Jessica Mullen, a Program Officer at the Obici Healthcare Foundation since June 2019, previously served as a Health Promotion Coordinator at Bon Secours Health System. Prior to that, she contributed significantly to the Portsmouth Health Department, focusing on health policy advancement and community well-being initiatives. With a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from East Carolina University and a Master in Public Administration from Old Dominion University, Jessica combines her educational background with practical experience to drive impactful grantmaking efforts, particularly in Strengthening Safety Net and Improving Maternal Child Health initiatives, with a strong personal connection to Western Tidewater communities.

Rachel Ermann Lynch joined the staff of Northern Virginia Health Foundation in January 2022. For more than 20 years, Ms. Lynch has worked to improve the health of individuals and communities across Northern Virginia. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Lynch worked with the Arlington County Public Health Division on its COVID-19 pandemic response. Before that, she served in a variety of roles in the Inova Health System, most recently as the Director of Community Health Improvement, leading the Community Health Needs Assessments and serving as a liaison to public health departments, safety-net providers and other social service agencies.
Throughout her career, Ms. Lynch has worked in research, development, writing, finance, health education and community relations. Ms. Lynch was the co-chair of the Northern Virginia Health Services Coalition and served on a number of Boards and Advisory Councils. She received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan and a Masters of Public Health from George Washington University.

Joshua Hearne serves as a Program Director and Senior Program Officer at the Danville Regional Foundation after years working in community development, nonprofits, community organizing, and faith-based work. His current work focuses primarily on building grassroots leadership groups and helping them to use Asset-Based Community Development practices to represent their communities and the many assets already present there.

Susan Hallett has worked in philanthropy in the Richmond Region for over 20 years. Currently, she serves as Director of Philanthropy for the Bob and Anna Lou Schaberg Foundation. In this role, Susan supports the Schaberg Foundation's charitable gifts and grants programs and initiatives, which focus on affordable and safe housing; stability and workforce development; and services that help children become successful learners. The Schaberg Foundation is also committed to supporting systems building and capacity building resources that strengthen nonprofits and their leadership. Prior to her role with the Schaberg Foundation, Susan worked for the Community Foundation for Greater Richmond for 16 years, where she oversaw their community grants, scholarship and awards programs.
Susan volunteers her time as a board member for Richmond Animal League and is an instructor for the University of Richmond's Institute on Philanthropy. She has her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from Mary Washington College and her Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Fiona Charles is a Program Officer at Obici Healthcare Foundation - a health legacy foundation dedicated to improving the health status of people living in Western Tidewater, Virginia, and Gates County, North Carolina. She joined the Foundation in 2018 and led the establishment of its Capacity Building program. The Foundation's Capacity Building program leverages resources, tools, and partnerships to aid nonprofit staff and boards. In her role, Fiona supports the strategic development and implementation of co-created partnership programs and funded opportunities. She also supports the Foundation's marketing and communications efforts.
Originally from Saint Lucia, Fiona migrated to Virginia as a youth with her family. She is an alumna of The University of Virginia and holds a B.A. in Sociology and African American and African Studies.

Susie Lee is an independent consultant who has a career in public health that spans over two decades at the local, national, and international levels. She served as the Executive Director of Potomac Health Foundation in Woodbridge, Virginia from 2014 to 2022 where she was responsible for strategic grant making, convening community partners, and financial management.
She previously held management positions at Public Health Solutions in New York City and Gavi - the Vaccine Alliance where her focus was on managing and evaluating public health programs and grants. Earlier in her career, she worked in health policy at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs and also at the Children's Defense Fund, where she discovered her love for public health as an intern in the health division. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with Honors Distinction from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Public Health from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She was raised in Northern Virginia where she also now lives with her husband and daughter.

Elizabeth Snowdon Bonner (Liz) is President of the Board of the Hill-Snowdon Foundation, a family foundation based in Washington, DC that supports community organizing around racial and economic justice issues.
Liz is Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of the Advancement Committee of the National Children's Museum in Washington, DC. She is Co-Chair of the National Center for Family Philanthropy's (NCFP) Board Chair Peer Network and also serves on the Development Committee of the Governing Board at National Cathedral School, her high school alma mater. Liz was Co-Facilitator of NCFP's 2023 Trust-Based Philanthropy Learning & Action Cohort and co-authored an article on trust-based philanthropy, “Racial Justice Requires Trust,” in the Stanford Social Innovation Review's Spring 2024 publication.
In 2004, Liz opened Nusta Spa, a full-service LEED-certified day spa in downtown DC. She owned and operated Nusta until 2017, when she sold the spa to her business partner. Her previous work experience was in corporate communications and investor relations in San Francisco. Liz holds a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, where she was named a John W. Rollins Scholar for leadership and academic achievement.

Valerie Liggins is a Senior Program Officer for Community Health at The Cameron Foundation, a place-based Health Legacy Foundation located in Petersburg, Virginia serving the cities of Colonial Heights, Hopewell and Petersburg, and the counties of Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex, and South Chesterfield. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University in undergraduate and graduate studies. She received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Social Work degree. She is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in the State of Virginia. Valerie worked for two Community Services Boards, Richmond Behavioral Health Authority and Henrico Mental Health and Developmental Services Boards prior to joining The Cameron Foundation in 2008, where she is responsible for initiatives in Health and Human Services.

