Our Steering Committee sets the strategic direction and goals of the initiative.
They make key decisions, give feedback and prioritize and implement ideas originating in the Working Groups.
Shawn Avery
CEO & President, Hampton Roads Workforce Council
Laura Baxter
Executive Director of the Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads
Barry Bishop
Executive Director, Greater Norfolk Corporation
Brooke Boothby
Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
Felicia Ford
Executive Director, Private Foundation
Shikee Franklin
Director, Early Head Start/Head Start
Noelle Gabriel
Pediatrician, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
Lex Gray
News Anchor
LaToya Harrison
Chief Academic Officer for Chesapeake Public Schools
Brad Marino
Chief Executive Officer, Children's Specialty Group, CHKD
Thaler McCormick
Chief Executive Officer, ForKids
Trish O'Brien
Chief Executive Officer, CHIP of South Hampton Roads
Dr. Kerry Sullivan Ragno
Dean, Language, Mathematics, and Sciences, Tidewater Community College, Norfolk Campus
Dr. Linda Rice
Vice President of Grantmaking, Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Mary Russo Riley
Administrator, Chesapeake Department of Human Services
Cynthia Romero, MD
Director, M. Foscue Brock Center for Community and Global Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Jerry Stewart
Workforce Development Coordinator, Virginia Beach Economic Development
Nancy Welch, MD
Director, Chesapeake Department of Health
Dr. Anita Wynn
Assistant Superintendent, Portsmouth Public Schools
Kevin Turpin
Founder & President of Life Enrichment Center, Senior Associate Pastor of New Life Church