Our Steering Committee

Serena Amerson

Executive Director, Major Gifts and Annual Giving, EVMS

Laura Baxter

Executive Director of the Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads

Barry Bishop

Early Childhood Champion, (formerly w/ Greater Norfolk Corporation)

Megan Buchholz

Clinical Transformation Manager for Unified Women’s Healthcare

Rick Dwyer

Executive Director, Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance

Felicia Ford

Executive Director, Private Foundation

Shikee Franklin

Director, Early Head Start/Head Start

Noelle Gabriel, MD

Pediatrician, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters

Tina Gill

President & CEO, The Up Center

Dr. Susan Girois

Director of Norfolk Department of Public Health

Nancy Grden

President & CEO, Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable

Sarah Jane Kirkland

Associate Vice President for Corporate Partnerships, Old Dominion University

Whitney Lester

Senior Director of Talent Development, Hampton Roads Workforce Council

Brad Marino, DHSc, FACHE

Chief Executive Officer, Children's Specialty Group, CHKD

Pam Northam

Early Childhood Champion, former First Lady of Virginia

Trish O'Brien

Chief Executive Officer, CHIP of South Hampton Roads

Lex Oglesby

Director of Communications, Cape Henry Collegiate

Linda Rice, PhD

Vice President of Grantmaking, Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Jennell Riddick, PhD

Founder, Walk In It

Mary Russo Riley

Administrator, Chesapeake Department of Human Services

Cynthia Romero, MD

Director, M. Foscue Brock Center for Community and Global Health, EVMS

Jerry Stewart

Consultant for Early Education Business Consultants, LLC

Bryant Thomas

Vice President of Advancement, CHKD