Meet Our Donors
Ray East
Ray East is dedicated to the mission of RHF. As a member of the Circle of Friends, he feels there is not a better feeling than knowing that his planned gift will allow RHF’s mission to continue. When he joined the RHF Board of Directors in 1995, he was told by Jean Moore Warrick, a fellow RHF board member and Circle of Friends member, "When one of our community residents takes you by the hand and says, ‘I don't know where I would live if it were not for RHF’, then you know why we serve RHF and why the important work of RHF must continue after we are gone.”
Mr. East was born in Pulaski, VA. He worked for NBC for 36 years mostly in the Washington DC area as the Art Director and artist/photographer. He won and Emmy for his work in television. He did court room sketching for several years, including some of the Watergate Trials (he was in the court room as the only artist the morning the burglars were arraigned). Mr. East, whose nickname is, “Corky”, retired in 1999, enjoys tennis and photography, which he stills does commercially, and he also serves on three other boards. He lives with his wife Caroline in Charlottesville, VA.
Mr. East recently said, “RHF is the very best at giving safe shelter to those who need it most. I believe in what we do. There is a saying about charity that I love, ‘You can't have it if you don't give it away.’ Such wisdom!”
