About Wayne Garber

Wayne E. Garber is a retired executive search consultant and human resource management professional for several professional service firms and lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. He founded Wayne Garber & Associates, Inc., a Vienna, Virginia, based executive search firm, and was its president and CEO for seven years. Wayne is a graduate of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration. Wayne developed an interest in local history and family genealogy. His first work, The History of New Hope Virginia, The Past Two Hundred Years, 2006, was co-authored with Owen Early Harner. Tucked away in the northeast corner of Augusta County is the farming village of New Hope - a community that has borne witness to historical events large and small for more than two centuries. Indeed, New Hope's roots go back to the earliest Shenandoah Valley settlers. The book brings to light images and information about the community's people, houses, businesses, and organizations. His second book entitled Johannes "John H." Garber, His Descendants in the Shenandoah Valley is history brought to life. The book captures a slice of Americana from its infancy as seen through the life of one typical but interesting family. The book has stories about: why some immigrants came to America in the early 1700s, what they faced after they arrived, and what they contributed to America's infrastructure. Learn about seven generations of Garber history and their relationships to the Bowman, Cline, Flory, Garber, Glick, Harner, Huffman, Landis, Miller, Myers, Norford, Reed, Sanger, Shifflett, Stoner, Stover, Wampler, Wine, and many other Shenandoah Valley families. Indexes include: ·    People - Nearly 1500 names alphabetized by both first names and last names ·    Pictures - About 200 photos of people, buildings, artifacts, and more ·    Places - About 300 place names, most in Pennsylvania and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with others in Maryland, Ohio, and many other states. The book is richly illustrated with photographs of family members dating from the 1840s and unique family artifacts dating from 1805. As a native of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley near Waynesboro, Virginia, Wayne is a descendant of John H. Garber (1732 – 1787), who lived at Flat Rock near New Market in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Wayne lived in New Hope, Virginia, until he was eight years old and was a member of the Middle River Church of the Brethren until he was 11 years old. In 1966, he married Gail Twombly of Vienna, Virginia, and they have two children, Marc Wayne Garber and Holly Michelle Garber Jones. Wayne maintained his roots in the Shenandoah Valley by owning a cattle farm near Greenville, Virginia, from 1977 to 1987. He is member of Two Rivers Country Club in Williamsburg, Virginia, and enjoys playing tennis, traveling in his motor home, and genealogy research.