Virginia Division SCV Officers

Virginia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans

Officers and Contacts

E-Mail Commander Mike Pullen	J. Michael Pullen Commander 3471 Sleepy Hole Road Suffolk, VA 23435 Phone: 757-538-8717	Mike was born in Norfolk. A life-long resident of Virginia he has lived in Norfolk, Chesapeake, Southampton County and has lived in Suffolk since 1991. He graduated from Old Dominion University in '81 with a B.S. degree in Education and in '91 with an M.S. in Administration. A Life Member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a Life Member of the Virginia Division, Past Division Adjutant and is currently the Commander of the Tom Smith Camp #1702 in Suffolk. He is also on the Oakwood Restoration Committee and a member of the Friends and Descendants of Oakwood. Mike's son Zachary is also a Division Life member and a Compatriot of the Tom Smith Camp.
E-Mail 1st Lt. Cmdr. Tracy Clary	L. Tracy Clary 1st Lt. Commander P.O. Box 838 Lawrenceville, VA 23868 Cell: 434-774-4341	Tracy is an eleventh generation Virginian and has lived his entire life in Brunswick County. He has made his career in the insurance and financial services business for the past 16 years. He is an avid historian and has received many accolades for his work in recording and preserving cemeteries in Brunswick County. Tracy joined the SCV in 1998 as a member of the Armistead – Hill – Goode Camp #749 in neighboring Mecklenburg County, VA. Two years later, in 2000, Tracy was instrumental in reviving the old Brunswick Camp #512 in his home county. In April of 2000, The Old Brunswick Camp received its new charter, with Tracy serving as the charter Commander. Since that time, he has served his Camp as Commander, Adjutant/Treasurer, and was the Camp’s newsletter editor for 8 years.
E-Mail 2nd Lt. Cmdr. Ken Parsons	Ken Parsons 2nd Lt. Commander 217 Sherwood Forest Williamsburg, VA Home: 757-564-0878 Cell: 757-876-6967	Ken is a native and an unreconstructed rebel from South Carolina and has lived in Virginia for 30 years. He attended Clemson University and worked in the industrial construction business building power plants, paper mills and pharmaceutical plants. He retired from Fluor Corp having spent his last 15 years in the nuclear power business. He joined the Longstreet camp in 2002 and after 3 years was instrumental, with others, in forming James City Cavalry, camp 2095, where he served as the charter commander. He is now the camp adjutant/treasurer. Other than family, fishing and sailing his major interest is studying and preserving Southern Heritage and advancing the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
E-Mail Inspector Tim Hamilton	Tim Hamilton Inspector 233 Arrowhead Drive Madison Heights, VA 24572 Phone: 434-238-3267	Tim is a native Virginian living his whole life in Amherst county. He has been working with the same company as a Journeyman Machinist for 26 years. Tim and his wife Andrea have been married for 19 years and have a daughter and son. Tim joined the SCV in 2009 and in 2010 helped form and charter the Pvt. Napoleon Bonaparte Ponton Camp 2179 and serves as Camp Commander.
E-Mail Adjutant Tony Griffin	Tony Griffin Adjutant 111 Berryman Court Smithfield, VA 23430 Home: 757-357-9238 Cell: 757-617-9985 Work Cell: 757-334-6081	Tony is a native Floridian. He has lived in Virginia since he was stationed here in 1983 in the US Navy. He joined the Stonewall Camp #380 in Portsmouth in 1993 and helped charter the Tom Smith Camp #1702 in Suffolk in 1995. He has been a member of the Isle of Wight Avengers Camp #14 in Smithfield since 2007. He is a Life Member of the Virginia Division and is currently in his third term as Commander of Camp #14. Tony is married to Annette and has three sons that are also members of Camp #14.
E-Mail Treasurer Gerry Culver	Gerry Culver Treasurer 154 N. Main Street Culpeper, VA 22701 Home: 540-825-6670	Gerry Culver spent his early years in Alexandria, VA. He graduated with a BS in Economics and later earned an MBA from Marymount University. Gerry is a SCV member of the Robert E. Lee Camp and a member of the MOSB The Immortal 600 Camp. He is married to Jill and they have four children. They live in Culpeper, VA where Gerry has owned his business for over twenty years. Gerry enjoys bicycling, hiking, shooting sports and reading all types of books.
E-Mail Quartermaster Fred Chiesa	Fred Chiesa Quartermaster 166 Spoon Court Yorktown, VA 23693 Home: 757-617-6921	Fred Chiesa is a native of Newport News and has been a very active member in several area Civil War Associations. A member of the Portsmouth Civil War Round Table and Stars and Bars Order, Fred is instrumental in the efforts of the Jefferson Davis Committee and has also served three times as the 1st Lt. Commander in the SCV Stonewall Camp 380. Today he service as the Virginia Division Quartermaster. His father, Aldo Chiesa, was a founding member of the North South Skirmish Association, and Fred attended most of the Civil War Centennial Celebrations. An author of several local Civil War articles, Fred has become an acclaimed speaker on a wide range of topics including the Jefferson Davis Monument in Richmond, the Confederate Monument in Portsmouth, the Grand Camp of Virginia with the Early Virginia Sons of Confederate Camp, Confederate currency, as well as Confederate stamps. Fred Chiesa has worked for the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for 34 years and currently lives in Yorktown with his wife Ginger Chiesa; they have three children. Fred has also spent 8 years as a lead umpire with the Virginia District 7 Little League Association and a former member of Boy Scout Troop 143.
