Sally Ryan Burgess

Sally Ryan Burgess, MSW, has extensive experience in education and community engagement. From September 2022 to September 2023, Sally held the position of Director of Community Engagement at Shady Grove Family YMCA. Prior roles include serving as a High School Social Studies Teacher at Highland Springs High School from August 2018 to January 2022, and earlier at Henrico County Public Schools from August 2001 to June 2015, along with a brief stint as a Success Coach in early 2017. Sally holds a Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University, obtained in 2018, and also earned a Master's degree in History from the University of Richmond in 2002 and a Bachelor's degree in History and Women’s Studies from Furman University in 1998.