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Board Members

 

The Virginia Living Museum is governed by a board of 21 elected and 3 appointed trustees. Appointed trustees represent the Hampton City Council and the Museum’s two founding organizations, the Warwick Rotary Club and the Junior League of Hampton Roads. 
  
Board of Trustees
 
Elected Trustees
  • President
    Charles W. Wornom
    President, Abbitt Management 


  • President-Elect
    Dawn T. Hunt, DMD
    Dentist, Hunt Smile Design

     

  • Secretary
    William R. Ermatinger
    Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, Huntington Ingalls Industries


     
  • Treasurer
    Brian K. Skinner
    President, TowneBank Peninsula



  • Past-President
    Conway H. Sheild, III
    Partner, Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly


  • Randy Abbitt
    CEO, National Exterminating of Newport News 
     
  • Melanie R. Beale
    External Affairs Manager, Dominion Virginia Power
  • Regina P. Brayboy
    Director of Financial Services, Virginia International Terminals, Inc.

  • Bill Brundage
    Vice President of Finance, Ferguson Enterprises
  • Kurt Dellos
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Smithfield Packing Co., Inc.

  • Jerri Fuller Dickseski
  • Sector Vice President, Communications, Huntington Ingalls Industries
  • Robert Foster
    Owner, Foster & Wilson Real Estate
  • William M. Grace
    President & CEO, Grace Industries, Inc.
  • Kathy Howell
    President & Creative Director, Howell Creative Group
  • Jane Jordan Ishon
    Director of Development, St. Andrew's Episcopal School
  • Howard D. McFadden
    Corporate Secretary, Norfolk Southern Corporation

  • Sharron Kitchen Miller
    Newport News

  • Nancy F. Morter
    Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Dilon Technologies
  • Donald N. Patten
    Attorney, Patten Wornom Hatten & Diamonstein

  • John Phillips
    President, Phillips Energy, Inc.
  • Mark A. Short
    Partner, Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.

  • Brian K. Skinner
    President, TowneBank Peninsula


     
     
    Appointed Members

    • Lorraine K. Hall
      The Junior League of Hampton Roads, Inc.
    • Angela Lee Leary
    • Hampton City Council
    • Charles C. Yost, Jr.
      Warwick Rotary
       

    Board of Advisors
    Many former trustees continue to serve the museum in an advisory capacity.

    • Carolyn S. Abbitt
      Newport News
    • Cynthia C. Andrews
      Hampton
    • Charles A. Banks
      Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. 
       
    • Mari Ann Banks
      Gloucester

    • John Biagas
      CEO, Bay Electric Co., Inc.

    • Lois Bowman
      Newport News
    • Gerald R. Brink
      Executive Director, Peninsula Community Foundation
    • Thomas R. Brooks, C.P.A.
      Partner, Witt, Mares, Eggleston, Smith PC

    • Dean Canavos
      Co-President/Treasurer, Canavos Properties, Inc.

    • Jerome F. Clark
      President Peninsula, SunTrust Bank/Hampton Roads
    • Gary D. Curbow
      Retired, Ritchie Curbow Construction
    • William B. Downey
      Chief Operating Officer, Riverside Health System
    • John H. Garrett, III
      Retired, Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.

    • John Gillespie
      Director of Marketing and Brand Development, Ferguson, a Wolseley company

    • Ralph M. Goldstein
      Partner, Jones, Bleckman, Woltz & Kelly
    • George R. Goodson, Jr.
      Retired, Warwick Plumbing & Heating Corp.
    • Mary Sherwood Holt, chair
      Newport News

    • Lynn Hornsby
      North

    • Willard D. Hoskins, III
      Assistant Vice President, Merrill Lynch
    • Allen R. Jones, Jr., P.T.
      CEO, Dominion Physical Therapy & Associates
    • Herbert V. Kelly, Jr.
      Partner, Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly
    • John R. Lawson, II
      President and CEO, W.M. Jordan Co.

    • Jeffrey Luckman
      Vice President, Livestock Procurement, Smithfield Foods, Inc.

    • Jeffrey L. Mendelsohn
      President, Virginia Health Services

    • Mary Oder
      Tax Supervisor, Witt Mares PLC

    • Michael Petters
      President, Northrop Grumman
    • Turner M. Spencer, Ed.D.
      Hampton
    • James B. Thomas, Jr.
      Retired, Wolseley PLC
    • Benjamin A. Williams, III
      Noland Properties 

     

    Endowment Board of Advisors  
     

    • George R. Goodson, Jr.

    • Herbert V. Kelly, Jr. 
    • Jeffrey L. Mendelsohn
    • Charles R. Spencer, Jr.
    • Harry H. Wason
       
       
     

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