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Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Additional Administration and Board Appointments

Government and Politics

July 3, 2024

From: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin

RICHMOND - Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced additional key administration and board appointments.  

ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS  

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR 

  • Jamie Anderson, Senior Investigations Analyst, Office of the Children’s Ombudsman 

ADMINISTRATION 

  • Banci Tewolde, Director, Department of General Services 

VETERANS AND DEFENSE AFFAIRS 

  • Michele Watson Crone, Chief Deputy Director and Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Services 

BOARD APPOINTMENTS 

ADMINISTRATION 

ART AND ARCHITECTUAL REVIEW BOARD

  • Stanley Rayfield of Midlothian, fine artist and portrait painter 

  • Gaby Rengifo of Yorktown, President, One of a Kind Landscapes & Home Remodeling, Inc. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COUNCIL  

  • James Kraemer of Great Falls, CEO, CyberDI 

  • The Honorable Samuel Nixon of North Chesterfield, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Information Officer, State Corporation Commission 

AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY 

POTATO BOARD  

  • H. Bruce Richardson, Jr. of Capeville, Grower, Mill Creek Farms 

AUTHORITY 

FORT MONROE AUTHORITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

  • Kelli Lemon of Richmond, Director of Digital Programming, Virginia Video Network  

  • Terry McGovern of McLean, Founder, Oak Lane Advisors 

COMMERCE AND TRADE 

COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION FUND ADVISORY BOARD 

  • Jackie Ball of Castlewood, Superintendent/Engineer, Ramaco Resources, Inc. 

VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP 

  • Connie Loughhead of Lexington, President, Des Champs Technologies 

  • Sonya Montgomery of Richmond, Licensed General Contractor and Owner, The Desoto Group, LLC and Montgomery Sisters Construction, LLC 

VIRGINIA GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY BOARD 

  • Reggie Aggarwal of Tysons Corner, Founder and CEO, Cvent 

VIRGINIA INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP AUTHORITY 

  • Lindsay Berry Winter of Virginia Beach, Head of Virginia Public Policy, Amazon 

  • Mark Bishof of Great Falls, Operating Partner, Thoma Bravo 

  • Marilyn Perkins of Richmond, Former Director, University of Virginia Investment Management Company 

VIRGINIA OFFSHORE WIND AUTHORITY 

  • Joe H. Nash of Woodbridge, Energy and Environmental Consultant 

VIRGINIA TOURISM AUTHORITY 

  •  Moses Foster of Richmond, President, West Cary Group 

  • Lisa Meriwether of Danville, Tourism Manager, City of Danville 

  • Lori Waran of Ashland, President, Richmond Raceway 

COMMONWEALTH 

VIRGINIA AFRICAN AMERICAN ADVISORY BOARD 

  • Ernisha M. Hall of Fredericksburg, President & CEO, the Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce 

  • Ellen Victoria Luckey of Richmond, Founder & CEO, Victoria's Kitchen & Southern Spreads 

  • Gilbert Wilkerson of Richmond, Board Chair, Black Society for Economic and Social Transformation 

  • Bishop Ron D. Willis of Fredericksburg, Senior Pastor, Vision Community Church 

VIRGINIA ASIAN ADVISORY BOARD 

  • Srini Bayireddy of Ashburn, Chief Executive Officer, Navitas Business Consulting Inc. 

  • Goutam Gandhi of Henrico County, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, 4MGroup 

  • Mel Ghani of Fairfax County, Territory Sales Manager, Willscot Mobile Mini 

  • Go Eun Kang of Mclean, President, Omni Financial Risk Management, Inc. 

  • Srilekha Palle, PT, DPT, MBA?of Fairfax,?healthcare leader; NOVA Director, Rally Virginia 

  • Angelo Reyes of Chesapeake, Chairman, Filipino American Community Action Group 

  • My Lan Tran of Glen Allen, Executive Director, Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce 

VIRGINIA COUNCIL ON WOMEN 

  • Dr. Shawnrell Blackwell of Richmond, Founder, Education Connection Academy 

  • Cherry Dale of Manakin Sabot, Senior Vice President of Financial Education, Virginia Credit Union 

  • Ellen Gober Walter of Alexandria, Director, Women Engagement, NRSC; Director, Rally Virginia  

  • Tracy Kessler-Keller of Chesapeake, CEO, Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast 

  • Lauren Kivlighan of McLean, President and Principal Broker, Northern Virginia Real Estate Inc. 