John W. Martin is strategist, award-winning author, futurist, and community development advocate. John leads S.I.R., a 60-year-old, Richmond-based management consultancy renowned for its creative deployment of actionable research that helps S.I.R. clients formulate brand strategies, create new products and services, navigate business challenges, prepare strategic plans, and assess business performance. Building on 17,000 projects to date, S.I.R. is actively supporting companies, governments, non-profit organizations, foundations, and even entire communities across the country formulate winning strategies that deliver on S.I. R.'s purpose and tagline - Improving Tomorrow. To enhance S.I.R.'s strategic planning work, John created the Institute for Tomorrow, a national resource that identifies generational insights to understand the demographic, societal, and cultural trends shaping our future. S.I.R.'s insights are shared with clients, through keynote speeches, and through the media, including dozens of top media outlets from Businessweek to Barron's and NPR to NBC Nightly News. John's co-authored book, "Boomer Consumer," has been recognized for its significant contribution to generational forces that influence trends and inform business strategy. John's interest and influence extends deeply into community development helping anchor institutions - governments, companies, universities, workforce organizations, and foundations - design and advance community impact programs. This includes work for Sentara Health, MCV Foundation, Richmond Memorial Health Foundation, Virginia Foundation for Community Colleges, and the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond. John is actively advancing the Richmond region and Hampton Roads as the President & CEO of RVA757 Connects (www.RVA757Connects.com), the new non-profit organization backed by 65 CEOs and college and university presidents advancing the I-64 Innovation Corridor as the nexus of global innovation. This non-profit is accelerating infrastructure development (widening I-64 and increasing passenger rail and multi-use trails) and advancing the megaregion as a Global Internet Hub (www.GlobalInternetHub.com) to drive future growth and end the digital divide. John holds an M.B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University and B.A. in Economics and Studio Art from Washington & Lee University. Past board service includes Collegiate School (served as Chair), Richmond Region YMCA, MCV Foundation (recipient of Dr. Trani Service Award), and Richmond Memorial Health Foundation. John currently serves on RVA757 Connects and Feed More boards. For the 2024 Virginia Funders Network conference opening keynote, John will share the growing challenges facing our underserved communities and how we can best address these trends by broadening our view of anchor institutions and using a collective impact approach. John's research-based insights and infectious enthusiasm for community development will not only inform and inspire, but also will serve as our 2024 conference's clarion call to action and roadmap on improving tomorrow for all.

Mark is the Senior Vice President & Community Development Manager at Truist. In this role, Mr. Johnson is responsible for overseeing the Community Development and Reinvestment activities in the state of Virginia.
An exemplary steward of community service and champion of philanthropic efforts in the Hampton Roads community, he is consistently working to align the bank with charitable organizations and initiatives that promote positive change within the community. Mark's continued efforts have been recognized through a number awards, such as the Hampton Roads Inside Business Top 75 Power List - the people who shape and influence Hampton Roads, the Urban League of Hampton Roads Silver Star and MLK Community Leader Awards, which recognizes leaders who have made a difference in their communities; the SunTrust Bank Performance Excellence Award, which recognizes the outstanding performance of teammates in both sales and non-sales roles who demonstrate exceptional achievements in support of the bank's guiding principles (the first professional in his position to receive the award); the National Association of Leadership Program's Distinguished Leadership Award, which recognizes exemplary service and commitment to the community (only 1 of 15 professionals that received the award across the country in 2015), the Hampton Roads Community Action Program's Community Builder's Award (given to recipients based upon their proven track record of outstanding leadership, exemplary service and advocacy for positive change), and the UNCF 2022 Masked Award (given to an individual for their commitment to UNCF and to other organizations and individuals with the Commonwealth of VA). Mark was also the lead visionary in the creation, planning, and organization of SunTrust Bank, Hampton Roads first annual of Diversity and Inclusion Awards Celebration in the Greater Hampton Roads Community in 2011 and led the effort that brought the cast members of the hit nineties TV show A Different World, which emphasized the value of higher education and the value of HBCUs - Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Norfolk State University in April of 2015.
Prior to his arrival to the Hampton Roads area, Mark made significant inroads in the Buffalo, New York, and Washington, DC, metro areas. He received the 40 under 40 Award from Business First Magazine in his role at United Way of Buffalo & Erie County, the Trailblazer Award from the Buffalo Educational Alliance, and the John H. Garber, Jr., Award from United Way of Worldwide (formerly United Way of America) - one of the youngest United Way Professionals to ever receive this honor.
As the former Vice President of Community Funding & Special Initiatives for the United Way of South Hampton Roads (Norfolk, VA), he was the first African-American to hold this position in the company's 87 year history.
In a 2017 and 2018 leadership endeavor, Mark was a Co-Chair of the Hampton Roads UNCF Mayors' Masked Ball in Norfolk, VA. More than 800 people attended both events that raised over $200,000 to support scholarship efforts within the Hampton Roads community.
Mark serves on number of boards and committees, including, Life Enrichment Center of Norfolk, LISC Richmond and Hampton Roads (Chair of the Board) Advisory Boards, Tidewater Community College Education Foundation Board (Chair of the Board), Hampton Roads Workforce Council (Vice-Chair of the Board), the VA UNCF Advisory Council, the Green Run Collegiate Foundation Board, Hampton Roads Chamber Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DE&I), United Way of South Hampton Roads (Chair of the Campaign Cabinet and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors),Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission, Go VA Region 5 Council, HumanKind, a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc (Norfolk, VA Alumni Chapter) and a 2022 Virginia Beach Neptune Festival Triton.
Mark resides in Virginia Beach with his wife, Shonder, and his two children Imajae' and Mark II. He is a graduate of Canisius College, in Buffalo, NY, the ExecuStep Program, United Way Worldwide, formerly United Way of America and LEAD Hampton Roads 2004.

Dr. Perry is the Dean of the College of Public Health at George Mason University. Trained as an epidemiologist in public health, she is internationally respected for her work as a scientist, educator, and academic leader. Dr. Perry's research in occupational and environmental epidemiology has been well-funded by both federal agencies and foundations. Dr. Perry completed a one-year sabbatical in Albania as a Fellow in the Fulbright International Education Program for Global Scholars from 2021 - 2022. Among a large number of other appointments and honors in support of academic organizations and professional societies, she is a member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST); is a Past-President and Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology; Chair of the Review Committee of the Health Effects Institute; Past Co-Chair of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Committee on Emerging Science; and Past Chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the Center for Environmental Health's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Prior to coming to Mason, Dr. Perry served as a Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health in the Milken School of Public Health at George Washington University from 2011 - 2022. She also held faculty appointments in the Department of Epidemiology and Statistics at the Milken School of Public Health, as well as in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. In addition, she previously served as the Interim Associate Dean for Research at the Milken School of Public Health. Prior to joining the faculty and leadership at George Washington University, Dr. Perry was a member of the faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health (1999 - 2011) as well as the Medical College of Wisconsin (1995 - 1999). She has published more than 150 frequently cited manuscripts, technical reports, book chapters, commentaries, and book reviews and has presented at over 25 American universities and in over 17 countries. She is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health where she received both her MHS and ScD degrees. She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vermont where she was recognized as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa organization. She is currently a candidate for an MBA degree at George Mason University.

