Jane Kulow is labs coordinator at the Karsh Institute of Democracy. She previously served as director of the Virginia Center for the Book and Virginia Festival of the Book at Virginia Humanities. A community advocate, Jane served on the City-Wide Board of the Friends of the Boston Public Library; developed the Build Crozet Library grass-roots organization, providing a channel to mobilize community support in the long-time effort to build a new library; and served on its fundraising committee which raised more than $1 million. She represented Albemarle County on the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Board for eight years and currently serves on the JMRL Friends board. She also served as the president of the Saskatoon French School Parent Board and as president of Albemarle County Public Schools Parent Council. Jane earned a BA in English from Illinois College and an MA in communication studies from Emerson College, founded a graphic design studio in Boston, and taught at Emerson and the New England School of Art & Design while operating a communications consultancy.