  • Frances Lanzone?of Great Falls, Senior Manager Global Executive Relations, Amazon Web Services? 

  • Bershan Shaw of Nokesville, CEO, Warrior Training International; CEO and Founder, URAWARRIOR 

VIRGINIA LATINO ADVISORY BOARD 

  • Yenny Gutierrez of Mechanicsville, Owner, Studley General Store 

  • C. Alexander Guzmán of Richmond, Public Policy Officer, ChildSavers 

  • Kimmy Esperanza Kruskamp of Ruckersville, CEO & Co-founder, RedKoi Strategies 

  • JC Lopez of Springfield, Founder, Hispanos en America; Executive Director, Bolivian American Chamber of Commerce 

  • Jennie Wood of Goochland, Chief of Staff, Delegate Tom Garrett; Director of Development, Support Our Virginia Troopers Foundation 

VIRGINIA LGBTQ+ ADVISORY BOARD 

  • Jason Geske of Alexandria, Telecommunications Policy Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce 

  • Clay Hamner of Richmond, President, Lythos Studios 

  • Alonzo Mable of Henrico, Logistics Manager, NAVSEA 

COMPACTS  

BREAKS INTERSTATE PARKS COMMISSION 

  • Leon Boyd of Grundy, Vice President, Noah Horn Well Drilling 

FINANCE  

BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY  

  • Anne B. Hagen of Chesterfield County, former and retired CEO of Masonic Home of Virginia 

  • Wendy P. Lewis of Hanover, Partner, KPMG LLP 

  • Dale Mullen of Richmond, Attorney, Whiteford, Taylor, and Preston, LLP 

BOARD OF THE VIRGINIA COLLEGE BUILDING AUTHORITY 

  • Phyllis Palmiero of Midlothian, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer, Collegiate School 

THE TREASURY BOARD 

  • The Honorable Henry C. Eickelberg of Loudoun County, Treasurer, Loudoun County 

VIRGINIA PUBLIC BUILDING AUTHORITY  

  • Carolyn Bishop of Powhatan, Chief Operations Officer, Virginia529 

VIRGINIA RESOURCES AUTHORITY 

  • Dan Featherly of Clifton, Strategy & Consulting Finance Practice Leader, Accenture Federal Services 

  • Cecil “Rhu” Harris of Hanover, Retired Hanover County Administrator 

  • The Honorable Scott Mayausky of Stafford County, Commissioner of the Revenue, Stafford County 

  • Dr. Charlette T. Woolridge of Moseley, County Administrator, Greensville County 

HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES 

ADVISORY BOARD ON OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY  

  • Leah Savelyev of Roanoke, Professor and Program Director, Virginia Western Community College 

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND PEDIATRIC ACUTE-ONSET NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYNDROME 

  • Dr. Susan E. Swedo of Lovettsville, Pediatrician, NIH Scientist Emerita and CSO, PANDAS Physicians Network 

BOARD OF COUNSELING 

  • Marlo Linn Burdge of Richmond, Executive Assistant, Harris Williams 

BOARD OF DENTISTRY 

  • Dr. Sultan E. Chaudhry of McLean, Dentist, The Smile Center 

  • Dr. Surya Dhakar of Glen Allen, Dentist, Surya P Dhakar DDS, PC 

BOARD OF MEDICINE? 