Bill Kirby is the Immediate Past Chair of The Harvest Foundation and is in now in his 10th year of serving as a director.
Bill is a Commercial Market Manager for Carter Bank & Trust covering Martinsville-Henry County, Patrick County and Franklin County. Carter Bank & Trust has 65 branches in Virginia and North Carolina, $4.5 billion in total assets and is headquartered in Martinsville. In 2022, Bill received the Campbell-Lester Business Person of the year from the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce.
Bill currently also serves on the boards of Carlisle School and SafetyNet. He previously served as an adjunct US government instructor at Patrick & Henry Community College and on the boards of Piedmonts Arts Association, Southern Virginia Recreation Facilities Authority, Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, and the Martinsville City School Endowment.
Bill holds a bachelor's degree in history from Emory and Henry College and a Juris Doctorate from Drake University School of Law.

Kate Keller is the President of The Harvest Foundation, located in Martinsville, VA. Kate joined the Foundation in July 2020. During her short tenure, Kate led the organization through pandemic shifts, an equity journey and the development of its new 5-year strategic plan.
Prior to Harvest, Kate served as the Vice President for Strategy and Policy for Interact for Health, a regional health-focused foundation serving Greater Cincinnati. During her more than twenty-year tenure at Interact for Health, she implemented several initiatives totaling over $22 million. She brought school-based health centers to the region, opening over 24 SBHCs. Kate was one of the region's leading Affordable Care Act and healthcare experts speaking to businesses and community groups about the effects of the law. She developed and led Interact's policy efforts, including the Medicaid expansion analysis that assisted advocates in expanding Medicaid in Ohio.
Kate is a member of the 39th class of Leadership Cincinnati. She was named 40 under 40 in 2010 by the Cincinnati Business Courier and received the 2012 National Outstanding Achievement Award from the School-Based Health Alliance. In 2012, Kate was named as a Terrance Keenan Emerging Leader Fellow from Grantmakers in Health.
Additionally, Kate serves on the boards of Sovah Health and the Virginia Funders Network. She previously served on the boards of Springer School, Philanthropy Ohio, Tri-State Veteran's Community Alliance, and the National School-Based Health Alliance.
Kate holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Eastern Michigan University and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Cincinnati.

More than 30 years working as a senior healthcare executive has helped Sean McMurray better understand the issues impacting the health of the people who live in our region. He served as the CEO of Johnston Memorial Hospital for nearly 14 years (2003-2016). Sean also had management responsibility for and served as a director on the boards of both Russell County Hospital and Smyth County Community Hospital. This service provided valuable insights about the unique challenges affecting the health and wellbeing of the residents of the communities in the Wellspring Foundation service area.
Sean earned his master's degree in health administration from Brigham Young University. He also achieved certification as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, the highest professional credential for healthcare leaders. His volunteer work included service on the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association Board (three terms), representing the interests of Southwest Virginia at the state level. His board service extended to organizations such as the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Barter Theatre and the United Way of Southwest Virginia, where he served as chairman of the board.
Sean and his wife, Kristin, spent three years in full-time, voluntary missionary service for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The McMurrays share a love for outdoor activities and travel, complemented by a deep appreciation for the region's natural beauty. The McMurrays enjoy being the parents of eight children and grandparents of 16 grandchildren.

Kristin Lam Peraza is a native Virginian who spent the first 10 years of her career working in various state positions including with the Virginia Health Department, the Virginia State Police, and the Northern Virginia Training Center. In her spare time, Kristin traveled to Central America completing several charitable projects, pursued a degree in Business and Spanish, started a family, and took up carpentry and cake baking.
After years of commuting into the city, Kristin took a position closer to home working with the local planning district 9, Rappahannock Rapidan Regional Commission, ultimately taking over the mobility programming. As the mobility manager for the region, Kristin has mitigated changes in federal and local funding and implemented an innovative collaborative approach; ultimately planning for and facilitating the expansion of mobility services, bolstering local non-profit transportation programs, and designing and implementing a unique and complex data infrastructure system used for service coordination and as the foundation of the One-Call One-Click Center.

Dr. Jessica Wirgau has been Chief Executive Officer of the Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV) since 2011. Serving the counties of Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe, and the City of Radford in Southwest Virginia, the CFNRV invests in the region by encouraging charitable giving, supporting innovative programs, and nurturing collaboration.
Jess earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Duke University and the University of Virginia, respectively, and earned her doctorate in public administration and policy from Virginia Tech with a focus on organizational behavior and change management. She continues to partner with faculty at Virginia Tech and at institutions around the country on research that examines the role of philanthropy in convening and supporting collaboration to address regional challenges.
Jess serves on numerous boards and committees including the Advisory Board for the Engagement Center for Creative Aging at Virginia Tech, the Renaissance Music Academy Board of Directors, the Blacksburg Partnership Board of Directors, and the Oversight Board for the New River Valley's Regional Housing Trust Fund, among several others.

As Vice President of Clinical and Community Care with Virginia Health Catalyst, Ericca Facetti is charged with advancing public health in the Commonwealth and driving initiatives that help our clinical partners better integrate and coordinate care to meet the needs of their communities. She leads collaborative health-saving initiatives focused on equity, policy change, public health, community, and clinical care while ensuring health is equitable, person and community-centered, and value-based. Ericca has over ten years of experience in leadership roles in various sectors of the public health realm. This experience includes managerial, operational, fiscal, and reporting for a hospice company, ensuring compliance with regulatory and reimbursement requirements defined by various government agencies. She has spent much of her career with the American Cancer Society, working in Virginia and nationally leading innovative quality improvement projects to improve health outcomes with payers, hospital systems, and safety-net clinics. Ericca graduated from Framingham University with a Bachelor's in Business Administration, Health & Human Services, and a minor in Professional Communications. Ericca holds numerous roles on boards and committees, including the Cancer Action Coalition of Virginia, Virginia Telehealth Network, VA HPV Immunization Taskforce, Tobacco Free Alliance of Virginia, Virginia Elementary School PTA, and the University of Virginia Community Advisory Council.

