WGTHT Planning Committee and Staff
- Dr. Ann McCleary–Textile Trail Director and Center Director
- Keri Adams–Textile Trail Director and Center Assistant Director
- Bill Norris–Associate Director of Development, UWG College of Arts and Humanities
- Dr. Jae Turner–Visiting Associate Professor of Public History
- Maria Ross–UWG graduate student and WGTHT Conference Coordinator
- Jennifer Sutton–UWG graduate student and WGTHT Membership Coordinator
- Chanell Lowery–UWG student and WGTHT Administrative Assistant
Local Arrangements Committee
- Ellen Thompson–President, Whitfield-Murray Historical Society, Dalton
- Debby Long–Director of Operations, Dalton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Dalton
- Janet Cochran–Regional Tourism Project Manager, Georgia Department of Economic Development, Tunnel Hill
- Judy Alderman–Prater’s Mill Foundation, Inc., Varnell
- Joey Parrott–Board of Trustee Member, Dalton Little Theatre, Dalton
Conference Volunteers, Interns, and Additional Staff
- Jan Ridgway–Administrative Assistant, UWG Department of History
- Akilah Frazier–UWG marketing intern
- Nikole Gianopolous–UWG marketing intern
- Lauren Koch–UWG art student
- Yanique Leonard–UWG graduate student, volunteer
- Cecelia Stephens–UWG graduate student, volunteer
- Heather Rodriguez–UWG history intern, volunteer
- Kymberli Darling–UWG photography intern, volunteer
- Mollie Dominy–UWG history intern, volunteer
Funders
- Georgia Humanities Council, Atlanta
- Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia, Dalton
- Georgia Department of Economic Development, Tunnel Hill and Atlanta
- Shaw Floors, Dalton
- Whitfield-Murray Historical Society, Dalton
Partners
- Whitfield-Murray Historical Society, Dalton
- Dalton Area Convention Visitors Bureau, Dalton
- Center for Public History at the University of West Georgia, Carrollton
- Dalton Little Theatre, Dalton
- Shaw Floors, Dalton
- Prater’s Mill Foundation, Inc.
