Board of Directors

John “Jay” B. Adams, Jr.
A. Smith Bowman Distillery, Inc.
President and CEO

Lawrence Roberts “Larry”
Director Sorensen Institute

Dorcas Helfant-Browning
Coldwell Banker Professional Realtors
CEO, Managing Partner, Principal Broker

Martin Kent 
United Company
President & COO

Paul Lawrence 
Family Insight P.C.
Director of Operations

Esther Lee
Coupang
Global Executive Director, Government Affairs

Danny Vargas
VARCom Solutions
President

Thomas “Tom” W. Minnick
National Consulting Group, Inc.
President & CEO

Nicole Barranco
Volkswagen Group of America
Senior Director of Government Relations

Benjamin Dessart
Universal Leaf Tobacco Company
Director, Corporate Affairs

Elizabeth Kersey
PRA Group 
Vice President, Communications and Public Policy

The Honorable Laura Novey 
McGuire Woods Consulting
Senior Vice President

Gary R. Thomson
Thomson Consulting

The Honorable Brian Moran
Moran Strategies

The Honorable Todd Haymore
Global Economic Development
Commerce & Government Relations

Bruce Jennings
Fairfax City Self Storage
Managing General Partner

Bryan Stephens
Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce
President and CEO

Bert Dodson Jr
Dodson Pest Control
President/CEO

Blue Jenkins

Executive Vice President
Alta Gas

Craig Parisot
ATA, LLC
President/CEO

The Honorable Shep Miller
KITCO Fiber Optics
Chairman (Ret.)

Todd Stottlemyer

Mr. Mark Lawrence

Carilion Clinic

Susan Gaston

Gaston Group

Matthew Steilberg

C&F Bank