Board of Directors
Meet the Board
Business, higher education, and growth company leaders.
Co-Chairs
Cliff Fleet
Dennis Matheis
President & CEO
Sentara Health
Board Members
Javaune Adams-Gaston, Ph.D.
President
Norfolk State University
Bob Aston
Executive Chairman
Towne Bank
Ed Baine
President
Dominion Energy Virginia
Frank Batten
Chairman
Landmark
George Birdsong
CEO and General Counsel
Birdsong Peanuts
Gilbert Bland
Chair, CEO
The GilJoy Group
Towuanna Porter Brannon, Ph.D.
President
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Mike Creedon
CEO
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc
Michael J. Dacey, M.D.
President & CEO
Riverside Health
Deborah DiCroce, Ed.D.
President & CEO
Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Mark Dreyfus
President
ECPI University
Tom Frantz
Chairman of the Board
Williams Mullen
Brian O.
Hemphill, Ph.D.
President
Old Dominion University
Randolph Hoover
Chief Executive Officer
XKIG
Hirohito Imakoji
Managing Director
Liebherr USA, Co.
Thomas Inglima
Managing Partner
Willcox Savage
Harvey Johnson
Partner & CEO
PBMares, LLP
Bill Kelly
President
Christopher Newport University
Jason Kies
Regional Managing Partner
KPMG LLP (USA)
John Lawson
Executive Chairman
W. M. Jordan Company, Inc.
Miles Leon
President, Chairman of the Board, Partner
S. L. Nusbaum Realty Co.
Harry Lester
President Emeritus
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Vince Mastracco
Partner
Kaufman & Canoles, P. C.
Sarah J. McCoy
CEO and Executive Director
Virginia Port Authority
Jerry Miller
CEO
The Miller Group
Kevin Murphy
CEO
Ferguson Enterprises
Shannon O. Pierce
President & CEO
Virginia Natural Gas
Robin Ray
Chairman
Hoffman Beverage Company
Amy Sampson
President & CEO
CHKD Health System
Jim Solomon
President & CEO
Sumitomo Drive Technologies
Rony Thomas
President & CEO
LifeNet Health/LifeNet Health Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Bruce Thompson
CEO
Gold Key/PHR Hotels and Resorts
Shawn Tibbetts
Chairman, President & CEO
AH Realty Trust
Bill Van Buren
Chairman
Kaufman & Canoles, P. C.
Tom Walker
Founder & CEO
DroneUp
David White
Executive Director
Virginia Maritime Association
Kari Wilkinson
Executive Vice President, HII
President, Newport News
Shipbuilding
John O. Wynne
Chairman
Fortis Solutions Group
Liaison Directors
Shawn Avery
President & CEO
Hampton Roads Workforce Council
Robert Crum
Executive Director
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC)
Jens Dilling
Laboratory Director
U.S. Department of Energy
Jefferson Laboratory
Nancy Grden
President & CEO
Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable
Steven A. Mucklow
Executive Director & Chief of Staff
U.S. Fleet Forces Command
Doug Smith
President & CEO
Hampton Roads Alliance
Bryan Stephens
President & CEO
Hampton Roads Chamber
Co-Convener
Regional Organizations
Presidents Council
Honorary Members
Alan Witt
Retired
Luter School of Business, CNU
PBMARES
Louis Haddad
Retired
Armada Hoffler