Travis Staton is the Founding Member, President, and CEO of EO Companies (EO), a newly launched 501c3 non-profit organization based in Virginia. EO was successfully launched in January 2024 with a portfolio worth millions of dollars to enhance economic opportunities in some of Virginia's most challenged communities.
Today, he is managing a public/private partnership to redevelop an 87,000-square-foot former K-Mart building into a Regional Workforce and Child Development Hub in Abingdon, Virginia. The Hub, a $25.5 million investment, will provide high-quality child care for 300 children, back-office services, and support for a network of 200+ childcare operators and offer career exploration and hands-on learning to 30,000 K-12 students annually in partnership with area employers. This effort is expected to address workforce development, attraction, and retention challenges essential to Southwest Virginia's economic prosperity.
Before establishing EO, he served as President and CEO of the United Way of Southwest Virginia for nearly two decades. During his tenure, he repositioned the organization from being a premier fundraiser and distributor to utilizing a community impact model to improve the region's health, education, and financial stability. Under his leadership, the organization developed numerous new support systems to bridge the gap between employers and the educational system. He also led the organization through ten different mergers and acquisitions, overseeing the geographic operations of 17 counties and 4 cities, nearly 20% of the Commonwealth.
National organizations have recognized and supported his work, including the Appalachian Regional Commission, Aspen Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He has also received accolades such as Virginia Business Magazine's Top 100 People to Meet in 2020 and Virginia's 50 Most Powerful and Influential Executives in 2022 and 2023.

Scott Andrews-Weckerly is the Community Foundation's Senior Program Officer for Economic Prosperity, overseeing discretionary grantmaking, strategic partnerships, and thought leadership in affordable housing, homeless services, and career readiness. With a background as a Masters-level social worker, Scott draws on years of experience in direct service and program development, plus more recent experience managing the Foundation's nonprofit learning and professional development portfolio. In service to the community, Scott serves on the City of Richmond's Affordable Housing Trust Fund Supervisory Board and is Vice Chair of the Greater Richmond Continuum of Care. Scott lives in James City County, where his wife is the Rector of an 18th Century Episcopal church; together they share two daughters.

Jane is an experienced, committed professional with a record of high-impact accomplishments. Beginning her career in commercial real estate in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, she later relocated to Richmond to serve as Managing Director and partner of Advantis Real Estate Services Company. Jane left the private sector in 2005 to join the City of Richmond under Mayor Douglas Wilder's administration. She spent the next fourteen years leading the City's real estate, economic development, and business attraction activities and had the opportunity to travel while marketing the city to business and industry. As a faculty member of the CCIM Institute, Jane taught commercial real estate investment analysis and real estate development courses to commercial real estate practitioners from around the country. She was named as one of the Top 20 Women in Commercial Real Estate by Richmond CREWE in 2009. Jane was selected by Richmond's current Mayor to serve as a fellow for the Daniel Rose Fellowship for Public Leaders, a partnership of the Urban Land Institute and the National League of Cities. She was also appointed by the Governor of Virginia to serve on the business development and marketing advisory committee for the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.

In the 45 years since Deborah Oswalt came to Virginia, she has devoted herself to improving the lives of low income Virginians as an attorney at the Virginia Poverty Law Center (1979-1983); in the Health and Human Resources Secretariats of Governors Baliles and Wilder (5 years as Deputy Secretary); and as founding Executive Director of the Virginia Health Care Foundation (VHCF) in 1992.
VHCF was created as a public/private partnership by the Virginia General Assembly and its Joint Commission on Health Care. Its mission is to increase access to primary health care for uninsured and medically underserved Virginians via innovative programming and service delivery models. Under Ms. Oswalt's leadership, VHCF has developed several cutting-edge programs and initiatives, which have been instrumental in significantly expanding health services and access to treatment throughout the state.
Ms. Oswalt has received the Outstanding Woman in Health and Science Award from the Richmond YWCA (2002); the Child Advocate Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics - Virginia Chapter (1992); and a Social Justice Maker Award from the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (2012). In addition, she and VHCF received the Excellence in Virginia Government Award for Innovation in Government in 2006 from the L.D. Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. Ms. Oswalt is a graduate of Leadership Metro Richmond (1983) and the Virginia Executive Institute (1989).

As Chief of Health Impact, Sheryl is responsible for building programs and partnerships to improve the health of populations and communities served by VCU Health System. In her role as Executive Director of Virginia Commonwealth University's (VCU) Office of Health Equity, she leads a team that integrates the principles of health equity into VCU's core missions. She is the recipient of several awards, including the American College of Health Care Executives Regent's Early Career Healthcare Executive Award, YWCA of Richmond Outstanding Woman of the Year Award in the field of Health/Science, and the VCU Department of Health Administration Lifetime Achievement Awards. Sheryl is also a fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives and a member of SisterFund, an African American women's giving circle. She serves on the State Board of Social Services and the boards of the Community Foundation of Greater Richmond, MCV Foundation, American Heart Association Richmond Affiliate, Virginia Center for Health Innovation, and is the Chair of the board of the Institute for Public Health Innovation. Sheryl is also a Trustee Emeritus of the Richmond Memorial Health Foundation.
A native of Richmond, Sheryl received an undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University in 1982 and a master's in health administration from VCU in 1988. She is married to her best friend, Chris Garland, and has two amazing daughters, Christian and Cameran.

Cecilia E. Barbosa, PhD, MPH, MCP is founder and principal of cBe consulting that provides consultation in public health, leadership and management to community-based organizations, non-profit and public private organizations. Born to a Brazilian father and English mother, she lived in 6 countries and learned 5 languages by the age of 13. Listening, learning and trying to understand are core values and influence her approach to people and life. Professionally, she has worked as an independent consultant; as Director of the former Division of Child and Adolescent Health at the Virginia Department of Health; and as Executive Director and Board Chair of the Virginia Public Health Association. She was appointed to the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority and the Virginia Latino Advisory Board, where she served as Chair. She is Treasurer of the Board of the Jenkins Foundation and is a member of the Board of the Institute for Public Health Innovation. She has a PhD in social and behavioral health from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Master of Public Health and Master of City Planning degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, and a BA degree in Biology from Smith College. A citizen of USA, Brazil, and the United Kingdom, she is fully proficient in Portuguese, Spanish, and French and can converse in German and Catalan.

