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Virginia 500 Spotlight: JANE KAMENSKY

THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE ME: Thick-skinned, committed, self-mocking

WHERE I SEE MYSELF 10 YEARS FROM NOW: On a screened porch drinking coffee and looking at the Blue Ridge

ADVICE FOR NEW COLLEGE GRADUATES: Democracy is hard work and a peerless privilege. Earn it every day.

DID YOU KNOW? Kamensky, who in January became president of the nonprofit foundation responsible for running Jefferson’s Monticello plantation, has authored or co-authored seven books covering four centuries of American history. She was previously the Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard University.