  • Dr. Kamlesh Dave of Chester, President, Heart Care Associates, PC 

  • Leroy Brown Vaughan,?Jr., MD, of Henrico, Medical Director, Clinical Research Partners, LLC; Medical Director of Infectious Diseases, Infusion Solutions, LLC  

BOARD OF NURSING 

  • Lila Peake, RN, of Lynchburg, Travel Nurse and Case Manager, Capital Caring Hospice 

BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES 

  • April Morefield of Tazewell County, Executive Director, CARE Center of Southwest Virginia; Founder, Harper’s Home 

OFFICE OF NEW AMERICANS ADVISORY BOARD  

  • Chris Mitchell?of Grundy, President, Mountain Mission School 

RADIATION ADVISORY BOARD 

  • Roy F. Heltzel, Jr., MS, DABR, of Chesapeake, Diagnostic Medical Physicist, Krueger-Gilbert Health Physics  

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH  

  • Cynthia Louise Weatherly Warriner of Chesterfield County, Senior Pharmacy Consultant, Health Quality Innovators 

STATE CHILD FATALITY REVIEW TEAM 

  • Dr. Robert Dumas of Henrico, Emergency Medicine Physician, Vituity, Inc.  

INDEPENDENT 

VIRGINIA HOUSING COMMISSION 

  • Martin K. Johnson of Chester, Chief External Affairs Officer, Virginia Association of REALTORS® 

  • Ashley Welburn of Vienna, CEO, Welburn Management 

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS’ AND RESCUE SQUAD WORKERS’ SERVICE AWARD FUND BOARD 

  • R. Edward Rhodes of Henrico, Owner, Rhodes Consulting Group 

  • Michael A. Vaughan of South Hill, Fire Chief, South Hill Volunteer Fire Department 

LABOR 

APPRENTICESHIP COUNCIL 

  • Doris Crouse-Mays of Vinton, President, Virginia AFL-CIO 

  • Robert Dudley Harris of Newport News, Vice President, Bay Electric Co.  

  • Michelle Ramaker of Bedford County, Vice President, Build Smart Institute  

AUCTIONEERS BOARD 

  • Adrianna Cowan-Waddy of Orange, Broker and Co-Owner, Cowan Realty, Inc.   

BOARD FOR ASBESTOS, LEAD, AND HOME INSPECTORS 

  • Anthony Robinson of Triangle, CEO, TJ’s Home Inspection Service, LLC 

BOARD FOR BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGY  

  • Shauna Powell of McLean, Owner and Licensed Nail Technician, NailsdoneWright 

REAL ESTATE BOARD 

  • Aekta Chawla of Glen Allen, Owner and Real Estate Broker, ZRILIANT 

  • René Fonseca of McLean, Realtor®?, Long & Foster | Forbes Global Properties

REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD 

  • P. E. “Pat” Turner, Jr., of Manakin Sabot, President, P. E. Turner & Co., LTD

LEGISLATIVE 

CAPITOL SQUARE PRESERVATION COUNCIL 

  • Anthony Imamura of Midlothian, Design Consultant, Anthony Imamura Consulting, LLC 

  • Dr. Sarah Scarbrough?of Richmond, Director and Founder, REAL LIFE? 

COMMISSION ON YOUTH  

  • The Honorable Mackenzie Babichenko of Hanover, Commonwealth's Attorney, Hanover County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office 

  • Rita Jones of North Chesterfield, Owner and Director, We Are Loving Hands 

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY 

CORRECTIONS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE 

  • Juanita Shanks of Fredericksburg, CEO, FailSafe-ERA 

  • Tawana Simmons of Chester, Special Assistant, Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Office 

E 9-1-1 SERVICES BOARD 

  • Judson Smith of Hanover County, Assistant Director, Henrico Department of Emergency Communications 

SECURE AND RESILIENT COMMONWEALTH PANEL 

  • Daryl S. Borgquist of Rockingham County, Captain, USNR-Ret.? 

STATE BOARD OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL JAILS  

  • Charles Carey of Spotsylvania County, Captain, Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office 

  • Joseph Tucker of Lynchburg, Sergeant, Lynchburg Police Department 

VIRGINIA SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE 

  • Timika Cousins of Richmond, Executive Director/ Domestic Violence advocate, The Faces Behind a Purpose for You 

  • Faith Power of Winchester, Executive Director, The Laurel Center? 

VETERANS AND DEFENSE AFFAIRS 

JOINT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON VETERANS SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS  

  • Matthew Klym of Virginia Beach, Senior Program Manager, SAIC; Commander of Post #69, American Veterans (AMVETS)