E-Mail Chaplain Michael Virts	Michael Virts Chaplain 6 Adam Court Fredericksburg, VA 22405 Home: 540-479-6839 Cell: 301-466-5803	Michael was born in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, on Duke Street, and moved to Southeast Washington, DC, and then later to Silver Spring, Maryland, at an early age. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in history at Mars Hill College in Madison County, North Carolina. After college graduation, Michael moved back to Silver Spring where he started his Government career working at the Department of the Interior and is now employed at the Federal Transit Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, DC. He has been interested in Confederate history since age 5. Michael joined the SCV in December 2006, serving Stringfellow Camp # 822 of Fairfax, Virginia, as Chaplain from 2007 to 2008. After moving to Falmouth, Virginia, he transferred to Major General Fitzhugh Lee Camp # 1805 where he served as Adjutant from 2009 to 2010 and as Commander from 2011 to present. Michael is a Life Member of the Virginia Division and is part of the Virginia Division Speakers Bureau. He has served as a Deacon at three Churches and is a Sunday School Bible Teacher.
E-Mail Archivist Edwin Ray	J. Edwin Ray Archivist 10805 Brewster Court Richmond, VA 23233-1909 Home Phone: 804-967-9007 Work Phone: 804-692-3572 or 3777	Born in Clanton, Alabama, he graduated from Chilton County High School, the University of Montevallo (B.A.), and the University of Alabama (M.L.S.). A member of the SCV since 1995, he is the Past Adjutant/Treasurer and current Commander of J.E.B. Stuart Camp 1343.
E-Mail Heritage Defense Coordinator	Kenneth R. Harris Heritage Defense Coordinator 4495 Nanney's Creek Court Virginia Beach, VA 23457 Phone: 757-426-3622	Kenny was born in Norfolk Virginia and resided in Princess Anne County up until it became today's modern day City of Virginia Beach in 1961 where he is still a resident. He is a member of the local SCV Camp in Virginia Beach, Princess Anne SCV Camp # 484 where he has held several offices including Camp Commander. He is also Past Commander of the Virginia Division's 1st Brigade, a position he held from 2010-2012. He is the Author of "Princess Anne County Virginia; it's Contributions & Sacrifices to the War Between the States", for which he has received the UDC's highest awards, the Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal Award, and the Judah P. Benjamin Award. He is also the recipient of several Camp and Division Awards, and is a life member of both the Virginia Division, and International Sons of Confederate Veterans.
E-Mail Past Div Cmdr Mike Rose	Michael A. Rose Commander 360 Dillon Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Phone: 757-749-1944	A Native Son of Virginia, Mike was born in Roanoke. He lived in Cave Spring until his family moved to Virginia Beach in 1983 where he still resides. As a member of the Princess Anne Camp #484, he has held several offices, including Camp Commander. He has received numerous awards at the Camp, Division and National levels including the Division's highest honor, the Commonwealth Cup. Mike served as the Division Archivist from April 2006 to January 2007, the Division Adjutant from January 2007 to April 2010 and the Division Commander from April 2010 to April 2012.
E-Mail Past Div Cmdr John Sawyer	John N. Sawyer Past Div. Cmdr. (2008-2010) 1206 Confederate Drive Locust Grove, VA 22508 Phone: 540-972-2459	Born in Cheverly, Maryland. Lived in the Upper Marlboro area all his life until he moved to Locust Grove, VA in November of 2000. He was a previous camp commander of the Maryland Line CSA Camp in Upper Marlboro, the Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Camp in Spotsylvania, VA, and the Capt. William L. Day Camp in Locust Grove, VA. John held the position of 2nd Lt. Cmdr. of the Maryland Division and received a SCV Meritorious Service Award in August of 1996. In April of 2000, John was awarded the Haskins-Claggett Award, the Maryland Division SCV's most prestigious award, and in August of 2000, he was presented with a Distinguished Service Medal from Commander in Chief Rick Griffin. John is a life member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, served as the 1st Lt. Commander of the Virginia Division from 2006-2008, the Virginia Division Commander from 2008-2010, and is currently the Commander of the Rev. Beverly Tucker Lacy Camp #2141 in Locust Grove, VA.