Mary-Carson Stiff is Executive Director of Wetlands Watch, a Norfolk, Virginia based nonprofit working statewide to conserve nature in a changing climate. Mary-Carson leads Wetlands Watch with a specific focus on climate change adaptation planning, floodplain management, wetlands migration, and policy. She is a Certified Floodplain Manager, serves on the Technical Advisory Committee of Virginia's Coastal Resilience Master Plan and is Vice-Chair of the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation. Mary-Carson obtained a J.D. in 2013 from William & Mary Law School and a B.A. from Bates College in 2008.

Chris joined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) in 2005 and he currently serves as the Virginia Executive Director. In this role, he implements CBF's initiatives and operations in the Commonwealth and collaborates directly with elected officials, regulators, other decision makers and partners to advance the organization's mission of saving and protecting the Chesapeake Bay.
Chris currently chairs the Chesapeake Bay Program's (CBP) Fish Habitat Action Team and serves on a variety management and advisory committees including the CBP Oyster Best Management Practice Expert Panel, CBP Fisheries Goal Implementation Team, and the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership's Steering Committee. He is also a US Coast Guard Licensed Captain and runs educational and restoration on the water experiences elected officials, their staffs and decision makers.
Prior to becoming Executive Director, he led advocacy, policy development and technical support for a variety of Chesapeake Bay fisheries and water quality restoration efforts at CBF. Much of his career focus has been on efforts to build ecologically and economically sustainable fisheries both in the Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic Region. Specific fisheries have included striped bass, Atlantic menhaden, blue crabs, and blue catfish. His work has also included a host of oyster policy, management, and restoration efforts from funding at the state and federal levels to on-the-ground restoration.
Chris received his undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies in 1997 from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. He received his master's degree in environmental science and public policy from George Mason University (GMU). At GMU his class work in Environmental Science and Engineering led to research focused on anadromous fish passage in Maryland and Virginia. He is also a fellow of the Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute.
Chris currently resides in Virginia Beach, VA with his wife Kristyn, children Aubrey and Callen, and dogs named “Nauset” and “Haven.” An avid sportsman, Chris spends as many days as possible on the waters and tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.

Nathan Burrell is a native of Essex County Virginia who moved to Richmond in 1999 to pursue a degree in Parks and Recreation Management from Virginia Commonwealth University. With over 20 years of experience in parks management and land conservation, Nathan was appointed as a Deputy Director of Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation by then Governor Northam in 2020 and is currently the Director of Community Conservation and Government relations for the Virginia Outdoor Foundation. During this time Nathan has been recognized as a leader in the Richmond community with awards ranging from “Top 40 under 40” by Style Weekly in 2011 to GRTC's “Black History Month: Local History Maker” in 2017 and most recently honored as one of Richmond Times Dispatch's 2018 “Person of the Year.” In his spare time you can find Nathan riding his bike around Richmond or paddling the James.

Elizabeth Andrews is the inaugural Practitioner Fellow of the Environmental Institute at the University of Virginia. In that position, she focuses on climate change resilience and natural resources-related law and policy projects. She formerly served as a Professor of the Practice and Director of William & Mary Law School's Virginia Coastal Policy Center; as Senior Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Environmental Section of the Virginia Office of the Attorney General; and as the Water Policy Manager for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. She has worked closely with the legislature, the regulated community, nonprofits and community organizations to address environmental and resilience challenges facing Virginia. Elizabeth is a graduate of the College of William & Mary and received her Juris Doctor degree, summa cum laude, from the Washington College of Law at American University. She has served as the Virginia representative on the Chesapeake Bay Program's Climate Resiliency Workgroup and as a member of the Board of Governors of the Environmental Section of the Virginia State Bar. She is an elected Fellow in the American College of Environmental Lawyers. In 2020, she was appointed by the Governor to the Technical Advisory Committee charged with developing Virginia's first Coastal Resilience Master Plan, and served as Chair of its Finance Subcommittee. She also served as a member of the Expert Study Board convened by the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine (VASEM) to research and draft the report, The Impact of Climate Change on Virginia's Coastal Areas, which was submitted to the Virginia General Assembly pursuant to House and Senate Joint Resolution 47 (2020

Trinette Randolph is a Program Manager at the Virginia Health Care Foundation (VHCF) where she oversees the Boost 200 Program, a special initiative focusing on accelerating the licensure of Masters prepared therapist in Virginia.
Trinette has focused her entire career on improving healthcare in Virginia. She has a passion for serving underserved and uninsured communities and has more than 20 years' experience working with organizations advancing community and public health. Prior to joining the VHCF, Trinette worked with Area Health Education Centers on health care workforce initiatives and extensively with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) on programming and developing strategies to address their unique health needs and improve health outcomes.
Trinette has worked closely with local, state and national healthcare organizations to develop meaningful partnerships that benefit underserved communities including those related to chronic disease management, substance use disorders, behavioral, and oral health.
Originally from Roanoke, Trinette earned a B.S. in Health Sciences from James Madison University and a M.S. in Education/Health Promotion from Virginia Tech.

Rebecca King-Mallory, MD is the Chief Medical Officer at the Community Health Center of the New River Valley in Christiansburg, VA. A native of West Virginia, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Marshall University Honors College with degrees in Biomedical Sciences and Microbiology. She then went on to receive her medical degree from Marshall University Medical School in Huntington, WV, and then completed her residency in Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, located in Charleston. Her background includes extensive research, award-winning academics, and recognition for her commitment to volunteerism and community service.
Dr. King-Mallory is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Board of Obesity Medicine, and she is an active member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. When not seeing patients, Dr. King-Mallory enjoys camping, kayaking, gardening, playing the piano, spending time with her family, and participating in activities with her church.

