Members

A

Stephen Abbitt – Exec. VP, Abbitt Realty & Abbitt Management
Monique Adams – Former Executive Director, 757 Angels
Austin Agho – Old Dominion University
Carissa Ahava – Comptroller, Kelvin International Corporation
Sonia Alcantara-Antoine – Director, Newport News Public Library
Mary Aldrich – COO, PBMares; Board Member, Newport News Economic Development Authority
Jonathan Alger – President, James Madison University
Lucy Allen – Economic Development Coordinator, Gloucester County
Michael Allen – Associate, Harvey Lindsay
Ann Andrews – Associate Broker, Abbitt Realty
John Angle – Sr. VP of Operations, W. M. Jordan Company, Inc.
Bob Aston – President, Towne Bank
Douglas Atkins – Senior Account Executive, Electronic Systems INC
Dr. Rob Atkinson – Professor of Biology, Christopher Newport University
Shawn Avery – President and CEO, Hampton Roads Workforce Council

B

Clark Baldwin – Senior Vice President, Harvey Lindsey Commercial Real Estate
Hugh Barlow – Partner, Brown Edwards
Creighton Barnes – Director of Information Technology, Clark Nexsen
Stephen Barrs – President, CA Barrs Contractor
Tom Barton – President, Beach Ford
Herbert H. Bateman, Jr. – President, TowneBank – Williamsburg
Frank Batten Jr. – Chairman, Landmark Media Enterprises
Samantha Bean, GTP – Corporate Director of Sales, LTD Hospitality Group
Jeff Bell – Senior Engineer, Bihrle Applied Research, Inc
Alonzo Bell, Jr. CCIM – Chair – NN EDA / IDA; Principal Broker – Randolph Real Estate
George Birdsong – CEO, Birdsong Peanuts
Emily Birknes – Community Activist
Robin Bledsoe – Chair, James City County EDA
Savannah Bolin – Community Director, Assembly Norfolk
Jennifer Bonsiewich – Manager, PBMares
Susan Bore – USMC (Ret.)
Scott Borges – Senior Federal Program Manager, Kimley-Horn
Cliff Bowen – Chief of Police, City of Poquoson
Bill Bowen – CFO, York County School Division
Scott Boyce – AIA – Architect, Clark Nexsen
Jennifer Boykin – President, Newport News Shipbuilding
Tiffany M. Boyle – Commissioner of the Revenue, City of Newport News
Robin Branscome – EVP, Operations, Snow Companies
Hal Brauer – Director Corporate Communications, Peninsula Community Foundation
Bruce Breefer – President, Breeger Media Group
Eric Brown – CEO, Fulfilltopia.com
Robert Brown – President, Robert Brown & Associates
Bill Burke – Attorney, Willcox & Savage, P.C.
James Burnett – CFO, W.M. Jordan Company
Carl D. Burt – Realtor, Abbitt Realty Co.
David Bush – Director, PBMares Wealth Management
Mark Butcher – General Manager, Newport News Marriott at City Center
Mallory Butler – Sr. Economic Analyst, Newport News Development Dept.

