Paula F. Newcomb

Mrs. Newcomb is the President of Expedition Trust Company, a South Dakota chartered private trust company with an office in Charlottesville. She was formerly the President of VNB Trust, N.A., having joined Virginia National Bank in February 2006 in anticipation of the formation of the Trust Bank. From 1993 to 2004 she served as Director of Development and Public Affairs for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private nonprofit organization that owns and operates Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson. She was Vice President for Development and University Relations at the University of Redlands from 1986 until the end of 1991. Mrs. Newcomb spent the first nine years of her development career at St. Lawrence University. Mrs. Newcomb was a founding director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, and has also served as a director and chairman of Piedmont CASA. She is currently a Big Sister volunteer. A native of Denver, Colorado, she received the AB from Franklin and Marshall College in 1977.