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Our Steering Committee

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