Julie Germany
President
Julie is the President of the Army Heritage Center Foundation, which seeks to preserve soldier stories and promote the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center. She previously served on the Board of Advisors of the Foundation for a number of years before joining the team. Concurrently, Julie is also a Director of White Coat Waste Project and a cofounder of White Coat Waste Project PAC, both of which aim to end government funding of animal testing, and is the founder of Renegade Strategies, LLC. She is also involved in the Carlisle, Pennsylvania community, serving on the Downtown Carlisle Association’s promotions committee, as well as on the board of the Cumberland County Historical Society. Julie previously served as Chief Strategy Officer of the Programming Corporation of America, COO of Generation Opportunity, Vice President of Digital Strategy at DCI Group and the Director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet at The George Washington University. Until 2013 Julie volunteered as the founder and chairperson of the annual CampaignTech conference, hosted by Campaigns & Elections magazine. In 2011, she created the mCitizen Summit with a group of mobilists in government and advocacy. She has also volunteered her time to help with programming at the annual SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas for over a decade.
Julie was the principal author and editor of several publications, including Constituent Relationship Management for State Legislators; Best Practices for Political Advertising Online; Constituent Relationship Management: The New Little Black Book of Politics; and Person-to-Person-to-Person: Harnessing the Political Power of Online Social Networks and User-Generated Content; The Politics-to-Go-Handbook: A Guide to Using Mobile Technology in Politics; and The Political Consultants’ Online Fundraising Primer. She co-authored Putting Online Influentials to Work for Your Campaign, and she has authored chapters in Campaigning for President 2012, The Routledge Handbook of Political Management; Campaigning for President 2008: Strategy and Tactics, New Voices and New Techniques; Voting in America; and Rebooting America. She has appeared in national and international newspapers, magazines, and media, including MSNBC, C-SPAN, Fox News, CBS, and NBC.
In 2008 Julie was honored as a Rising Star by Campaigns and Elections Magazine, and in 2015 she was awarded the 40 Under 40 award by the American Association of Political Consultants.
Julie lives in Alexandria, Virginia, where she and her husband spend their free time herding their family cats–Trucker Cat, Sonic, Mario, Macho, Asics, and Jake–and their dog Violet, whom they rescued from an animal research lab. They have fostered over 100 cats through their volunteer work with King Street Cats and particularly welcome senior hospice cats and cats with disabilities into their family.
Amanda Neal
Vice President of Operations
Amanda has been with the Army Heritage Center Foundation in various roles over the past 15 years, before becoming the Vice President of Operations. Prior to joining the Foundation, she performed legal research for law firms in Baltimore and Harrisburg for almost a decade. She has a dual Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Science in Organizational Development & Leadership (Historic Administration) from Shippensburg University. In addition, she completed historical internships with the National Park Service (Allegheny Portage Railroad) and the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center. She has published exhibit companion guides for the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, an annotation and transcription of a Civil War diary, and an original research project for the Fulton County Historical Society. She also has over 35 years of genealogical research experience. Amanda lives in Chambersburg with her husband, son, and two cats.
Jillian Acevedo
Operations Manager
Jillian is a resident of Franklin County and has been with the Foundation for 4 years during which time she has served in various roles. Jillian has a bachelor’s degree in human services and is an Air Force veteran with 13 years of service.
Allysa Turner
Membership and Donor Coordinator
Allysa joined the Foundation in April of 2025. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Art History from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her Master’s degree in Museum Studies from the University of the Arts. During her studies, she interned for the Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum organizing their archives and establishing a library. She was also a Von Hess Fellow at the Baltimore Museum of Art in the Digital Archives Department. She graduated in 2022 with a published thesis which served to educate small and beginning heritage centers on the various methods and uses of collection management systems. Prior to working for the Foundation, Allysa served as the Manager of Membership and Annual Giving at the York County History Center and oversaw all membership and fundraising opportunities.
Daniel Whitcomb
Museum Store Manager
Dan was born in Norristown, PA , spent his early years growing up in North Hills, PA, and then his teen years in Doylestown, PA where he graduated from Central Bucks High School West. After spending a semester at Eastern College, he Enlisted in the United States Army as an infantry man, and upon completion of basic and advanced training was posted with the 3rd US Infantry “The Old Guard”. During his tour with The Old Guard, he had the opportunity to perform dignified ceremonies in and around Washington D.C. Upon completing his enlistment, he spent time serving with the PA National Guard, while going to college at York College of PA. He managed two retail stores and worked in specialty food sales for UNFI before joining the Foundation in April 2025.
Chuck Payne
Book Processor
Chuck spent 29 years in the US Army as an infantryman. While on active duty he taught the History of the Military Art at West Point, led the Army ROTC Program at Oklahoma State, and—after retirement—served as a Deputy Commandant of Cadets with the Virginian Tech Corps of Cadets for 18 years. Upon moving to Pennsylvania, he served for one year as the Coordinator for Veterans Affairs at Shippensburg University. Chuck has been with the Foundation since January of 2022.
Operations Assistant
Emily recently joined the Foundation in February of 2025. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication and two minors in Social Media and Graphic Design from Frostburg State University. During her time at Frostburg, she played on the Field Hockey team and in 2023 was named second team All-American. Prior to working at the Foundation, she worked for the Harrisburg Senators as a production crew member, operating cameras and interned with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture as a Digital Media Intern during the Pennsylvania Farm Show. She also is a volunteer field hockey coach at Bishop McDevitt High School.
Operations Assistant (ROTC)
Garrett joined the Foundation at the end of March 2025. Graduating from Gettysburg College in 2023, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in History. He concentrated on American History, particularly the time periods from the Civil War up through the Cold War era. Through the generosity of the Brian C. Pohanka internship program, Garrett worked for the interpretive division of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in the summer of 2020 and in the archaeological division at Gettysburg National Military Park in the summer of 2022. Between his internships with the National Park Service during the summer of 2021, he served as an office assistant to Dr. Peter Carmichael at the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute. Following his graduation from college, Garrett joined the interpretive staff of Antietam National Battlefield as an Education and Visitors Services intern until the spring of 2025.