C-D

Fatima Caldas – President, Fire Solutions, Inc.
Susan W. Carey – Executive Director, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic
Mindy Carlin – Co-Founder and Partner, Access Point Public Affairs, and Executive Director, Virginia Business Council
Lindsey Carney, Esq. – Partner, Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, LC
Michael F Carpenter – Development, Drucker + Falk
Jared M. Chalk – Chief Business Development Officer, HR Alliance
Dan Chenoweth – Partner, PBMares
Anna Chenoweth – SLP, Riverside
Whiting Chisman
Michael Claar – Operations Director, Alewerks Brewing
M George Clark – Partner, Kersey, Sealey, Clark & Associates
Lynn Clements – Hospice House of HR
Federico Colagrande – Vice President, Travaini Pumps USA
Anne Conner – President, Public Finance and Community Investment, TowneBank
Tom Cosgrove – Manger of Corporate Citizenship and Govt Relations, Newport News Shipbuilding
Bill Cowardin, Retired Attorney
Alisa Crider – Director Investor & Public Relations, HR Alliance
Robert W. Cross – Executive Director, Virginia Arts Festival
Bob Crum – Executive Director, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
Roppy Cumpson – Real Estate Agent, Abbitt Realty Co.
Kevin Daisey – Founder, Array Digital
David Damiani – Partner, PBMares
Sheila Dann – Realtor, Abbitt Realty Co.
Brian Darmody – CEO, Association of University Research Parks
Danielle DeSonia – Gov Con Manager, Cherry Bekaert LLP
John Dever – President, Thomas Nelson Community College
Michele Mixner DeWitt – Economic Development Director, City of Williamsburg
Alan Diamonstein – Partner, PWHD
Dr. Deborah M. DiCroce – President & CEO, Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Elizabeth M. Dietzmann, Esq.
Gail Dodge – Dean, College of Sciences, ODU
Rick Donaldson – Managing Partner Jones, Blechman, Wolta & Kelly PC
William Donaldson. Ph.D. – CNU
John E. Dooley – CEO, Virginia Tech Foundation
Dave Doughty – Provost, Christopher Newport University
Bill Downey – Chair, Riverside Health System
Mark Dreyfus – President ECPI University
Wendy C. Drucker – Managing Director, Drucker + Falk
Glenn DuBois – Chancellor, Virginia Community College System
Barry DuVal – President, VA Chamber
Christine Dwyer – Director of Public Relations and Communications, Ferguson
Rick Dwyer – Executive Director, Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance

E-G

Robert Eldridge
Dawna L. Ellis – CFO, Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate
Dennis Ellmer – CEO, Priority Auto Group
Bill Ermatinger – EVP CHRO, Huntington Ingalls
Sam Estep – Principal, Clark Nexsen
Jack Ezzell – CEO, Zel Technologies, Inc.
Risë Flenner – Tax Director, PBMares
Charles H. Foster, Jr. – Past Chairman, Virginia Business Council
Sharyn Fox – Associate, Whitman. Requardt and Aasoc. LLP
William Fralin – Chair, Virginia Business Council, and President and CEO, Medical Facilities of America
Joe S. Frank – Atty. Former Mayor, City of Newport News, Va.
Tom Frantz – Chairman Emeritus, Williams Mullen
Bobby Freeman – President, Tower Park Corporation
Jennifer French – Partner, PBMares
Rick Fulk – Senior Vice President, SonaBank – Richmond
Rick Gallaer – President, POMOCO AUTO GROUP
Courtney Gardner – Director Peninsula Fine Arts Center
Bo Garner – CPA, MBA
Christopher Garran – Head of School, Cape Henry Collegiate
Greg Garrett – CEO, garrett Realty Partners
Brian Garrison – COO, Buzz Franchise Brands
L. Alvin Garrison – Retired, PBMares
Susan Gaston, The Gaston Group LLC
Robbyn Gayer – First Vice President, Longboard Wealth Management
Robbyn Gayer – President, Future of Hampton Roads
Giovanna Genard – VP, PRA Group
Gordon Gentry, Jr. – Peninsula Chairman, TowneBank
Michael Giardino – Executive Director, Peninsula Airport Commission
Royden Goodson – CEO, Warwick Mechanical Group
Stephanie Gorham – Chief Development Officer, United Way of South Hampton Roads
Jen Goudy – Mortgage Originator, Old Point Mortgage
Jimmy Gray – Vice Mayor, City of Hampton
Dr. Arthur Greene – Retired Physician
Anna Griffith – CPA, PBMares
Kasia Grzelkowski – CEO, VersAbility Resources
Nicole Guajardo – Dean, College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, Christopher Newport University
Dr. Janet Gullickson – President, Germanna Community College

