14 ˇ VCC 2014 Annual Report
COMMUNITY ADVOCATE COUNCIL
Standing left to right:
Lisa Atkinson
Deputy Director of Community Development,
Virginia Department of Housing and
Community Development
Shea Hollifield
Retired, State Government
Chris Thompson
Deputy Director of Housing, Virginia
Department of Housing and Community
Development
Penny McPherson
VP, Senior Community Development Officer,
Wells Fargo
Carolyn Spohrer
Deputy Director, Virginia Community Action
Partnership
Kathy Wheeler
President & CEO, Community Business
Partnership
Shelley Murphy
Director of Program Services,
Piedmont Housing Alliance
Overton McGehee
Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity
Virginia
Marjette Upshur
Director, Office of Economic Development,
City of Lynchburg
Mike Hawkins
Managing Director of Community Outreach,
Virginia Housing Development Authority
Kent Ware
Program Director, USDA Rural Development
Todd Christensen
Executive Director, Southwest Virginia
Cultural Heritage Foundation
Steve Galyean
Director, Partnership Marketing Development,
Virginia Tourism Corporation
Ed Gerardo
Director, Community & Social Investments,
Bon Secours Health System, Inc.
Not pictured:
David Baldwin
Executive Director/CEO, Bristol
Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Shannon Blevins
Director of Economic Development, University
of Virginia's College at Wise Resource Center
Graham Driver
Director of New Markets Tax Credits, Virginia
Community Development Corporation
Kevin Kelly
Managing Director, ECDC Enterprise
Development Group
Jill McCormick
Executive Director, Cabell Foundation
Nancy O'Brien
Retired Public Servant; Lifetime VCC Advocate
Delegate James Scott
Retired, Virginia House of Delegates
Séson Taylor
Assistant Vice President, Development
Advisor, PNC Bank
BOARD Of DIRECTORS
Standing left to right:
William Shelton
Director, Department of Housing
and Community Development
Jane Henderson
President & CEO, VCC
Kenneth Daniels
Professor of Finance, Virginia
Commonwealth University School of Business
Robert Gilliam, Jr.
Retired Bank President & CEO
Charlie Mills, III
CEO, Salera Employee Benefits Solutions
Seated left to right:
James Harkness, Jr.
Retired Bank President & CEO
Dixon Hanna
Retired Associate Provost, Virginia Tech
florence Kingston
Director for Department of Development,
City of Newport News
Alvin Smuzynski
Retired Executive Director,
Wesley Housing Development Corporation
Michael Schewel
Attorney (Partner), McGuire Woods LLP
Not pictured:
Gregory fairchild
E. Thayer Bigelow Associate Professor,
University of Virginia, Darden Graduate
School of Business
Mary Dwyer Pembroke
Director and Senior Counsel,
Government Relations, Discover
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