Russell Carter
Russell is currently the director of the Ruby B. Archie Public Library, but his history in Danville stretches back longer than his tenure there. His family moved to the region when he was four and he grew up in the Ringgold Area where he attended Dan River High School and later Averett University. During college, he worked as a facility operator for Parks and Recreation. After graduation, he worked as a sportswriter for the Martinsville Bulletin and then a beat reporter for the Chatham Star-Tribune. After several years of covering the area, Russell re-joined the Parks Department in 2012. He transferred to the library in 2019 after obtaining a Master's of Information and Library Science from Louisiana State University. He married his high school sweetheart and is raising two boys in Ringgold.