Board & Members

Board Members

David Ropp

David Ropp

Chairman, Exec Comm, RoppCorp LLC

Lindsey Riddle Elliott

Vice Chairman, Exec Comm, Riddle Associates, Inc.
JD Miles

JD Miles

Treasurer, Exec Comm, JD Miles Roofing
Amy Harris

Amy Harris

Secretary, Exec Comm, BayPort Insurance
Kevin Cosgrove

Kevin Cosgrove

Willcox Savage
Sandra Baynes

Sandra Baynes

Stewardship Development, LLC

Troy Lindsey

Dominion Energy
Troy Lindsey

Mike Kos

Southern Bank
Teresa Peters

Teresa Peters

Stanton Partners
Lacy Shirey

Lacy Shirey

Elizabeth River Project

Barrett Stork

Virginia Natural Gas

Drew Vakos

Dragas Companies
Bill Young

Bill Young

ForKids Inc.
Max Bartholomew

Max Bartholomew

Board Member Emeritus
Dan Bell

Dan Bell

Board Member Emeritus

Administrative Team

Richelle Helms

Business Manager

Jordan Rea

Content Creator

General Members

Shawn Avery
Hampton Roads Workforce Council
Michael Benedetto
TFC Recycling
Scott Berry
Grassfield Chick-Fil-A
Bill Blankenship
Atlantic Land & Development Company, LLC
Rhonda Bridgeman
Heartland Construction
Jeb Britt
Elite Service Ent.
Josi Brown
RemPress Services
Curtis Byrd
Chesapeake Regional Hospital
Derrick Carpinelli
Essential Contractors
Jennifer Carpinelli
Essential Contractors
Vonda Chappell
Kaufman and Canoles
B Scott Chewning
Burns & McDonnell
Lawrence Colorito
Valbrige Property Advisors | Virginia
Robert Culpepper
Chesapeake Regional Hospital
Phil Damuth
Damuth Trane
Clint Damuth
Damuth Trane
Michael Dieffenbach
Dwellings Development Co.
Helen Dragas
Dragas Companies
Leon Garber
Dermacare
Chris Good
The Kotarides Companies
Dana Westin Graves
Sentara Hospital
Reagan Grohler
CVBIA
Chris Gullickson
Port of Virginia
Dave Hare
TowneBank
Reese Jackson
Chesapeake Regional Hospital
Donovan Jones
VA Natural Gas
Mike Keesee
Mainivent Advertising
Jaime Kennedy C.P.A.
CPA. CFE
Eric Keplinger
MEB
Rober Kinser
Basnight, Kinser, Leftwich and Nuckolls, PC
Brian Kokoska
Dragas Companies
Pete Kotarides
The Kotarides Companies
Jay Leftwich
Basnight, Kinser, Leftwich and Nuckolls, PC
Darcus LeRoy
Woody’s Raw Bar & Grill
Jeff LeRoy
Woody’s Raw Bar & Grill
Gary Lundholm
The Real Estate Group
Claudia Macon
Primrose Schools
Vince Mastracco
Kaufman & Canoles
Dawn Matheson
Matheson Group
Dean McClain
CVBIA
Thaler McCormick
ForKids, Inc.
Jeff Merritt
Cox Communications
Juan “Doc” Montero
Montero Missions
John Murphy

Edwards Jones Financial

Grady Palmer

Williams Mullen

Sanjay Patel

MITSA Group

Brian Pinckney

Banister Nissan of Chesapeake

Rob Prodan

HAV Inc

Jimmy Reece
The Real Estate Group
Thomas Retnauer
RBA Architects
Patrick L Reynolds
Ashby Development / NAI Dominion
Terri Ruby
New Horizon Bank
Eddie Russell
Kaufman & Canoles
Barbara Sgueglia
House Goals
Eric Stichler

Heartland Construction

Gilbert “Chip” Wirth
Wirth Development
Riley Wirth
Wirth Development
Kristi Wooten
Wooten Law Group
Brian Wurst
A Better Way Realty
Cody Wurst

A Better Way Realty

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