Meet Our Board of Directors
Taylor Frome
(Chair)
Taylor recently moved to Charlottesville after three decades working in the field of alternative education in Philadelphia. She likes to make things happen, and was raised in a house full of tools.
Melissa Goldman
(Vice Chair)
Melissa is the Fabrication Lab Manager for the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia. She has a love for building at all scales, and has a background in architecture, digital and robotic fabrication, and set and puppet design.
Kathy Kildea
(Treasurer)
Kathy is one of the founding members of the Cville TimeBank, and was instrumental in establishing the Repair Café program in Charlottesville. She’s an avid cook and gardener, a serial entrepreneur, and has a background in administration and marketing.
Kate Scales
(Board Member)
Kate Scales is an outpatient therapist with LifeWorks Professional Counseling. She lives in Albemarle with her husband and two teenage daughters and loves to learn about how things work.
MJ Lightbody
(Board Member)
MJ works as an ASL Interpreter in the school systems. She enjoys working on the computer and working on the “library” side of things at the Tool Library- checking tools in and out. It’s a great opportunity to meet new people!
Becky Turner
(Board Member)
Becky is a newer resident to Charlottesville and loving every bit of it. She has been around tools her entire life and stays busy with home repairs and renovations, as well as gardening. She previously worked in the academic cancer clinical trials operations.
Past Board Members
David Lerman (Board member: 2019-2022)
Fang Yi (Board member: 2019-2023)
Ruth Richards (Board member: 2019-2023)
Ammon Shepherd (Board member: 2019-2024)
Navarre Bartz (Board member 2019-2023)
Courtney Christensen (Board member 2019-2021)
Ryan McCarthy (Board member 2019-2023)
Erika Rydergaard (Board member 2019-2024)
Tyler Whitney (Board member 2019-2024)