Kimberly Loehr

President @Virginia Press Women Foundation

Richmond, VA, US

The Virginia Press Women Foundation is a 501(c)3 corporation formed in 1992 to raise and administer funds for college scholarships. VPW Foundation is affiliated with Virginia Professional Communicators, which was founded in 1958 as Virginia Press Women and is an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women. The annual scholarship is named in honor of Agnes Cooke of Kinsale, Va, who was a charter member of VPW and served as president from 1964 to 1966. Named VPW’s first presswoman of the year in 1966, Cooke was considered one of the “savviest journalistic observers of Virginia politics.” She was well known in the Northern Neck for columns she wrote for 25 years that chronicled everyday events in her community.