McDonnell Appoints Chris Peace to VFH Board

In a statement released this weekend, Governor McDonnell appointed Delegate Chris Peace (PLP 2004), member of the Sorensen Institute State Advisory Board, to the board of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) at U.Va.

Chris has represented the 97th House District since 2006 and serves on the prominent Courts of Justice, Health Welfare and Institutions, General Laws, and Finance Committees. The district spans parts of Hanover, Caroline, King William, King and Queen, Henrico, Spotsylvania Counties and all of New Kent County. Chris was the recipient of Sorensen's 2008 “Expression of Ideals” award, recognizing the alumnus who has, in the past year, best represented the ideals at the heart of the Sorensen mission: a spirit of ethics, bipartisanship, and civic engagement.

The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities supports research, education, and programs in the humanities to assist individuals and communities to understand the past and its influence, to question and resolve issues in the present, and to shape a future committed to the common good. Since its founding in 1974, VFH has sponsored more than 40,000 humanities programs serving communities large and small in every region of the Commonwealth.