Ally Singer Wright is the Senior Director for the Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP), a statewide initiative that helps health care providers take better care of children and adolescents with mental health conditions through provider education and increasing access to child psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and care navigators. Previously, Ally worked for the Virginia Health Care Foundation where she worked on oral health and trauma informed care initiatives aiming to increase access to healthcare for Virginia's uninsured and underserved. Prior to her work at the Virginia Health Care Foundation, she worked at Comfort Zone Camp, a nation-wide non-profit organization that provides therapeutic programming for children and their families who have experienced the death of a family member. Here she developed customized grief programming for suicide and homicide loss, the Navy SEALs, 9/11 families, and the National Fallen Firefighter Foundation. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of Virginia in 2013.

Linda M. Rice is the Vice President for Grantmaking at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, the 58th largest community foundation of about 750 in the country.
Prior to her work at the Foundation, she served as the Provost of the Chesapeake Campus of Tidewater Community College after having served the college for more than 20 years in a variety of roles to include vice president for workforce development where she led the college's services to the military and Special Assistant to the President prior to becoming provost and . Dr. Rice began her career at the college teaching respiratory care and was the founding dean of the Division of Health Sciences at TCC.
While at the Foundation, Dr. Rice has led the formation of Minus 9 to 5, a collective impact initiative that focuses on the health and education of children from conception to five, now located at EVMS. She also supported the Workforce Development aspect of the regional economic competiveness initiative that led to Reinvent Hampton Roads, now the Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable and, most recently, she has led the grantmaking process for several Diversity, Equity, and inclusion process including a million dollar gift from Facebook to assist Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits.
Dr. Rice holds a doctorate degree in urban services and a master's degree in adult education from Old Dominion University, and completed a bachelor's degree in biology/psychology from Randolph Macon Woman's College. She completed her professional training in respiratory care at the University of Chicago.
A native of Hampton Roads, Dr. Rice lives in Chesapeake with her husband, Randy. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, painting, and walking.

Prior to serving as the Executive Director of the John & Janice Wyatt Foundation, Matt was the Executive Director for Blue Ridge Habitat for Humanity in Winchester, Virginia from 2016-2019. Over his four years with Habitat, Matt was responsible for the large-scale growth of the affiliate and the overall improvement of the health and effectiveness of the organization as it scaled to serve more families in need with safe and affordable housing. Before Habitat, Matt served as the Deputy to the President & CEO, as well as the Senior Manager for Volunteer Operations, at Project HOPE from 2007-2015. As a key member of the senior leadership team, Matt was responsible for broadening the impact of leadership in the execution of the organization's mission and strategic plan; and he managed the global volunteer and international disaster response program. Prior to Project HOPE, Matt served as an active duty medical operations officer in the US Army from 1995 to 2004. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology (pre-med) from the University of Miami, FL in 1994 and his master's degree in International Affairs from the Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies in Seoul, Republic of Korea in 2006. He also holds a Certificate in Project Management from Cornell University and a certificate of completion from Stanford PAC's Education for Philanthropy Professionals program. In 2024, Matt was inducted as an honored listee with Marquis Who's Who of America. Matt was born in West Berlin, Germany in 1972 and grew up in Tallahassee, Florida. He currently lives in Boyce, VA with his wife, Anne, and two children.

Shirley Bazdar has 30 years of experience in public school education within the Commonwealth of Virginia. She has served as a career and technical education teacher (marketing education), coach, high school administrator, and director of career and technical education within Northern Virginia. She spent 11 years working for the Manassas Park City Schools and 19 years working for the Loudoun County Public Schools. Additionally, Ms. Bazdar has served on the Northern Virginia WIOA board for 8 years and served as the liaison to the Loudoun Education Foundation and Loudoun School-Business Partnership for 15 years. After retiring from Loudoun County Public Schools in June 2016, she became an educational consultant with the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation's Claude Moore Scholars program and has been an adjunct professor for Shenandoah University for the last 18 years. Since July 2021, Ms. Bazdar has been the Program Manager for the Claude Moore Scholars program. The sole focus of her career has been to provide high school students with career pathways and opportunities that would prepare them to be college and career ready. Additional roles within her community after retirement included eight years of service as a board member of Our Health, a non-profit agency that assembles multiple services on a single campus for disadvantaged, under-served, and homeless citizens within the Winchester, VA area. She also served as a co-chair for the Winchester Area Temporary Thermals Shelter (WATTS) for her church in Winchester, VA. This program for which churches houses homeless individuals for a week during the cold-weather months, providing nightly lodging, meals, and other services.

Sarah Holland is the founding CEO of Virginia Health Catalyst, a public health nonprofit organization working to ensure everyone in Virginia has equitable access to comprehensive care that includes oral health. In this role, Sarah builds strategic partnerships with health experts and thought leaders to address societal, environmental, clinical, and systemic needs to advance public health in the Commonwealth, leveraging her expertise in state and federal policy, clinical care, and community engagement. Notably, Sarah led a successful advocacy campaign to add an adult dental benefit to Virginia's Medicaid program, which gave nearly a million adults access to life-saving and sustaining care.
Sarah began her career after receiving a Bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech and earned a Master's degree from Simmons University in 2002. She co-founded the American Network of Oral Health Coalitions, is a proud alumna of Richmond Memorial Health Foundation's Equity and Health Fellowship and Lead Virginia, and serves on numerous state and national boards.

