About Us

Our Board

2012 Officers

John Francis
Chair
First Citizens Bank

Dan Motley
Chair-Elect
Norfolk Southern Corp.

Ken Lanford
Past-Chair
Lanford Brothers Co.

Harvey Brookins
Vice-Chair of Economic Development
Wells Fargo

Melinda Chitwood
Vice-Chair of Operations/Treasurer
Brown, Edwards & Company

Barry Henderson
Vice-Chair of Membership
SunTrust Banks

John Parrott
Vice-Chair at Large
Rutherfoord

Vickie Bibee
Vice-Chair of Public Policy
Scott Insurance

Joyce Waugh
President & Secretary
Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce

2012 Board Members

Steve Cronemeyer
Verizon

F.B. Webster Day
Spilman Thomas

Beth Doughty
Roanoke Regional Partnership

Kay Dunkley
Virginia Tech

Roger Elkin
Hall Associates

Bill Figaro
Grow!

Victor Giovanetti
LewisGale Regional Health System

Nancy Oliver Gray

Hollins University

Jonathan Hagmaier

Interactive Achievement

Betsy Head
Home Instead Senior Care

Scott Hodge

AECOM

Landon Howard
Roanoke Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau

Joe Jones
Appalachian Power

Penelope Kyle
Radford University

Dale Lee
RGC Resources, Inc.

Todd Leeson
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore

Ted LeNeave
American HealthCare

Sean Luther
Downtown Roanoke, Inc.

Michael Maxey

Roanoke College

Dr. Thomas McKeon
Roanoke Higher Education Center

Joe Miller
E.J. Miller Construction

Curtis Mills
Carilion Clinic

Todd Morgan
MB Contractors, Inc.

Garry Norris
Express Employment Professionals

Jeff Parkhill
Hughes Associates Architects

Ryan Patterson
BB&T

Sarah Powell
Advance Auto

Todd Putney
Medical Facilities of America

Ken Randolph
Rockydale Corp.

Dr. Robert Sandel
Virginia Western Community College

Kim Stanley
Cox

Watts Steger
Bank of Botetourt

Steve Strauss
Strauss Construction

Wayne Strickland
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission

Chad E. Sweeney
Roanoke County

Leonard Wheeler
Wheeler Broadcasting

Tamea Franco Woodward

EastWest DyeCom / Global Metal Finishing