H-I

Marsha Hargette – Vice President, United Way of the Virginia Peninsula
Cathy Harris – President, Harbor Tax Group
Steve Harrison – Vice President of Business Intelligence, Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance
Sally Hartman – Senior Vice President, Riverside Health System
Derry L. Haywood II – PFG Benefits & Financial Services
Daniel Heatwole – Ripley Heatwole Company
Jamie Heisig-Mitchell
Charlie Henderson – Retired Hampton Roads Market President, Bank of America
Arthur Henderson, Jr. – Retired Vice President – Finance, Noland Company
Tom Henneberg – CEO, BNNT Materials LLC
Thomas P. Herbert
Maria Herbert – CEO, MCH Consulting Services
Paul Hirsch – President, Madison Government Affairs
Andrew Hodge – Regional President, Atlantic Union Bank
Howard Hoege – President & CEO, The Mariners’ Museum
Thaddeus Holloman, Sr. Vice President, Old Point National Bank
Anne Holton – Interim President, George Mason University
Susan Horne – President & CEO, Lead Virginia
Mark Hourigan – CEO, Hourigan
Kathy Howell – President & Creative Director, Howell Creative Group
William Hudgins – Development Manager, Panattoni Development Company Inc.
Kevin Hughes – Director, Suffolk Economic Development
Hubert Humphrey – President, HUB Corporation
Gary B. Hunter
Elizabeth Hyde, MBA – Resource Development Manager, United Way of the Virginia Peninsula

J-K

Akhil Jain – President, Landmark Hotel Group
Dr. Judy Jankowski – Head of School, Chesapeake Bay Academy
Joy L. Jefferson – Hampton University
Harvey Johnson – Partner, PBMares
Susan Johnstad, Ph.D. – Director, Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Centers
Dr. Allen R. Jones, Jr. – CEO, Dominion Physical Therapy & Associates Inc.
Cheryl L. Jones – Vice President for Programs, Access College Foundation
Amy Jordan – Vice President Business Development & Customer Relationship Management, HREDA
Jay Joseph – Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate
Kevin Joyce – Financial Representative, Financial Security
Karen Joyner – CEO, Virginia Peninsula Foodbank
Kristen Jurjevich – President, Central Business District Association Young Professionals Division (CBDX)
Steven S. Kast – President and CEO, United Way of the Virginia Peninsula
Nelson Kelley – President, All Peninsula Insurance Agency Inc
Michelle L. Kelley – ODU
Shannon Kennedy – President, Rappahannock Community College
Quentin Kidd
Florence G. Kingston – Director of Development, City of Newport News
Sarah Jane Kirkland – Associate Vice President for Corporate Partnerships, Old Dominion University
Rebecca Kleinhample – CEO, Virginia Living Museum
Kevin Knapp – Director of Strategic Initiatives and Government Relations, Newport News Williamsburg International Airport
Bob Korroch – Greater Peninsula NOW
Pete Alex Kotarides – President, Kotarides Developers
Pratik Kothari – CEO, TechArk Solutions
Scott Krystiniak, Esq.
Mike Kuhns – Vice Chair, Thomas Nelson College Board

