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Joel Edward Strauch is the son of the late Rev. & Mrs. Paul Elwood Strauch (Melva Kathryn Peifly). He was born in Buffalo, New York, grew up in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, and spent his career in New York and Newport Beach, California, retiring to Charlottesville, Virginia. He has been married for over 50 years to Catherine McCreary Strauch, and they have a daughter Jacqueline Elizabeth (husband, Theodore James) and grandson Connor James. Joel graduated from the all-boys Central High School in Philadelphia, the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University (Bachelor of Science), Union Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity) and Columbia University (MBA). Earning the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst, he had a career in investment management with JP Morgan, Munich American Reinsurance Company, Travelers Smith Barney, and Pacific Investment Management Company. Ordained in the United Church of Christ, Joel serves as Chaplain General of the National Huguenot Society, and as finance chair of many of the hereditary societies of which he is a member. 

 

Memberships

 

  • National Huguenot Society (Chaplain General; Finance Committee Chair) 

  • Baronial Order of Magna Charta (Finance Committee Chair)

  • Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (Treasurer General)

  • National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (Thomas Jefferson Chapter, Virginia, Treasurer)

  • General Society of Colonial Wars, New York (past Council Member), Virginia, and Florida Societies

  • General Society Sons of the Revolution, New York and Virginia Societies

  • Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York

  • Huguenot Society of Virginia (Treasurer and past President)

  • Huguenot Society of America

 

Chivalric Orders

 

  • The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. Johns of Jerusalem, Officer

 

Other Notes

 

  • AAFMAA Wealth Management & Trust, Vice Chairman

  • AAFMAA Mortgage Services. Board of Managers

  • Pension Boards - United Church of Christ, Trustee

  • University of Virginia Health System, Emergency Department Advisory Board, past Chair

  • Charlottesville T’ai Chi Center, Board and Finance Chair

  • Faith and Leadership, Charlottesville

  • St Johns: Invested as Confrère, September 11, 2021, in Boston and active member of the Richmond Region, attending events and providing invocations.

  • Memberships: New York Yacht Club; Larchmont Yacht Club; Farmington Country Club

 

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