Jim and Stewart Herbert of Middleburg, Virginia announce the engagement of their daughter, Catherine Thomson ("Tommie"), to Matthew Edward Dost, son of Peter and Mariann Dost of South Easton, Massachusetts, now of Black Mountain, North Carolina.

Tommie is the granddaughter of the late Henry and Scottie Chapman, also of Middleburg, VA, and the late Jim Herbert, Sr. of Delaplane, Va. and Betty Herbert, now of Winchester, VA. Tommie, a graduate of Vanderbilt University Peabody College, earned her master's at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and is now a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Forest Service in Washington, D.C.

Matt graduated from Harvard University where he was a two-year co-captain of the golf team. He attended American University Washington College of Law, and is General Counsel at Allied Associates International in Warrenton, Virginia. The wedding is planned for October 17th, 2015 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville, Virginia.