiency program, scholarship administration, and merchandise
Emma Reilly
Miranker Online Program Manager
emma.reilly@virginia.edu
434-243-0031
Responsible for: Online course administration, course logistics, and local arrangements
Andrew Rivard Hill
Admissions Officer
andrew.rivardhill@virginia.edu
434-243-7043
Responsible for: Course applications and admissions, course evaluations, local arrangements, M. C. Lang Fellowship administration
Jack Wallace
Program Assistant
Responsible for: Printed course materials, course advertising, course logistics