Angelica D. Light, Chair
Community Volunteer

Tommy Johnson, Jr.
Chairman
Willcox &Savage, P.C.

Jane Batten, Vice Chair

Community Volunteer

Katharine Kersey, Ph.D.

Prof. of Early Childhood Education

Dept. of Early Childhood, ODU

Bert Schmidt, Treasurer
President & CEO
WHRO

Mary Louis LeHew
Community Volunteer

Lisa Howard, Secretary

President & CEO

Gary McCollum
Senior VP & General Manager

Cox Communications

Paul O. Hirschbiel, Jr.,
Founding Chair
President
Eden Capital

Jim Metzger
Vice Admiral (Retired)
SAIC

VP for Business Development

Tony Atwater, Ph.D.
President

Norfolk State University

Suzanne Puryear
President & CEO
The Planning Council

David L. Bernd
CEO
Sentara Health Systems

Lisa Robertson
Community Volunteer

Barry Bishop
Executive Vice President

Greater Norfolk Corporation

Bev Sessoms
Community Volunteer

Gil Bland
CEO

Tymark Enterprises, Inc.

Marcy Sims
Director
Virginia Beach Public Library

Bruce Bradley

Community Volunteer

Lisa B. Smith
Community Volunteer

John Broderick

President
Old Dominion University

David C. Stuckwisch, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Portsmouth Public Schools

Carlos Campo, Ph.D.

President

Regent University

Nancy Welch, MD
Public Health Director
City of Chesapeake

Jim Dahling
CEO
CHKD

Carole Whitener
Early Childhood Program Head
Tidewater Community College

Deborah DiCroce, Ed.D.
President & CEO
The Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Deran Whitney, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Suffolk Public Schools

Chuck Harris
President & CEO
YMCA of South Hampton Roads

S. Harry Young
President
Youth Entertainment Studios, Inc.

Jake Jacocks
Retired Chief of Police
Virginia Beach