Officers
Civil War Dealers and Collectors Association
Albert C. Eisenberg (Executive Director Emeritus)
Board of Directors:
President - Steve Sylvia - EMAIL
Publisher of North South Trader's Civil War Magazine. Owner of J.S. Mosby Antiques and Artifacts and Civil War show promoter. (Orange, Virginia)
Vice President - Harry Ridgeway
"The Civil War Relicman," quality relic dealer for over 35 years. (Winchester, Virginia)
Vice President - Shannon Pritchard - EMAIL Chair of the CWDCA Education Committee. Dealer and collector for over 30 years and owner of Old South Military Antiques. (Studley, VA)
Secretary - Jim Stanley
Collector since 1978. Widely respected dealer and owner of Jim Stanley Associates. (Ft. Wayne, IN)
Ethics Chair - Olin Shotwell - EMAIL
CWDCA assistant website administrator and owner of Shotwell's Antiques and Civil War Memorabilia. (Bloomsburg, PA)
Legal Chair / Acting Treasurer - Brian Adams - EMAIL
Civil War collector and enthusiast. Attorney. (Richmond, VA)
Information Technology - Carson Jenkins, Jr.
Principal, GrayCat Systems, Inc. Information systems designer for Fortune 500 companies, Federal Government and numerous Civil War related websites utilized by dealers and collectors. (Melbourne Beach, FL)
At Large - Lewis Leigh
Northern Virginia Attorney. Pioneer in the hobby of Civil War collecting. (Leesburg, VA)
At Large - Dean Thomas
Renowned Civil War collector, relic hunter, historian, show promoter, author and publisher of Thomas Publications. (Gettysburg, PA)
Committees and Committee Chairs:
Authentication (Harry Ridgeway)
Collectors (Brian Adams)
Dealers (Mark Owen)
Education (Shannon Pritchard)
Membership (Jim Stanley)
Relic Hunting (Steve Sylvia)
Shows (Dean Thomas/Lewis Leigh)
Advisory Committee:
The Board of Directors shall appoint an Advisory Committee of no fewer than 5 and no more than 20 members. The members of the Advisory Committee shall be made up of a combination of senior dealers, historians, and representatives of the museum field. The Advisory Committee advises the Board and the association on how to benefit the profession as well as the promote the preservation of Civil War artifacts and memorabilia.
Current Advisory Committee Members:
Waite Rawls -- Executive Director, Museum of the Confederacy (Richmond, VA)
Wilson Greene -- Executive Director, Pamplin Park (Petersburg, VA)
James Lighthizer -- President, Civil War Preservation Trust (Washington, DC)
Anna Holloway -- (CWDCA Member) Curator of Monitor Center, Mariner’s Museum (Newport News, VA)
Butch Holcombe -- (CWDCA Member) Publisher of American Digger and owner of Greybird Relics (Acworth, GA)
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