The following scholars served as judges for the most recent James Monroe Scholarship Award.

       Arielle Kuiper currently attends the College of William and Mary. She recently attended a State Department and Congressionally sponsored student exchange program in Germany for a year. Arielle is interested in studying Biology with an aim towards attending Medical school. She endeavors to use her talents in the service of others. Capitalizing on her international experience, foreign language and science skills, she also hopes to serve abroad. Her interest in President Monroe came about from her study of U.S. history, politics, and its application to present day diplomacy and policy.

       James P. Lucier is Senior Fellow of the James Monroe Foundation, and a member of the Board of Regents of the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He is also Chairman of the Advisory Commission of the Thomas Balch Library, and 80 year-old archival center of local history and geneaology in Leesburg, Virginia, near Monroe's Loudoun County estate, Oak Hill. A staff member of the U.S. Senate for 25 years, and a former staff director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Lucier acquired a practical knowledge of diplomacy, legislative action, and separation-of-powers doctrine that led him to appreciate Monroe's career as a warrior, diplomat, Senator, Secretary of State and President. Lucier is currently Senior Editor of the national newsweekly, Insight on the News and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

       Peter S. Onuf (Ph.D Johns Hopkins University) is the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia and editor of Jeffersonian Legacies (Virginia). He is the author and/or editor of many books including "Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American Nationhood," "Origins of the Federal Republic: Jurisdictional Controversies in the United States, 1775-1787" and "Statehood and Union: A History of the Northwest Ordinance."

       Bob Barlow served as past chairman of the James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library's Board of Regents' Executive Committee. He has practiced law in Virginia for over 13 years.

       John Taylor is the chairman and president of the Virginia Institute for Public Policy, an independent, nonpartisan, education, and research organization dedicated to developing and promoting public policy that is consistent with the Virginia tradition of individual liberty, dynamic entrepreneurial capitalism, private property, the rule of law, and constitutionally limited government. He previously served as assistant to the president of the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. In 1975, he received a B.A. from Wofford College, and subsequently earned an M.B.A. from Georgia State University, and a J.D. from the Woodrow Wilson College of Law. A member of the Federalist Society, John is also a member of the Philadelphia Society, the Council for National Policy, and the National Association of Scholars. He serves on the board of directors of the Virginia Association of Scholars and on the national advisory board of the James Monroe Foundation.

       Kevin Muldowney is an attorney and CPA and an enthusiastic student of American history and, in particular, our United States Presidents. While a law student, Kevin wrote law review articles on various topics and as an attorney has been a contributing author on various books and publications.

       Andrew Call holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Virginia and currently attends the Appalachian School of Law. He is author of the new book, "Jacob Bunn: Legacy of an Illinois Industrial Pioneer." During his tenure at UVA, Mr. Call founded the Patrick Henry Law Society. Then, he was named a Research Fellow with Capital City Historic Research Associates. Today, he serves as an Advisory Board member of the James Monroe Foundation and Blue Ridge Traditions magazine.