Lead Virginia Class of 2022

A Diverse Group of Leaders

Each year the Lead Virginia class comprises a diverse group of approximately 50 high-performing leaders from large and small businesses, economic development agencies, elected and appointed local and state government positions, education, and nonprofit organizations across Virginia. Participants may also be volunteers or retirees.

The commonality of all participants is a willingness to contribute their time and talents effectively to meet the rapidly changing needs and challenges facing Virginia. Lead Virginia aims to cultivate their interest and statewide knowledge and to build a strong network of people with a high level of civic concern and participation.

Year	F. Name	L. Name	Organization	Title	Region
2022	Leasa	Anderson	Huntington Ingalls Industries	Director and Assistant General Counsel	Portsmouth
2022	Will	Archer	Potomac Valley Church	Lead Pastor	Dumfries
2022	Walter	Ayers	Atlantic Union Bank	Senior Vice President	Richmond
2022	Susan	Baker	SkillSource Group – Go Virginia	Managing Director	Vienna
2022	Bill	Brownsberger	Mountain Empire Community College	Vice President Academic Affairs and Workforce	Big Stone Gap
2022	Richard	Buelhler	The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company	Senior Project Manager	Washington DC
2022	R. Webb	Burns	Carilion Clinic	Vice President Business Development	Roanoke
2022	Tonya	Byrd	Dominion Energy	Director, Community Engagement & Local Affairs	Norfolk
2022	Keenan	Caldwell	Sentara Healthcare	Vice President Government Relations	Richmond
2022	Ryland	Clark III	Hitachi Energy	Community Relations & Engagement Manager	South Boston
2022	Hank	Coleman	Bank of America	Senior Vice President Relationship Manager	Richmond
2022	Elizabeth	Cromwell	Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce	President & CEO	Charlottesville
2022	Veronica	Curry	Germanna Community College	Director Equity Advancement and the Barbara J. Fried Center	Germana
2022	Nathan	Daugherty	Government and Regulatory Affairs	Comcast	Richmond
2022	Kelly	DeVito	STRUCTOR Advisors	Director	Richmond
2022	Scott	Dodson	Library of Virginia Foundation	Executive Director	Richmond
2022	Heather	Evans	University of Virginia’s College at Wise	John Morton Beaty Professor of Politics	Wise
2022	George	Faatz	Virginia Natural Gas	Director, Growth & Strategic Planning	Virginia Beach
2022	Nikki	Fisher	Huntington Ingalls Industries/NNS	Senior Staff Attorney	Portsmouth
2022	Veronika	Folz	Northrop Grumman	Director for Security Cooperation	McLean
2022	Jenny	Friar	St. Joseph’s Villa	Chief Advancement Officer/CEO Elect	Richmond
2022	Tom	Gibson	Community Preservation Partners, a WNC Company	Senior Development Manager	Reston
2022	Tina	Gill	The Up Center	President & CEO	Norfolk
2022	Ronald (Dean)	Hairston	City of Danville Police Department	Deputy Chief	Danville
2022	Kristin	Henshaw	Mercer	Office Business Leader/Health	Sutherland
2022	Rhonda	Hodges	Patrick & Henry Community College	Vice President, Workforce, Economic, and Community Development	Martinsville
2022	Keith	Holland	James Madison University	Associate Vice Provost, Research and Innovation	Harrisonburg
2022	Paul	Hunter	Columbia Gas of Virginia	Vice President, Gas Operations	Chester
2022	Alison	Kaufmann	Dominion Energy	Manager, Customer Energy Solutions	Richmond
2022	Bryan	Lee	Bon Secours Mercy Health	President, St. Mary’s and Richmond Community Hospital	Richmond
2022	Tina	Leone	Ballston Business Improvement District	CEO	Washington DC
2022	Derek	Marshall	Dewberry	Vice President	Glen Allen
2022	Charles	Martin	Altria	Manager, Community Impact	Richmond
2022	Lucy	Meade	Venture Richmond, Inc.	Director, Economic Development & Community Relations	Richmond
2022	Martha	Miller	Town of Ashland	Community Engagement Manager	Ashland
2022	Wendy	Miller	Henrico Economic Development Authority	Marketing Manager	Richmond
2022	Katy	Moore	Virginia Funders Network	CEO	Washington DC
2022	Anita	Navarro	Virginia Commonwealth University	School of Medicine Chief of Staff	Richmond
2022	Barbara	Nelson	Port of Virginia	Vice President Government Affairs and Transportation Policy	Norfolk
2022	Mel	Price	CEO/Managing Principal	Work Program Architects	Norfolk
2022	Nancy	Price	VEDP	Business Investment Manager	Richmond
2022	Ricshawn	Roane	Weissberg Foundation	Executive Director	Washington DC
2022	Tasnim	Segal	JPMorgan Chase	Vice President, Business Development Manager	Washington DC
2022	Kris	Seiber	Rappahannock Electric Cooperative	Managing Director of Member Services	Fredericksburg
2022	Jeff	Smith	Christopher Consultants	Senior Vice President, Operations	Manassas
2022	Ken	Smith	Virginia Tech	COO of Virginia Tech Innovation Campus	Blacksburg
2022	Michael	Solomon	Pulaski County, Virginia Economic Development Authority	Economic Development Director	Pulaski
2022	Brooke	Tiller	Wells Fargo	Senior Vice President	Richmond
2022	Hong	Webb	Webb Law LLC	Founder/Owner	Washington DC
2022	Zach	Webber	Brown Edwards	Director	Richmond
2022	David	LeFebvre	The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond	Supplier Diversity Business Advisor, Corporate Accounting	Richmond

2022 Class Profile

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A Diverse Group of Leaders