Leadership

A Board of Directors manages the affairs of the hunt club, and the Masters of Foxhounds direct all activities associated with mounted hunting with hounds.

2026-2027 Board of Directors

Caroline H. Boone – President
Maggie Wright – Vice President
Nancy Cox – Treasurer
Hannah Emig – Secretary

Directors: Frank Becker, MFH, Lilla Mason, MFH, Knox van Nagell Pfister, MFH, Jack van Nagell, Jr., MFH
Ashlea Beeson, Jane Beshear, Keith Clark, Jim Cleveland, Nancy Cox, Leigh DeLair,
Heather Dunham, Mollie Jameson, Alston Kerr, Stuart Mercer, Cathy Clay Neal,
Kasia Pater, Holly van Dissel, Maggie Wright, Susan Hurt (Advisory), Eloise Penn (Advisory),
Marian Wahlgren (Advisory), Benny Williams (Advisory)

Current MFHs

Master Foxhound Jack Van Nagell

Dr. Jack van Nagell, Jr.

Lilla Master Foxhound

Lilla Mason

Master Foxhound Knox Pfister Van Nagell

Knox van Nagell Pfister

Master Foxhound Frank Becker

Dr. Frank E. Becker

History of Iroquois MFHs

1880 – 1914General Roger D. Williams
1926 – 1928Leonard B. Shouse, Sr., C. Kendall McDowell
1928 – 1930W. Arnold Hanger, William McDowell
1931 – 1939Edward F. Spears
1940 – 1970Edward F. Spears, W. Fauntleroy Pursley
1971 – 1983W. Fauntleroy Pursley, James Allen
1984 – 1985Joan Pursley Mayer, William Sphar, James B. Holloway
1986 – 1987Joan Pursley Mayer, William Sphar
1988 – 1992Joan Pursley Mayer, Robert Brewer, Jacob H. Graves III
1993 – 1996Robert Brewer, Jacob H. Graves III, Edith Conyers, Jerry L. Miller
1997 – 1998Jerry L. Miller, John R. van Nagell, Jr., Cathy Edwards
1999 – 2013Jerry L. Miller, John R. van Nagell, Jr.
2013 – 2018Jerry L. Miller, John R. van Nagell, Jr., Lilla S. Mason
2018 – 2019John R. van Nagell, Jr., Lilla S. Mason
2019 – 2024John R. van Nagell, Jr., Lilla S. Mason,
Martha Venable Johnson, Knox van Nagell Pfister
2025 – presentJohn R. van Nagell, Jr., Lilla S. Mason, Knox van Nagell Pfister, Frank E. Becker