Title: Executive Director

Company: Museum of Culpeper History

Location: Orange, Va.

Lee Langston-Harrison chose this career path because this is the only thing she could ever imagine herself doing. She has been involved with Museum of Culpeper History for 39 years, currently serving as Museum of Culpeper History. This is her fifth museum venture and her forte is moving museums forward and opening new museums. Ms. Langston-Harrison biggest challenge was becoming a single mother when her daughter was 14 and having to balance career and family life.

The person who has inspired Ms. Langston-Harrison most is her mother. She worked all her life. She was an executive leader in her field. She broke every barrier possible in government and went back to school and got a law degree in her spare time at the age of fifty. She took her children hiking and hiked with them for a thousand miles in the Appalachians. She was an inspiration to everyone she met and fought for women’s causes. She believed strongly in that it didn’t matter if you were a man or a woman that you always needed to be the best you possibly could be and never say no. Ms. Langston-Harrison wants to be remembered the same way: for being a fair, supportive and a leader in her field.

Ms. Langston-Harrison’s greatest strength is her ability to always carry on forward. She was extremely lucky to receive a lot of help as a young professional, and as a result, she does lots of internships to be able to give back some of the same to other students coming out of the gate. Ms. Langston-Harrison’s greatest accomplishment personally is her daughter, raising a productive young women. Professionally, her greatest accomplishment is taking museums that are bankrupt and turning them into profitable institutions. Her greatest accomplishment is saving the culture for the next generation. During her free-time, Ms. Langston-Harrison enjoys traveling, reading and movies.