L-M

Cheryl Land – National Account Manager for Army & Air Force, Xerox
Andy Landrum – Vice President, Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP
Vicki Lanier, LPC – Partner, Pointe Wellness Center
John Lawson – Executive Chairman, W.M. Jordan
Peggy Layne – RVA-HR Collaborative, Member
The Honorable Aubrey L. Layne, Jr. – EVP, Sentara Health
Chris Lemmon – EVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance
Harry Lester – Retired President, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Nikki Lowe – CFO, ivWatch
Daniel Lufkin – President, Paul D. Camp Community College
Drew Lumpkin – VP of External Affairs and Strategic Initiatives, Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable
James MacLean – CFO, Target Flavors
John Malbon – Retired
William Mann – Executive Director, Greater Peninsula Workforce Board
Ed Maroney – Retired City Manager, Newport News
Tom Marsden – Vice President, Marathon Consulitng
Paul Martin – Vice President, Scotty Signs
Stacie Martin – President, Scotty Signs
Lindsey Mashburn
Monty Mason – Senior Director of Community Affairs and Partnerships, College of William and Mary
Dennis Matheis – President & CEO, Sentara Healthcare
John Mattern, II – Medical Oncologist, US Oncology
Andria McClellan – Norfolk City Council Member, HRPDC Vice Chair
Bernadette V McGlade – Commissioner, A-10 Conference
Bob McKenna – President/CEO of Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
Steve Meade, Esq. – Partner, Patten Wornom Hatten & Diamonstein
Mike Melo – President/CEO, ITA International LLC
Kathy Melo – Chief Governance Officer, ITA International, LLC
Michael B. Mendelsohn – Partner, PBMares, LLP
Carol U. Meredith – Assistant Director of Development, City of Newport News
Page Meredith
Carter Meredith – Executive Assistant, Lumber Liquidators
Douglas Meredith – Proprietor, 1948 Consultants
Aazia (Aaz) Mickens-Dessaso – CEO, Momentum
Kevin Milby – Owner, Dangerous Tree Removal
Jerry Miller – CEO, Fairlead Integrated
Mary Peak Mills
Dominique Milton – President & CEO, CVMSDC.org
Kaera Mims – REALTOR, Liz Moore & Associates
R. Anderson Moberg – President, James River Architects
Terence Molloy – General Manager, Chesapeake Bay Packing, LLC.
Michael Monteith – CEO, PCF Virginia
Craig Moore – Atlantic Union Bank
Carole Moore
Margaret Delk Moore – Head of School, The Williams School, Norfolk
Kara Moram – President, Suffolk Chemical
Chris Morello – Director, Economic Development, Isle of Wight County, VA
Neil Morgan – Administrator, York County
Donna Morris – EVP, Reinvent Hampton Roads
Kevin Murphy – CEO, Ferguson Enterprises

N-Q

Tayloe Negus – Partner, Aon
Teresa Nettles, Senior Vice President, Thalhimer
Jim Noel – Director, York County Economic Development
Sheila Noll – Board of Supervisors, York County
Eleanor Northover, PBMares
Mike O’Brien
Kelly O’Keefe – Founding Partner & CEO, Brand Federation
Mary Oder – Tax Director, PBMares
G. Glenn Oder – Executive Director, Fort Monroe Authority
John Olson – Campus President, Newport News Campus, ECPI University
Rick Overy – Vice Chair, Williamsburg Economic Development Authority
Sharon Owens – CEO, World Class Solutions
Link Parikh – Founder, CEO, Rocket Technology
Ray Park
Elizabeth Parker – General Manager, Holiday Inn Newport News/Newport News Hospitality Association – President
Amy Parkhurst – Senior Vice President, Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance
Angela Parsons – Director of Operations, Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance
Donald Patten – Partner, Patten Wornom, Hatten and Diamonstein
Brad Patten – President, Alcove Corporation
Dana Perry – PEM, NNFD-DEM
Steve Petock – Sr VP Business Development, Ferguson
Bryan Pettit – GM, Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Kasey Pittman – CPA, PBMares
Thanos Polizos – CEO, ODUrent and board of 757Angels, Vistage, YPO, EO.
Chad Poultney – Principal, Clark Nexsen
Valerie S. Price
John Provo – Director, Office of Economic Development, Virginia Tech
Jon Pruden – President, TASTE
Cassandra Pulley Greene – Board Member IDA/EDA Newport News. VA
Tom Quaintance – Producing Artistic Director, Virginia Stage Company

