Ann Yarborough Evans is the Archivist & Curator for the Springs Close Family Archives at the White Homestead.  Mrs. Evans previously served as the director of the Fort Mill History Museum, and consultant to the Catawba Cultural Preservation Project, as well as archivist for the Winthrop University Archives.  Mrs. Evans earned her master’s degree from Winthrop University and her Archival Administration Certification from the Summer Archives Institute, Emory University & Georgia Dept. of Archives & History.  She currently serves on the Confederation of SC Local Historical Societies as District # 3 Representative. She is the proud mother of two, and grandmother of Carson and Bryceson.

Stephanie Deutsch is the author of You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South, published by Northwestern University Press.  Since the book came out in 2011 she has been a frequent speaker at Rosenwald school alumni events, at public and private schools, and at Q&A sessions after the documentary film “Rosenwald.” Ms. Deutsch writes for her neighborhood newspaper and has authored book reviews and columns that have appeared in the New York Times and other publications.  She contributed the essay “Closing the Education Gap in the South in the Early Twentieth Century” to the collection Red, White and Black, edited by Robert Woodson.   She is active in the campaign to create a Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park.  

Stephanie grew up in Arlington, Virginia and, as the daughter of a Foreign Service officer, also in New Zealand and France. She holds a BA in Russian Studies from Brown University and an MA from Harvard in Soviet Union Area Studies.  She lives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. where, for twenty years, she served as chairman of the grants committee of the Capitol Hill Community Foundation which raises and gives away $350,000 a year in small grants.  She is married to retired television director David Deutsch, a great-grandson of Julius Rosenwald. They have four grown children and seven grandchildren. 

Christia Humburg has been the Executive Director of The Fort Mill History Museum since 2018.  Originally from North Carolina, she graduated from Appalachian State University with a  Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Living in York County for over 28 years, Christia’s professional background is in Tourism. She has a passion for telling Fort Mill’s unique  story through the museum to locals and tourists from all over the world. Christia and her  husband Jim have been married over 30 years and have 3 grown children that live across the  country. She currently is a caregiver to her mother but also enjoys exercising, music, and family.

Cora Dunlap Lyles is an alumna of George Fish School (1965-67) . Ms. Lyles is an Information Technology professional. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Information Management and a Master of Science degree in Information Technology from the University of Maryland University College. She is also a certified Computer Security specialist. She lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina. She works with the York Technical College Information Services Division in Rock Hill, South Carolina. 

She is a former board member of the Fort Mill History Museum Board of Directors and a Life member of the York County Genealogical and Historical Society. She enjoys learning and writing about the history of Fort Mill and the people of York County. Her passions are gardening, technology, history and genealogy research.

Haley Milner is the Assistant Curator and Outreach Coordinator at the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program, a cultural resources management program located on the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. From the University of South Carolina, Ms. Milner earned a Master’s in public history with a concentration in historic preservation and a certificate of graduate study in historical archaeology and cultural resources management. 

Ms. Milner is interested in the preservation of South Carolina’s rural built environments of the 19th and early 20th century, especially rural historic school sites. She has worked with Rosenwald Schools and Clemson Plan Schools for the past 12 years. Ms. Milner serves on the Confederation of South Carolina Local Historical Societies’ executive council as the District 5 Representative for Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, and Orangeburg Counties.

John L. Sanders III was born and raised in Fort Mill, SC, where he graduated from George Fish School in 1964. He served two years in the US Army and is a Vietnam Veteran. He graduated from York Tech with a degree in Industrial Arts. He was the owner and operator of Sanders Lawn Service for more than 23 years.

John is married to Juanita Nash Sanders, a retired 8th grade Social Studies teacher at Springfield Middle School in Fort Mill, SC. They have two sons, John IV and Shawn, and one daughter, Sharon. John is a member of the Jerusalem Baptist Church, where he is a deacon, choir leader, Sunday School teacher, and mid-week Bible School teacher. He is also a member of the Fort Mill Optimist Club. As President of the George Fish Alumni Association (2006-2007), Mr. Sanders was a guiding force in the erection of the George Fish School monument on Steele Street in Fort Mill.

Mr. Sanders is now retired and enjoys studying God’s Word, playing golf, listening to music, traveling, visiting schools, churches and various municipalities reciting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 's I Have a Dream speech.

Rebecca Studer is a 2020 graduate of Nation Ford High School. She is currently a student in the Clemson University Honors College, class of 2024. To earn her Girl Scout Gold Award, she helped campaign and spread awareness about the history of the George Fish School to the Fort Mill community by interviewing alumni and recording a documentary,  which is available at the Fort Mill History Museum.

Dr. David R. Ward, Jr. is a life-long resident of Fort Mill, South Carolina and gracious follower of Jesus Christ. David is a member of the Fort Mill Church of God and employed with Duke Energy in the Nuclear Generation Department. David enjoys serving Christ, spending time with family, exploring national parks, hiking, researching the past, reading, riding Harleys, and attending Dallas Cowboy football games. Dr. Ward received his Doctoral of Strategic Leadership from Regent University and is Historian for the Fort Mill Church of God and Fort Mill Fire Department. He has published From the Mountain to a Shining Hill - The First Eighty Years of the Fort Mill Church of God (2012) and Innovate or Evaporate - Journal of Transformational Innovation, Vol. 3 Issue 1, Spring 2018. He currently serves as the Chair of the Fort Mill History Museum Board of Directors.