Ginger Poole Avis has been in the non-profit sector for over 25 years. She was the Producing Artistic Director for the professional regional theatre, Mill Mountain Theatre, for 18 years and is still involved with them as an Artistic and Theatre Admin Consultant. She has served on many Boards locally and nationally including: Past President of the Junior League of Roanoke Valley, Past President of the Southeast Theatre Conference (National), Past President of Crystal Spring Elementary School PTA, Roanoke Valley Garden Club (Associate Member of 10 years), MS Society Dinner of Champions (Co-Chair and Past Honoree), Burton Performing Arts Advisory Board, The Roanoke City Public Schools Education Foundation, and she has served on the Review Panel for the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Ginger currently serves on the following Board of Directors: Junior League of Roanoke Valley (Secretary/ incoming VP of Fund Development, The Shenandoah Club (Current President), Second Presbyterian Church Session Member, The Grandin Theatre, James Madison Middle School PTA (Secretary) and The Tudor House.

She has studied, taught, choreographed, and performed throughout the U.S. Originally from South Carolina and growing up in Atlanta, she has worked with the N.F.L. and The Atlanta Falcons as their director and choreographer and The Atlanta Opera. Prior to coming to Mill Mountain Theatre, she was based out of North Carolina where she has worked with Flat Rock Playhouse, the State Theatre of North Carolina, in over 25 productions. Ginger has taught at The University of Southern Mississippi, Western Carolina University, William Carey College, Mississippi University for Women, and currently teaches at Hollins University. Ginger holds her M.F.A. in Acting Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi and continues to teach acting and dance. Ginger has worked in commercials, voice-overs, film, stage, and the classroom, and was profiled in the book FIRESTARTERS as “the actor”.

She was the recipient of the DePaul’s Women of Achievement Award in the Arts in 2013 and was named the 2016 Kendig Award recipient for Individual Artist. Ginger was the 2022 honoree at the MS Dinner of Champions event. Ginger was also a guest host with WSLS, the NBC affiliate, Daytime Blue Ridge television show, and was the host of the Mill Mountain Theatre Podcast, Meet Me at Mill Mountain. Her home was featured in the Historic Garden Week tour of homes in 2023. Ginger was also a featured portrait in the Whitney Brock portrait series, A Thread Through Roanoke, in 2024-2025

She is very proud to be a member of the Tudor House team and looks forward to its continued growth, success, and influence in the region.