Dr. Bill Hazel is the Senior Deputy Executive Director for the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation. The Foundation funds projects related to health workforce throughout the Commonwealth and focuses on health and human resource philanthropy in Loudoun County and Northern Virginia. He is a strong advocate for evidence-informed policies relating to health, healthcare, human services, and technology and has engaged with philanthropy to fund upstream initiatives with the goal of prevention. He completed his second term as Secretary of Health and Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2018 and then served as the Senior Advisor for Innovation and Community Engagement at George Mason University. Prior to becoming Secretary of Health, Doctor Hazel grew up in Fauquier County and graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Civil Engineering and Duke University with a degree in Medicine, finishing his orthopedic residency at the Mayo Clinic. He was an orthopedic surgeon with an office practice in Northern Virginia, was an Assistant surgeon for the Washington Redskins, and was the team physician for the D. C. United Professional soccer club. Dr. Hazel has been active in many local, state, and national Medical Societies most notably as President of the Virginia Medical Society and Trustee of the American Medical Association. In his eight years of service to the Commonwealth, serving under both parties Governors-McDonnell and McAuliffe- Dr. Hazel oversaw 11 state agencies including Medicaid, Health, Behavioral Health, Social Services and Aging and Rehabilitation. During his first term, he led the Virginia Health Reform Initiative; established the Virginia Center for Healthcare Innovation; oversaw the implementation of an integrated eligibility system.; and co-chaired the Coordinating Council to address homelessness in Virginia. Throughout this work, he stressed the need to recognize that citizens do not fit into siloed programs, and he began to address the need for a culture stressing the collective impact of all HHR Agencies. During his second term, Dr. Hazel helped to establish the Children's Cabinet with the Secretary of Education to develop and implement a comprehensive policy agenda related to the well-being of the Commonwealth's children from birth to age 21. He co-chaired a Task force on Mental Health and with the Secretary of Public Safety led the Commonwealth's response to the opioid epidemic. He and his wife, Cindy, are long-time residents of Oakton where they have the good fortune to be near their three very cute grandchildren.

Matthew Loos is a Board Certified general and hand surgeon. He joined Mountain States Health Alliance in 2016 as the Chief Medical Officer for the Southwest market and served in this role until 2018 when Mountain States and Wellmont Health merged creating Ballad Health. During his time in the CMO role, he was a primary liaison with the Graduate and Undergraduate Medical Education Program at East Tennessee State University. He also served as the executive lead for the Mountain States Health Alliance research department. In the summer of 2019, Dr. Loos transitioned into the Chief Academic Officer for Ballad Health with responsibility for oversight of all the academic affiliations and training programs associated with Ballad Health. Ballad Health has 33 primary academic partners and numerous secondary partners. In addition, his role as Chief Academic Officer places him as the physician executive dyad administering the Ballad Health research department. He serves as primary investigator for a number of active studies and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles. The efforts of the Chief Academic Officer are to create and facilitate educational opportunities for the citizens of the Appalachian Highlands. Ballad Health is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the people it has the honor to serve. Education and research are key components to impacting many of the primary health and economics issues we experience in southwest Virginia.

Hamilton Glass' career as an artist stems from his architecture
and design background. Despite working in the architecture field
for 7 years, his passion for public art pushed me to start a career
as an artist. Public art has always been a big influence and
inspiration to Hamilton, because of its power to influence and
inspire the surrounding community. With every opportunity
Hamilton is given to create, he tries to convey a message that
connects his art to the community. Using his background in
architecture, he creates images that reference architectural drafting
practices, which are represented in the sharp lines, scale, and
balance of the piece. The bright colors and unpredictable lines and
shapes are used to convey energy and movement in each piece.
Hamilton's work isn't just a singular canvas, print, or mural. One
of the things he enjoys most is creating multi-layered projects that
amplify many voices. In 2020, Hamilton founded two large projects,
Mending Walls and All In Together, which were created to address
the civil unrest and pandemic raging in our country. This was a way
for Hamilton to process current events and share that opportunity
for expression with others through art. Hamilton is always looking
to use his art as an inspiration and healing tool in the community.

Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff is the Senior Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, after serving for 11 years as its Anchor and Managing Editor. During 2023 and 2024, she is undertaking a reporting project, “America at a Crossroads,” to better understand the country's political divide. She has covered politics and other news for more than four decades at CNN, NBC, and PBS.
The recipient of numerous awards, including the Peabody Journalistic Integrity Award, the Poynter Medal, an Emmy for Lifetime Achievement, and the Radcliffe Medal, she and the late Gwen Ifill were together awarded Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism after Woodruff and Ifill were named co-anchors of the PBS NewsHour in 2013, marking the first time an American national news broadcast would be co-anchored by two women.
For 12 years, Woodruff served as anchor and senior correspondent for CNN, where her duties included anchoring the weekday program, Inside Politics. At PBS from 1983 to 1993, she was the chief Washington correspondent for The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. From 1984-1990, she also anchored PBS' award-winning weekly documentary series, Frontline with Judy Woodruff. In 2011, Woodruff was the principal reporter for the PBS documentary Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime. And in 2007, she completed an extensive project for PBS and other news outlets on the views of young Americans called Generation Next: Speak Up. Be Heard.
In 2006, Woodruff was a visiting professor at Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. In 2005, she was a visiting fellow at Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. From 2006-2013, she anchored a monthly program for Bloomberg Television, Conversations with Judy Woodruff.
At NBC News, Woodruff was White House correspondent from 1977 to 1982. For one year after that she served as NBC's Today show chief Washington correspondent. She wrote the book,This is Judy Woodruff at the White House, published in 1982 by Addison-Wesley.
Woodruff is a founding co-chair of the International Women's Media Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging women in communication industries worldwide. She serves on the boards of trustees of the Freedom Forum and The Duke Endowment. Formerly she was a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Urban Institute, and a member of The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
Woodruff is a graduate of Duke University, where she is a trustee emerita. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, journalist Al Hunt, and they are the parents of three children.

Dale R. Anglin serves as the inaugural director of Press Forward, the growing coalition of 50+ local and national funders committed to investing more than $500 million to strengthen communities, democracy, and local news. Most recently, Anglin served as Vice President for Grantmaking at the Cleveland Foundation, managing a $60 million budget. At the Foundation, Anglin helped create Documenters Cleveland and Signal, the statewide nonprofit newsroom, launch a new system of integrated physical health and mental wellness in Cleveland schools, and led the region's COVID-19 Fund. Anglin also served as associate director for programs at the Victoria Foundation in Newark, NJ, and, executive director of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management in Washington, D.C. Originally from Chicago, Anglin has a bachelor's degree from Smith College and a master's degree from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.

Scott joined CultureWorks in 2015, with a diverse history of nonprofit and corporate leadership experience and a reputation for driving results through collaborations. Scott started his career in Richmond as a CPA with 9 years in public accounting then 13 years in a variety of leadership roles at Capital One. Scott is deeply involved with the Richmond Region's arts and culture community serving in the past as Board Member, Development Chair, and Treasurer for the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen and currently serves as an ex-officio Board Member of the Richmond Performing Arts Alliance. When he's not working, he can be heard singing with the Richmond Men's Chorus, or enjoying a show, occasionally performing, at some of our incredible local theatre companies.

