Board & Members
Board Members
David Ropp
Chairman, Exec Comm, RoppCorp LLC
Lindsey Riddle Elliott
Vice Chairman, Exec Comm, Riddle Associates, Inc.
JD Miles
Treasurer, Exec Comm, JD Miles Roofing
Amy Harris
Secretary, Exec Comm, BayPort Insurance
Kevin Cosgrove
Willcox Savage
Sandra Baynes
Stewardship Development, LLC
Troy Lindsey
Dominion Energy
Mike Kos
Southern Bank
Teresa Peters
Stanton Partners
Lacy Shirey
Elizabeth River Project
Barrett Stork
Virginia Natural Gas
Drew Vakos
Dragas Companies
Bill Young
ForKids Inc.
Max Bartholomew
Board Member Emeritus
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
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
Patrick Cavanagh
Chilled Ponds
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
Chris Good
The Kotarides Companies
Dana Westin Graves
Sentara Hospital
Reagan Grohler
CVBIA
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
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
Victor Pickett
BWE
Brian Pinckney
Banister Nissan of Chesapeake
Rob Prodan
HAV Inc
Thomas Retnauer
RBA Architects
Patrick L Reynolds
Ashby Development / NAI Dominion
Terri Ruby
New Horizon Bank
Eddie Russell
Kaufman & Canoles
Eric Stichler
Heartland Construction
Gilbert “Chip” Wirth
Wirth Development
Riley Wirth
Wirth Development
Brian Wurst
A Better Way Realty
Cody Wurst
A Better Way Realty