LEAD Class of 2026
LEAD Class of 2026
{Directory Results}
Jacob Barclay
CEO & Founder Barclay Group
Nicole Benson
Assistant to the City Manager City of Chesapeake
John Chappell, III
Of Counsel Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
Matthew Conley
Manager, Pipeline Safety Virginia Natural Gas, Inc.
John Daman
Director of Sales WTKR/WGNT
Alison Davoy
Vice President, Mortgage Talent Acquisition Office TowneBank Mortgage
Todd DuRose
Small Business Development Center of Hampton Roads, Inc.
Christabelle Fernandez
Director of Development LGBT Life Center
Alcee Flores
Director of Operations Neighborhood
Naima Ford
Director of Public Relations and Marketing Tidewater Community College
Bryan Fox
President & CEO Lumin Strategies
Mark Furlo
Director of Parks and Recreation City of Suffolk
Richard Gabris
Director of Revenue Elizabeth River Crossings OpCo, LLC
Henry Gaston
Director of Business Development Hampton Roads Alliance
Shannon Gibson-Moye
Human Resources Director The Founders Inn
Ryan Gilliland
Gilco Properties Inc
Scott Gloff
Project Manager The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Amy Guerin
Director, Labor Relations Newport News Shipbuilding, A Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Erin Horton
Practice Leader-Landscape Architecture & Planning Clark Nexsen
Natalie Jackson
Continuum of Care Manager The Planning Council
Chris Jones
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer Norfolk Airport Authority
Casey Kimmel
VP Commercial Real Estate Relationship Manager Fulton Bank
Casey Kinner
Senior Vice President, Project Development Service Jones Lang LaSalle | JLL
Sergio Leon Pena
Director, Virginia Career Works Southside Hampton Roads Workforce Council
Kevin Lokey
Lieutenant, Virginia Beach Police Department City of Virginia Beach
David Long
Executive Director Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council
Jon Lykins
Managing Director Hilton Norfolk | The Main
Jacob Mihalyo
Accounting Manager Runnymede Real Estate Development & Management
Colleen Mollison
Associate General Counsel Ferguson
Betsy Niedziejko
SVP Commercial Banking TowneBank
Ashley Oden
Campus Executive Director Aviation Institute of Maintenance
Onakome Omorogbe
Program Coordinator & Assistant Professor Sentara Healthcare
John Paul
Vice President / Business Banker Atlantic Union Bank
Carolyn Phillips
Pathway Dean, Arts and Humanities Tidewater Community College
Bruce Reichard
Chief Operating Officer G2 Ops
Katherine Rowe
Assistant Vice President, Community & Public Relat TowneBank
John Sadler
Regional Emergency Management Administrator Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
Helen Sapieka
Computer Science Lab School Administrator Chesapeake Public Schools
Carin Schneller-Carr
Commercial Banker, SVP Southern Bank and Trust Company
Josephine Showers
Program Director The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center of Hampton Roads
William Smith
External Affairs Representative Dominion Energy
Nikki Southall
Business Development Manager Norfolk Department of Economic Development
Thomas Stone
Battalion Chief Virginia Beach Fire Department
Bruce Tingle
Director of Finance Norfolk Airport Authority
Ashley Unmussig
AVP, Regulatory Risk Analyst TowneBank Mortgage
Joy Wansley
Bloom Community Manager Portsmouth Partnership
Amy Ward
Deputy Chief - Dept of Emergency Medical Services City of Virginia Beach
Gina Weekley
Director of Impact & Strategic Innovation YWCA South Hampton Roads
Quincy White
President & Chief Executive Officer Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation