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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Vice-President - 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 - Vonda Pruitt
Vonda Kay Pruitt is a very active local resident of the Chincoteague area! Vonda is currently employed at Shore Bank where she has been for 11 years. Her banking experience started at the South Salisbury Branch as a part time teller while going to school at Wor Wic Community College. She then accepted a full time position in 2000 as a float teller and took a permanent position at the Chincoteague Branch in 2005 taking the position as Head Teller. Vonda is also employed at the Comfort Suites on Chincoteague part time as well as an independent consultant for The Pampered Chef. In 2007, she bought a home in New Church, Virginia where she currently lives. Her hobbies include travel especially to the Caribbean, crossword puzzles and Sudoku, and reading true crime by Anne Rule.
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