Kristen Dahlman is the Director of Programs at Virginia Community Action Partnership. Kristen is responsible for securing and implementing grant funding to assist community action agencies and our partners in delivering best practices in economic mobility, training and technical assistance, grant management, strategic communications, data management and reporting. She serves as project director for VACAP's $1.2 million diaper distribution and wrap around services grant in partnership with four VACAP CAA pilot sites and diaper bank partners.
She worked for almost nine years for the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development in human resources, procurement, conference organizing and most recently as the agency's Policy and Legislative Director. She worked in the policy and legislative space in all issue areas of the Department including preventing evictions, expanding affordable housing, providing broadband access, developing building codes and investing in economic development. She was responsible for DHCD's board management, regulatory, legislative, legal and policy affairs over a range of state and federal funding. Ms. Dahlman previously worked at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), a think tank in Washington, DC where she provided support to an Immigration Task Force and the organization's advocacy network, BPC Action. Prior to that, she served as an Americorps volunteer in St. Louis, Mo working for an all-girls middle school for low to moderate income families as a teacher and service volunteer. Ms. Dahlman holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Communication from Stonehill College and a Master's degree in Public Policy from the American University.

Jason Inofuentes works with community organizations and local, state, and federal government officials and agencies to ensure community members of all means have access to adequate and affordable broadband and the resources to fully utilize that access.

Jerry Kuthy serves as a program officer for The Cameron Foundation in Petersburg, VA, where he manages grants and special projects throughout the Tri-Cities area of Virginia, with a focus on education and workforce development. He currently serves as the point person for the foundation's broadband investments, including a $1.5 million Cameron commitment to bring universal fiber broadband to the counties of Dinwiddie, Prince George, and Sussex as part of a $30 million public-private partnership.
Jerry began his career as a middle school teacher on the Southside of Chicago. Motivated to make an impact on a larger scale, Jerry worked in a variety of schools and nonprofits addressing issues of homelessness, educational inequality, mentoring, and civic engagement. His professional career includes seven years in a leadership position at the Accelerate Institute, a Chicago-based organization focused on transforming education in underserved communities.
Jerry holds a BA in History from the University of Virginia, an MA in Teaching from Virginia Commonwealth University, an MA in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University Chicago, and an MBA from the College of William & Mary.

Abby Levine serves as Associate General Counsel, Senior Policy Counsel at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Her primary focus is supporting policy-related activities and grantmaking throughout the Foundation. Abby spent over 18 years at the Alliance for Justice's Bolder Advocacy program, where she developed her expertise on lobbying, election-related activities, ballot measures, grantmaking, and other advocacy strategies for 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations. Through that experience and as an independent consultant, she has worked with thousands of nonprofits and foundations across the country, providing customized training, coaching, written resources, and technical assistance—all with the goal of supporting organizations to be strategic, bold, courageous, and legally compliant advocates and funders. Earlier in her career, Abby served as the policy associate at the National Council of Nonprofit Associations and an associate in the tax department at Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey. Abby received her law degree from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from American University, Washington, D.C. She serves as the board chair of The Keegan Theatre in Washington, DC.

Brian Marroquin serves as the Director of Grants and Initiatives at the Arlington Community Foundation, where he leads the foundation's economic mobility portfolio. Previously, Brian served as a Senior Director at LIFT, a national nonprofit that provides financial and career coaching for parents of young children. While there, Brian designed a coaching model that was selected as a demonstration project by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a redesign of TANF. Brian also has experience as a case manager, trainer, and AmeriCorps member. He earned a bachelor's at VCU and a master's in policy management from Georgetown University.

Brandi Yee is the chief program officer for ACT for Alexandria. She oversees ACT's community investment initiatives including grantmaking through the Alexandria Resilience Fund and Capacity Building Grants, the Racial Equity Capacity Building Initiative, the Youth Council and Spring2ACTion, Alexandria's Giving Day, celebrating 14 years of giving and raising more than $20M for Alexandria nonprofits. She is passionate about strengthening the nonprofit sector, advising donors on trust-based philanthropic giving and engaging community members in creating a vibrant place for all Alexandrians.
Prior to ACT, she worked with Workforce Organizations for Regional Collaboration (WORC) and Goodwill of Greater Washington, opening the Arlington Career Campus of Goodwill that offered workforce development skills job training programs, ESL and GED courses on-site. Prior to working in the nonprofit sector, Brandi worked with undergraduate students as a career consultant at George Mason University's School of Management and as a recruiter with User Technology Associates, Inc., a government contractor.
Brandi has an M.S. in Organizational Learning from George Mason University and a B.A. in Rhetoric & Communication and Sociology-Organizational Studies from the University of California, Davis. Brandi is a member of the Diaconate and Women's Leadership Council of Grace Presbyterian Church DC and was a founding board member of Girls on the Run - DC and Food For Life DC.

Tammy Neale has served as Virginia Housing's CEO since being appointed by the Board of Commissioners in March 2024. She is responsible for Virginia Housing's daily operations as well as the implementation of our Strategic Plan.
A longtime executive at Virginia Housing, she has played a key role in shaping Virginia Housing's strategic direction and executing its vision and priorities for the development of affordable housing across the Commonwealth of Virginia. Before becoming CEO, she was Chief of Programs, overseeing homeownership, rental, community outreach and federal programs.
Tammy brings a wealth of institutional knowledge and experiences to the role of CEO which have influenced her views on the importance of equitable, sustainable housing, and diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.
Today, she serves on several boards focused on increasing economic and housing opportunities, including the Local Advisory Committee for both Hampton Roads and the Virginia office of the Local Initiatives Support Corp., and the Virginia Council on Economic Education.
She is a graduate of the University of Richmond.
When not at work, Tammy enjoys cooking, reading, genealogy and mindfulness activities such as meditation and yoga, along with spending time with her husband, blended family and two grandsons.