Barbara Fried

Chairman and Executive Committee Member,
The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadersip
State Advisory Board

Mrs. Fried is chairman emeritus of Fried Companies, Inc., a real estate development and management firm. She serves as chairman of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, vice chairman of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, a member of the board of the University of Virginia Foundation, and a member of the Board of Trustees of George Mason University Foundation, Inc. 

Mrs. Fried received a B.A. from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1957.  She holds an M.A. in History from the University of Virginia (2004) and is currently working on her Ph.D. in History at the University of Virginia.

She serves as chairman of the board for Innisfree Village, a voluntary community for adults with mental disabilities that is dedicated to providing a life sharing home and work environment.  She is a founder of Charlottesville Area Riding Therapy (C.A.R.T.), a non-profit organization located at the Fried Farm, devoted to bringing therapeutic recreational horseback riding to children and adults with disabilities in the Charlottesville area.

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