speakers

Emily Guthrie

Emily Guthrie oversees the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library staff, budget, and daily operations and directs the activities of the library’s content and access services, corporate archives, media collections, special collections, and visual resources departments. She also provides expertise in special collections, especially pattern books and other design sources that informed the work of 18th- and 19th-century artisans. She joined the Colonial Williamsburg staff in 2024 after many years at the Winterthur Library and the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Eric Harris

For the past 10 years, Eric Harris has worked as the Business Continuity and Records Officer for the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA). He has experience with building and managing records management programs, developing training, processes and procedures, and assessments. Before that, he worked as a Process Manager at Capital One, Resource Analyst at Grant Thornton GPS, Project Coordinator at Henkels and McCoy, and served in our United States Marine Corps.

Dr. Moya Hill

CEO and founder of Dr. Moya Hill Solutions LLC. Full bio forthcoming.

Emily Johnson

Emily Johnson is a Records Analyst with the Library of Virginia, where she's been employed since March of 2024. In this role, Emily offers training sessions to her clients, assists in creating educational materials, tracks records management legislation, and manages the Library's records management webpages. Before joining the Library's team, Emily worked at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, where she was an archivist and the agency's Records Officer for two years. Emily has completed coursework in records management and holds her Master of Library and Information Science from Simmons University. Emily currently serves on VAGARA's Executive Board as a Member-at-Large and the site administrator.

Matt Logie

Matt Logie is a records management leader with a breadth of expertise in information governance, data governance, archival practices, and digital transformation. Currently serving as Data Governance Lead for Fairfax County’s PLUS Business Support Group, Matt oversees data policy development and data retention strategy for the multi-agency Planning and Land Use System. He previously managed the records operations of Fairfax County’s Land Development Services as the Records and Information Manager, where he developed agency-wide records policies, directed digitization initiatives, and provided training across multiple departments.

Matt has prior experience as the County Records Analyst for Fairfax County’s Department of Information and Technology, Facilities Plans and Records Manager for George Mason University, Federal Contractor for Raytheon, and Assistant Archivist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Matt has consistently led strategic programs that enhance data compliance, access, and stewardship. He holds a Master of Library Science from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Mount St. Mary’s University. A Certified Records Manager, Matt is also President of the Virginia Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (VAGARA).

Chad Owen

Chad Owen has headed the Records Management Section at the Library of Virginia since 2016. Previously, he spent four years at the Iowa State Archives and fourteen years as records manager for the University of Louisville. He's originally from southside Virginia, holds degrees in history from UVA and VCU, and spends his spare time leathercrafting, playing bass, and trying to convince himself that he's retired from rugby.

Maxine Pluto

Maxine Pluto currently serves as Agency Records Management and Information Officer for Virginia Housing Development Authority, where she focuses on modernizing records management and building information governance practices for today’s electronic environment. She is a records and information management professional with 20 years of experience across federal, consulting, and public-sector environments. Her career began during seven years of active-duty service in the U.S. Air Force and has since included work with DARPA, FEMA, the Department of Navy, the Department of Army, and other various federal agencies. Maxine is NARA-certified in federal records management and is currently pursuing the Information Governance Professional (IGP) certification.