She comes to our merchant meetings. She’s listening and, if she can’t do it, she will send you in the right direction.
— Danielle Schwarz, Earth, Glaze and Fire co-owner
Charity Furness
• Age: 38
• Home: Warrenton
• Work: Full-time executive director, Experience Old Town Warrenton, since August.
• Experience: Director, Fauquier FISH, 3 years; stay-at-home mom, 10 years; WARF childcare volunteer; assistant manager at Expo Design Center in Fairfax, 4 years.
• Civic involvement: Board member, FISH (For Immediate Sympathetic Help), Fauquier County Soccer Club committee; board member, Fauquier Community Coalition; steering committee, Partnership for Community Resources.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree, nuclear engineering, Purdue University, 2004; Orange County High School, 1999.
• Family: Husband, Steve; children, Timmy, 10, and Julie, 7.
• Hobbies: Volunteering and coaching girls U8 soccer team with Fauquier County Soccer Club.