CNHA Executive Officers - 2009
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President - Barbara Thackray
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Barbara M. Thackray was born in Manchester, England and played field hockey, lacrosse, and cricket for her high school. Between clerical jobs, she spent summer vacations cycling around England with a friend. She then buried her head in physics laboratories and math books at Oxford University for 3 years, finding time to play lacrosse on the University women's team and learning how to punt on the river.
After graduation, she taught high school science until emigrating to the U. S. with her husband. Living in the Philadelphia suburbs with three children finally led to returning to teach Physics for 17 years at the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, PA.
She retired to live in the 100 year old family vacation home in Chincoteague in 2004 with an orange tabby cat named Garfield. In Chincoteague, she grows vegetables, tends flower beds and lawn, volunteers at the library and for the board of the new YMCA. She prefers to go to local shops, church, and the wildlife refuge by bicycle. She has two children in California, and a married daughter and 2 small grandchildren in the D. C. area.
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Secretary - John Eliot
John Eliot earned both a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in journalism from Northwestern University. After three years as a reporter for the Cincinnati Post and Times-Star in 1974, he became a staff writer for National Geographic magazine and moved to Washington, D.C. After many trips to Chincoteague, he retired from National Geographic in 2006. John now lives full-time on the south end of the island. Salt marsh and waterfowl have always had a powerful attraction for him. In addition to serving as Secretary on the CNHA Board of Directors, John also puts in many hours as a volunteer on the refuge.
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Treasurer - Frank V. Moore
Born and raised in Providence, R. I., Frank Moore began college at the University of California (Berkeley) and completed both his Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Colleges of William and Mary. He also completed post-graduate studies at Cornell University under a Ford Foundation/National Institute of Public Affairs fellowship. Frank worked for NASA for 30 years, culminating in his position as Associate Director for Management Operations for Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. His position included responsibility for Wallops Flight Facility. Once retired from NASA, Frank had a consulting business for about 10 years.
Frank has been very active in establishing and supporting community-based organizations. He established the United Way of Virginia’s Eastern Shore and served as its first President and Board Chairman. Frank has also been appointed to several regional committees dealing with economic development issues such as the Spaceport, a Foreign Trade Zone to support the Spaceport, and the Spaceflight Academy. He continues to serve as a director and officer on those boards and has been elected Treasurer of the CNHA continuously since 1993. Frank and his wife, Rose, served as Editors of the Piping Plover newsletter and were responsible for membership from 1993 to 2006.
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