Minus 9 to 5

Preparing Families from Conception to Kindergarten

Steering Committee

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
Barry Bishop
Executive Director, Greater Norfolk Corporation
Dr. Jane Bray
Dean, Darden College of Education, Old Dominion University
Felicia Ford
Executive Director, Private Foundation
Noelle Gabriel
Pediatrician, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
Shikee Franklin
Director, Early Head Start/Head Start
Sharon Houston
Director of Ministries Gethsemane Baptist Church
Dr. Anita James
Deputy Superintendent, Chesapeake Public Schools
Angela Kellam
Chief Executive Officer, The Planning Council
Thaler McCormick
Chief Executive Officer, ForKids
Trish O'Brien
Chief Executive Officer, CHIP of South Hampton Roads
Brenda O'Donnell
Coordinator, Suffolk Early Childhood Development Commission
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
Dr. 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
Dr. Nancy Welch, MD
Director, Chesapeake Department of Health
Emily Webb
Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations, EVMS
Dr. Anita Wynn
Assistant Superintendent, Portsmouth Public Schools