Board of Directors
Our Founders
Frank Batten, Sr.
Joshua P. Darden, Jr.
Our Officers
Owen Griffin
Chair
Ellis Pretlow
Vice-Chair
Damon Jiggetts
President and CEO
Evan Kalfus
Treasurer
Chris Graves
Secretary
Permanent Directors
Frank Batten, Jr.
Landmark Media Enterprises
R. Bruce Bradley
Community Volunteer
Joan P. Brock
Community Volunteer
Conrad M. Hall
Dominion Enterprises (Ret.)
Thomas G. Johnson, Jr.
Willcox Savage
Louis Ryan
Community Volunteer
Directors
Michelle Bass Adams
Trinco and Michelle Adams Interiors
Kristal Audain
Groundworks
Bobby Beasley, III
Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate
Stephanie Adler Calliott
Community Volunteer
Robin S. Cooke
TowneBank
Cedricka Dalton
Department of Homeland Security
Amanda Gift
Brown Advisory
Clay Gill
Beaufort CRO
Sharon Goodwyn
Community Volunteer
Chris Graves
Community Volunteer
Gwen S. Green
Ford Motor Company
Owen Griffin
Currie Medical
Niko Hamm
E.L. Hamm & Associates Incorporated
Christopher S. Johnson
Truist Wealth
Evan Kalfus
KPMG LLP
Fred Kirschbaum
Checkered Flag
Maria Lawson-Davenport
Norfolk State University
T. Richard Litton, Jr.
Harbor Group International, LLC
Allison McDuffie
Community Volunteer
Vicky McPherson
Ligado Networks
James Noel
The Franklin Group
Meagan Pecsok
Harbor Group International, LLC
Ellis H. Pretlow
Bessemer Trust
Alfred M. “Ran”
Randolph, Jr.
Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
Aaron Schaefer
Best Buy
Don Scott
Breit Biniazan Trial Lawyers
Law Office of Don Scott
Ed Tankard
Tankard Nurseries
Morgan Whayland
Virginia Natural Gas
Thomasina Wright
Newport News Shipbuilding
Superintendent Director
Dr. Jeff Rose
Norfolk Public Schools
Honorary Directors
LaKeesha S. “Klu” Atkinson
Portsmouth School Board
Betty Borden
Northampton County Public Schools
Dr. Elie Bracy III
Portsmouth Public Schools
Dr. Doug Brubaker
Chesapeake Public Schools
Dr. John B. Gordon III
Suffolk Public Schools
Dr. Alveta J. Green
Virginia Beach School Board
Malia Huddle
Chesapeake School Board
Dr. Adale Martin
Norfolk School Board
Dr. Lisa Martin
Northampton County Public Schools
Dr. Donald Robertson
Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Kimberly A. Slingluff
Suffolk School Board