Personnel

December 16, 2021

Chairman Mary Hart Darden, The Nansemond River Garden Club

Personnel Chairman Mary Hart Darden announced that after receiving the resignation of GCV Administrator Maggie King in June 2004, to be effective September 15, an ad hoc Search Committee was established to find Maggie’s replacement. After reviewing over 100 resumes, and with board approval, Terry Parmentier was hired to begin immediately under Maggie’s tutelage. Mary Hart “broke into song” at the November 2004 Board of Governors to show the pronunciation of Terry’s name. “Mademoiselle from Armentiers, parlez-vous? Mademoiselle from Armentiers, parlez-vous? Mademoiselle from Armentiers, hasn’t been kissed for forty years. Hinky, Dinky, parlez-vous?”

Oops…not so fast! Terry Parmentier submitted her resignation effective March 2005. In announcing the news at the 2005 Annual Meeting, Mary Hart exclaimed “After being assailed by my warbling at the Board of Governors Meeting, that administrator fled Virginia.” So, another search was undertaken, and Patricia Powers Bryant was hired to begin in May 2005.