Charles F. Bryan

Charlie is a founding partner with Daniel P. Jordan of Bryan & Jordan Consulting, LLC, which specializes in strategic planning, fundraising, board and staff relations, and executive searches for nonprofit institutions and higher education.

Charlie retired in 2008 after a twenty-year career as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Historical Society; Charlie remains as its CEO Emeritus.

He served as president of the American Association for State and Local History and was president of the Independent Research Libraries

Charlie is a member of the board of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. He is a board member of the VMI Foundation and serves as the Vice Chair of the Medical College of Virginia Foundation.

Charlie is a Distinguished Military Graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He earned a Master’s Degree in history from the University of Georgia and his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee with a speciality in the American Civil War.