Board of Directors

Chair – Carolyn Howard, Town of Blacksburg

Past ChairJessica Littlejohn, Hurt & Proffitt

Vice Chair William Flattery, Carilion NRV Medical Center

TreasurerMike Soriano, Champs Sports Bar

Secretary – Emily Gibson, Virginia Tech

Bill Aden, Security Self Storage

N. Reid Broughton, Sands Anderson

Mike Burnop, New River Office Supply

Kevin Byrd, NRV Regional Commission

Bryce Cannon, Modea

Sandy Davis, BCR Property Management

Brad Denardo, National Bank of Blacksburg

Jay Dickens, The Lester Group

Lauren Dudley, LewisGale Hospital at Montgomery

David Duncan, Duncan Automotive

Mike Eggleston, Realtor

Kirk Johnson, Graystone Companies

Leslie Hager-Smith, Town of Blacksburg

Jason Hardy, Carter Bank & Trust

Ian Heyns, Alacran

Nathan Hockersmith, Atlantic Union Bank

Kelly Kendrick, First Bank & Trust

Nate Kiser, First & Main

William Lester, Warm Hearth, Inc.

Susan Mattingly, Town of Blacksburg

Elizabeth McClanahan, Virginia Tech Foundation

Angie Marcolini, Blacksburg Young Professionals

Marcus Moore, A Cleaner World

Michelle Raub, Sugar Magnolia

Amy Sebring, Virginia Tech

Alec Siegel, Siegel Search

Kristi Snyder, Rainbow Riders

Jeanne Stosser, SAS Builders

Thim Corvin, Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Michelle Turek Cobb

Melissa Vaden, Moog Components Group

Marc Verniel, Town of Blacksburg

Ruth Waalkes, Moss Arts Center

Mike Whaley, PKs Bar & Grill

Jessica Wirgau, Community Foundation of the New River Valley

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