R-S

Michael Rao – President, Virginia Commonwealth University
Laura Reeves – The Catering Company
Craig Reeves – The Catering Company
John Reinhart – Retired CEO and Executive Director, Virginia Port Authority
Mark Richardson – Timmons Group
Jeff Ricketts – President, Anthem – Virginia
Joe Ritchie – CEO, Ritchie-Development, LLC; Managing Member of Pointe Hope, LLC
Bernard Robinson – CEO, Networking Technologies and Support, Inc.
Joy Robison – City of Newport News
Stephen Romine – Partner, Williams Mullen
Tyler Rosá – Attorney, Williams Mullen
Matt Rose – Account Director, Segra
Katherine Rowe – President, The College of William and Mary
Tricia Russell – Executive Director, Fear 2 Freedom
Tim Ryan – Executive Director, InnovateHR
James Ryan – President, University of Virginia
Tim Sands – President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
John Sarvay – Principal Consultant, Floricane
Tara F. Saunders – Executive Director, ODU Real Estate Foundation
Kim Scheeler – President and CEO, Chamber RVA
Bruce Schwenneker – Whitman Requardt and Associates
Grig Scifres – Partner, Williams Mullen
Conway Sheild – President, Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, P.C.
Chris Shelton
Megan Shuford – Chief Administrative Officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula
Rob Shuford – Past Chair, Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
Kate Sipes – Business Manager, Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Jonathan Skinner – SVP, Harrison and Lear
Everett Skipper – Director of Engineering, City of Newport News
Skip Smith – Vice President Development, W. M. Jordan Company
Amasa Smith – Chief Strategy Officer, An Achievable Dream
Brian Snyder
James Spore – Retired, Former President and CEO, Reinvent Hampton Roads
Jenifer Spratley – Director of Marketing & Public Affairs, Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport
Sherry Spring – Director of Economic Development, Gloucester County, VA
Roland Staib – CEO, INIT, Inc.
Allan Staley – CEO, Solsys Medical
Deborah Stearns – JLL
Jay Stecher – CMO, The Port of Virginia
Adam Steely – Chair, Williamsburg EDA
Will Stevens – General Manager, Nippon Express NYC
Jim Stevenson – Director of Operations, Printpack
Christopher Stone, PE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE, LEEAD AP – Senior Principal, Clark Nexsen
Ben Stuart – Interim Dean, Batten College of Engineering and Technology, ODU
Chris Stuart – Vice President, Top Guard Security
Raymond H. Suttle, Jr. – Attorney , Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, P.C.

T-Z

Jeff Tanner – Retired Dean, Strome College of Business, ODU
Lisa Taylor
Rony Thomas – President and CEO Lifenet Health
Brooke Tiller – Wells Fargo Private Bank
Thomas Tingle, AIA – President, GuernseyTingle
Tim Trant – Partner, Kaufman & Canoles
Paul Trible – President, Christopher Newport University
Michael Troutman – Peninsula Market President, Sr. VP, BB&T
Georgana L. Turner – Senior Project Manager, Clark Nexsen, Inc.
Jim Ukrop – Partner, NRV
William Van Buren – Chairman, Kaufman and Canoles
Anna Van Buren – CEO, Faneuil, Inc
Keith Vander Vennet – Senior Vice President, Ferguson
Jeffrey Verhoef – Board Member, Economic Development Authority
Hunter Walsh – Member Development, Hampton Roads Chamber
Gary P. Warren – President and CEO, ivWatch, LLC
Jeff Wassmer – CEO, Spectrum
Howard Waters – Partner, Waters & Bridgman Marketing Solutions
Jim Wetzel – CEO, Virginia Peninsula REALTORS
Veronica Weymouth – Weymouth Funeral Home.
Doug White – CEO, Gather Workspaces
Polly White – COO, Gather Workspaces
Robby Willey – Co-Founder, Virginia Beer Co.
Matt Williams – Managing Partner, Brand Federation
Lang Williams – Senior Vice Presidnet, Colliers International
Brad Williamson – Perrarus Solutions
Holli Wilson – W.M. Jordan Company
Bryan C. Witt – Asset Manager, W. M. Jordan Company, Inc.
Joseph Witt – Sr. Exec. VP, Old Point National Bank
Jo Wolfley – Director, PBMares
Charles Wornom – Former Chairman, Greater Peninsula NOW
Steven C. Wright – Director, Chesapeake Economic Development
John O, Dubby Wynne – Retired CEO, Landmark Communications Inc. (In Memoriam)
David Yancey, Member, Virginia House of Delegates
Christine Young – JLL