Class Profiles l Lead Virginia

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
2021	Jeff	Dussault	Mercer, Inc.	Principal, Senior Client Manager	Richmond
2021	Rus	Hayslett Jr.	Virginia Natural Gas	Vice President, Operations	Virginia Beach
2021	Carter	Hutchinson	Virginia Municipal League	Director of Fiscal Policy	Richmond
2021	Kelley	Miller	Reed Smith, LLP	Partner	McLean
2021	Nicole	Poulin	Virginia Department of Social Services	Executive Director, Family and Children's Trust of Virginia	Richmond
2021	Buffy	Barefoot	Towne Bank	President Virginia Beach	Virginia Beach
2021	Rob	Bartolotta	New Editions Consulting, Inc.	Deputy Project Director	Falls Church
2021	Jeremy	Bennett	Virginia Association of Counties	Director of Intergovernmental Affairs	Richmond
2021	April	Bingham	Department of Public Utilities City of Richmond	Deputy Director Senior	Richmond
2021	Dave	Bolcar	Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries	Vice President Engineering and Design	Newport News
2021	Alec	Brebner	Crater District Planning Commission	Executive Director	Petersburg
2021	Michael	Cardaci	HRTec; FedHIVE	CEO	Alexandria
2021	Corey	Clayborne	American Institute of Architects Virginia	Executive Vice President	Richmond
2021	Traci	DeShazor	Office of the Governor	Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth and Director of African American Outreach	Virginia
2021	David	Devan	Virginia Economic Development Partnership	Assistant Vice President, Economic Competitiveness	Richmond
2021	Vanessa	Diamond	Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond	Sr. VP of Civic Innovations	Richmond
2021	Danielle	Dye	United Way of Southwest Virginia	Community Resilience Specialist	Abington
2021	Michelle	Edmonds	Southside Virginia Community College	Special Assistant to the Vice President of Academics and Workforce Services; Dean for Nursing, Health and Science	Alberta
2021	Jodi	Fisler	SCHEV	Associate for Assessment Policy & Analysis	Richmond
2021	Stephanie	Ford	Warren Whitney	Director, Business Development	Richmond
2021	Richard	Foster	Virginia Business Magazine	Editor/Chief Content Officer	Midlothian
2021	Amy	Greear	Mountain Empire Community College	Vice President of Institutional Advancement	Big Stone Gap
2021	Renee	Haltom	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond	Vice President and Regional Executive	Richmond
2021	Hunter	Hanger	Hanger Law	Owner/Attorney	Newport News
2021	Kalen	Hunter	GO Virginia – UVA Wise	Program Director Economic Development & Go VA Region One	Wise
2021	Martha	Hutzel	Central Rappahannock Regional Library	Executive Director	Fredericksburg
2021	Mark	Jamison	Lynchburg Police Department	Deputy Chief	Lynchburg
2021	Herb	Jones Jr.	Pyramid Technologies	Co-Founder & CEO	Providence Forge
2021	Ray	Knott	Atlantic Union Bank	Senior VP Commercial Banking Executive	Warrenton
2021	Georgie	Marquez	Andre + Marquez Architechts, Inc	President	Norfolk
2021	Eddie	McAndrew	AIS Network	COO	Richmond
2021	Vanity	McDaniel	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond	Senior Payments Business Advisor	Richmond
2021	Scot	McRoberts	Virginia Council of CEOs	Executive Director	Richmond
2021	Cricket	Middleton	Accenture LLP	Director of North America Contract Management	Northern Virginia
2021	Brooke	Miles	RGC Resources, Inc.	Director of Human Resources	Roanoke
2021	Sharon	Morrissey	Virginia Community College System	Senior Vice Chancellor, Academic & Workforce Programs	Richmond
2021	Mike	Ohmsen	Faneuil, Inc.	Vice President, Operations, Electronic Tolling	Hampton
2021	Jean	O'Toole	Dewberry Architects Inc.	Principal	Fairfax
2021	Bryan	Ozlin	The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.	Vice President	Richmond
2021	Steve	Partridge	Northern Virginia Community College	Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Workforce Innovation	Annandale
2021	Michele	Partridge-Lane	Russell's Heating, Cooling, Plumbing and Electric	Director of Business Development	Chesapeake
2021	Nathan	Rasnake	University of Virginia's College at Wise	Assistant Director of Marketing Strategy	Wise
2021	Jenny	Roberts	Northrop Grumman Corporation	Division Director	Falls Church
2021	Kyle	Russell	Virginia Health Information	Chief Executive Officer	Richmond
2021	David	Sams	The Community Tax Law Project; The Law Office of David M. Sams	Executive Director and Federal Tax Staff Attorney; Principal and Owner	Richmond
2021	Natalie	Soucie	Virginia 811; Marketing Communications Specialist	Head of Marketing & Communications; Freelance	Roanoke
2021	Monica	Sturgis	The Port of Virginia	Chief Human Resources Officer	Norfolk
2021	Immanuel	Sutherland	Altria Group	Sr. Manager, Corporate Citizenship, Community Impact	Richmond
2021	Eric	Vanover	Germanna Community College	Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences	Fredericksburg
2021	Drew	Warren	Dominion Energy	Senior Policy Advisor, Military Affairs and Public Policy	Richmond
2021	Thom	Watkins	Cox Business Virginia	Vice President Cox Business Virginia, Director of Sales	Chesapeake
2021	Joe	Wilkins	Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center	President	Midlothian

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