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
2019	Sheryl	Agee	The Harvest Foundation	Impact Officer/Team Leader	Southern VA
2019	Jay	Atkinson	AIS Network	Chief Executive Officer	Richmond
2019	Shawn	Avery	Hampton Roads Workforce Council	President & CEO	Hampton Roads
2019	Justin	Ayars	Q Media	Founder & CEO	Richmond
2019	John	Berotti	The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company	Vice President	Hampton Roads
2019	Lori	Blackwood	Longwood University	Director, Space Planning, Real Estate, Printing and Mail Services	Southern Virginia
2019	Scott	Booth	CIty of Danville, VA	Chief of Police	Southern Virginia
2019	Kathleen	Bowe	PFM	Senior Managing Consultant	Northern Virginia
2019	Andrew	Burrichter	Bon Secours Richmond Health Systems	Vice President, Mission	Richmond
2019	Daniel	Bustamante	Wells Fargo Bank	Community Bank District Manager	Hampton Roads
2019	Kristen	Costello	Barton Malow Company	Director of Business Development	Richmond
2019	Ben	Dessart	Universal Leaf Tobacco Company	Director, Corporate Affairs	Richmond
2019	Sasha	Furdak-Roy	Columbia Gas of Virginia	Operations Center Manager	Northern Virginia
2019	Shashuna	Gray	Germanna Community College	Dean of Arts and Sciences	Northern Virginia
2019	William	Groves	Virginia Community Capital	Chief Risk Officer	Richmond
2019	Kasia	Grzelkowski	VersAbility Resources, Inc.	President & CEO	Hampton Roads
2019	Ingram	Haley	Dominion Youth Services	Chief Financial Officer	Richmond
2019	Rouzbeh	Hashemi	Accenture	Security Consulting Manager	Richmond
2019	Mark	Herzog	Kaleo	Vice President, Corporate Affairs	Richmond
2019	James	Hodges	Patrick Henry Community College	Vice President of Academic & Student Success Services	Southern Virginia
2019	Deborah	Hofbauer	VA811	Director, Information Technology	Hampton Roads
2019	Seema	Jain	The SkillSource Group, Inc.	Vice President of Operations	Northern Virginia
2019	Mary-Beth	Johnson	Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges	Chief Operation Officer	Richmond
2019	Ann	Kelly	HHHunt Corporation	Senior Vice President Finance	Richmond
2019	Andrew	Kerr	Union Bank & Trust	Commercial Banking Middle Market and Specialty Banking Team Leader	Richmond
2019	Hollie	Lansing	Charles Ryan Associates	Account Director	Richmond
2019	Tarsha	Leherr	Faneuil, Inc.	Senior Vice President, Business Solutions	Hampton Roads
2019	Ilsa	Loeser	Letterpress Communications	Principal	Southern Virginia
2019	William	Mansell	Office of the Goveror	Legislative Director	Richmond
2019	Todd	Marcum	Access, Inc.	President and Co-Founder	Southwest Virginia
2019	Sarah	McCoy	The Port of Virginia	General Counsel	Hampton Roads
2019	William	McGeary	Washington Gas	Director, State Public Policy	Northern Virginia
2019	Charlotte	McGee	US Trust	Market Sales Executive	Richmond
2019	Angie	Miller	HumanKind	VP of Development	Valley
2019	Priscilla	Monti	Hampton Roads Chamber	Senior Vice President of Programs and Communications	Hampton Roads
2019	Daniel	Moy	US Air Force	Colonel (retired)	Valley
2019	James	Owens	Prince George County	Director of Fire and EMS	Richmond
2019	Paula	Pondo	J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College	President	Richmond
2019	Beverly	Rebar	State Council of Higher Education for Virginia	Senior Associate for Academic and Legislative Affairs	Richmond
2019	Amber	Roos	Altria	Director of Corporate Citizenship	Richmond
2019	Felix	Sarfo-Kantanka	Dominion Energy	External Affairs Manager, State & Local Affairs, Central Virginia	Richmond
2019	Joshua	Sawyers	The University of Virginia's College at Wise	Innovation Center Manager	Southwest Virginia
2019	Herman	Shelanski	Newport News Shipbuilding	VP of Business Development	Hampton Roads
2019	David	Smith	Genworth	VP, Operations	Valley
2019	Keisha	Smith	Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority	Executive Director	Richmond
2019	Markus	Summers	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond	Vice President	Richmond
2019	Shepelle	Watkins-White	Virginia Natural Gas	Director, Government & Community Affairs	Hampton Roads
2019	Theresa	Wills	Capital One	Managing Director, Corporate Banking	Richmond
2019	Gloria	Witt	Define Success	Founder & CEO	Valley
2019	John	Wolff	Bronfman Rothschild, LP	Principal & Managing Director	Northern Virginia
2019	Courtney	Worrell	Richmond Memorial Health Foundation	Vice President for Administration & CFO	Richmond

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