2026 Spring Board Meeting

Thursday, April 30

• 1:00 - 2:15 PM | New Trustee Luncheon
  (Trustee class of 2026) 
  Kenwood Parlor
  1325 Kenwood Farm, Charlottesville, VA 22902
  Business casual
   
• 2:30 - 3:30 PM | Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Daniel P. Jordan Archaeology Research and Collections Complex
  (All Trustees)
  Kenwood Campus
  Business casual
   
• 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Board of Trustees Deep Dive: Campaign Planning 
  (All Trustees)
  Jefferson Library
  1325 Kenwood Farm, Charlottesville, VA 22902
  Business casual
   
• 5:30 - 6:30 PM | Jefferson Remembers the Declaration 
  (All Trustees encouraged to attend this or Friday's program; spouses and partners welcome)
  Monticello Mountaintop
  Business casual
   
• 7:00 PM | Informal Board Dinner
  (All Trustees; spouses and partners welcome)
  David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center Courtyard
  1050 Monticello Loop, Charlottesville, VA 22902
  Business casual  

Friday, May 1

• 8:30 AM | Coffee and Light Breakfast 
  Lockhart Board Room, Robert H. Smith Center at Montalto 
  1400 Mountain Top Farm, Charlottesville, VA
  Business casual
   
• 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Board Meeting
  Lockhart Board Room, Robert H. Smith Center at Montalto
  Business casual
   
• 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Board Lunch
  Conservatory, Robert H. Smith Center at Montalto
  Business casual
   
• 1:00 - 3:30 PM | Board Meeting
  Lockhart Board Room, Robert H. Smith Center at Montalto
  Business casual 
   
• 4:30 - 5:30 PM | Jefferson Remembers the Declaration
  (All Trustees encouraged to attend this or Thursday's program; spouses and partners welcome)
  Monticello Mountaintop
  Business casual
   

• 6:00 - 9:45 PM | Cabinet Dinner,* featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff & Jane Kamensky on Revolutionary Minds
  West Lawn of Monticello 
  Black tie

  *Summit donors have the opportunity to reserve four seats at the Friday dinner rather than two. To note names for your additional dinner seats, please contact Megan Howerton at [email protected] or 434-984-7578.

Saturday, May 2

All trustees and trustee spouses/partners welcome to attend the full slate of Cabinet activities and our VA250 Signature Program, Pen to Paper

• 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Cabinet Retreat Welcome and Light Refreshments
  The Robert H. Smith Center at Montalto
  Business casual
   
• 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Cabinet Retreat State of the Foundation
  The Robert H. Smith Center at Montalto
  Business casual
   
• 12:00 PM | Cabinet Retreat Luncheon, featuring Declaration Book Club
  The Robert H. Smith Center at Montalto 
  Business casual 
   
• 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Pen to Paper: The Civic Gospel of the Declaration of Independence (VA250 Signature Event)
  West Lawn of Monticello 
  Business casual
   
• 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Reception
  West Lawn Hospitality Tent
  Business casual
   
• 4:30 - 6:30 PM | Jefferson & Adams, a stage play by Howard Ginsburg 
  West Lawn of Monticello
  Business casual

Shuttles will run to and from The Draftsman Hotel and Keswick Hall for the Cabinet Retreat dinner on Friday, May 1.

Keswick Hall 

• Rooms have been held at Keswick Hall for Thursday-Sunday nights. Reservations should be made directly with Keswick Hall using this link. Note that the link will take you to the February calendar - please select April-May for this reservation.
• Should you have any issues, please contact Viola Campbell, 434-979-3440 x 6006, [email protected].
• In order to ensure the group rate, reservations must be made no later than Monday, April 13, 2026.

The Draftsman Hotel

• Rooms have been held at The Draftsman Hotel for Thursday-Sunday nights. Reservations should be made directly with The Draftsman Hotel using this link.
• Should you have any issues, please contact Deana Nowell, 434.984.8006, [email protected]
• In order to ensure the group rate, reservations must be made no later than Wednesday, April 1, 2026.