Staff Members
Hargrave Announces Interim Commandants
June 16, 2023
We’re pleased to announce that two esteemed members of the Hargrave family will be stepping in as Interim Commandants in the summer and fall of 2023. 1SG Eric Samuels, USA (Retired), will assume the role of Interim Commandant during the Hargrave Summer Program. A deeply dedicated and well-respected figure at Hargrave, 1SG Samuels recently marked his tenth ... Read more
Eric Peterson Selected as Next President of Hargrave Military Academy
January 12, 2022
Hargrave Military Academy’s Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Eric Peterson will serve as Hargrave’s next President. Recognizing that sustained growth in enrollment and strengthening programs are best accomplished by a leader with a strong private school background, the board, faculty, and staff expressed a clear preference for candidates with exceptional independent school ... Read more
Ritchie as new CDO
July 23, 2019
Hargrave is excited to introduce that Ms. Mackenzie Ritchie is joining the Hargrave team as our new Chief Development Officer. She comes from a background in military boarding schools and Christian based education. “What drew me to Hargrave was the focus on the spiritual development of young men.” As our new CDO, Mackenzie is excited ... Read more
Featured Faculty – Janice McLaughlin
May 9, 2019
Ms. McLaughlin is a veteran teacher and a U.S. Army Veteran. She joined our CIS (middle school) Department this year as an English Instructor. She holds a BS in Psychology and Special Education from Lynchburg College, a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from The University of Phoenix and an Ed. S. in Educational ... Read more
Featured Faculty – Dena Olsen
May 2, 2019
Ms. Olsen is a familiar smiling face on campus and is Hargrave’s Director of Guidance and Counseling. She holds a Masters in School Counseling. A friend from college started working at Hargrave and was soon telling her all about it. “God drew me to Hargrave”, she explains. While in school, she realized that she wanted ... Read more
Featured Faculty – Dr. Brent Robida
April 17, 2019
Dr. Robida did not intend to be an English teacher, though as a high school student, he was fascinated with reading and remembers the day he realized that other people were putting serious consideration into the written word. After being a lecturer at the University of Tennessee and Clemson University, he has learned to really ... Read more
Featured Staff Don Haston
April 10, 2019
We are excited to welcome Don Haston back to campus as our Director of Facilities. Don is an alumnus, a former Hargrave Board Member and recently stepped down as the head of Haston General Contractors in Charlotte, North Carolina. “The Lord led me to give back to this school that gave so much to me.” ... Read more
Featured Faculty Scott Roach
April 2, 2019
Major Scott Roach is the Chair of our Social Studies Department and in his eighteen years at Hargrave has taught classes ranging from 7th Grade Math to AP Government. He started at Hargrave as an assistant baseball coach while teaching in the public school system. Soon he was on the Hargrave faculty and coaching basketball, ... Read more
Featured Faculty Betsy Kent
March 19, 2019
One of our newest faculty members, Ms. Betsy Kent, is a Science instructor for our Center for Integrated Studies (CIS). She comes to Hargrave not from a traditional educational background, but from an industrial one; she was formerly a microbiologist with Nestle. Ms. Kent has taught at the college level and has led youth groups ... Read more
Featured Staff Barbara Loney
March 10, 2019
Ms. Barbara Loney has been the Operations Clerk and Transportation Coordinator at Hargrave for fourteen years but for the Cadets she is so much more. When she first came to Hargrave she did not know what to expect from the Cadets or the military staff. She remembers being nervous coming up the stairs. It did ... Read more
Featured Staff – William McCaskey
February 26, 2019
Delta Company is made up of our 7-9th graders and their company leadership. Delta is the reigning Honor Company in our Corps. Captain McCaskey is one of the Delta Company TAC Officers and he attributes their successes to their outstanding Cadet leadership and great Cadets. “Our Cadet leadership taught them well and then the Cadets ... Read more
Featured Faculty Mike Broomell
February 11, 2019
Lieutenant Colonel Broomell first arrived at Hargrave in March of 1994 not knowing if he could do this job. He was a young teacher and was taking over for a long term and very popular faculty member. On his first day, a Cadet who was not interested in actually working in class gave him quite ... Read more
Featured Faculty – R.J. Reich
February 4, 2019
Captain Reich joined our CIS department this year as a social studies teacher. Previously he taught, coached and was a building officer at a military boarding school in Pennsylvania. Following in his parents’ and grandfather’s footsteps, he entered into education as well. “It is the family business.” Growing up in a home full of teachers, ... Read more
Featured Faculty – Luis Zerpa
January 22, 2019
Captain Luis Zerpa teaches Spanish, coaches weightlifting and sponsors our Spanish and Chess clubs. A native of Venezuela, he enjoys sharing both his culture and his Christian faith with the Cadets. “I enjoy impacting the life of my students by integrating into the curriculum current events and showing them that through hard work and effort, ... Read more
New Head Coach for Hargrave Baseball
January 22, 2019
We are excited to be joined by Coach John Bailey. He is a veteran college baseball coach and a U.S. Army veteran who received a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Coming to Hargrave from Danville Community College, Coach Bailey brings over 35 years of coaching experience, including several state and conference titles. “I am excited ... Read more
Ms. Debra Pugh, English and Creative Writing Faculty
January 12, 2019
Ms. Debra Pugh is in her thirteenth year teaching English and Creative Writing at Hargrave. She is also the sponsor for the Live Action Role Playing (LARP) Club, where Cadets dress in costumes and physically portray their game characters. They also get to fight each other with foam swords! Walking into Mrs. Pugh’s classroom, you ... Read more
We will miss Alison Flanagan
December 20, 2018
We are at once delighted and saddened to announce that after prayerful consideration, Alison Flanagan has decided to leave Hargrave to pursue a lifetime opportunity. Her last day will be December 19. Alison has been a tremendous asset to our community, gifted with boundless enthusiasm for all that she does in the classroom, supporting athletics, ... Read more
Featured Staff – Captain Chad Lynn, TAC Officer & Alumni
December 12, 2018
Captain Chad Lynn ’04 is in his first year as a TAC Officer at Hargrave but he no stranger to our beautiful campus. He attend HMA for 3 years, graduating in 2004 as the Battalion Commander. He is pictured with SgtMaj Rogers, his TAC Officer when he was a cadet. Like all cadets, Captain Lynn ... Read more