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2011 Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chairman Mr. Gordon Miller III G3 Systems, Inc.	Vice Chairman Mr. L. Thompson Hanes Sands Anderson Marks & Miller	Past Chairman Mr. Stephen Lilly First Community Bancshares
Secretary Dr. Kelly Carnes Techvision 21	Treasurer Mr. Randy Albert CNX Gas	President &CEO Mr. Carl Mitchell Virginia Economic Bridge
At Large Representative Mr. Jeffrey T. Merriman Verizon Communications	NOVA Representative Dr. Tom Hennessey, Jr. George Mason University	SWVA Representative Mr. Jon Bowerbank EMATS, Inc.

BOARD MEMBERS

Ms. Mary H. Begley Appalachian Power	Mr. Robert Blanton Enterprise Holding, Inc.	Mr. Nick Conte Woods Rogers PLC	Dr. J. Mark Estepp Southwest Virginia Community College
Dr. Rachel Fowlkes Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center	Dr. Scott Hamilton Mountain Empire Community College	Mr. Gary E. Hearl Pegasus Tower Company	Mr. Richard Johnson The Wilton Company
Mr. Rob Jones Alliance Group	Dr. Jack Lewis New River Community College	Mr. Jeffery Mitchell LeClair Ryan	Dr. David J. Prior University of Virginia’s College at Wise
Mr. Jonathan Sweet Grayson County	Ms. Robyn Snyder Lockheed Martin	Mr. Mike Turman Turman Group	Mr. Ryan Turman Turman Group
	Dr. Charlie White Wytheville Community College

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

Dr. David Alexander Virginia Tech	Mr. James Cheng Secretary of Commerce & Trade Commonwealth of Virginia	Dr. John  Dreyzehner Virginia Department of Health	Mr. James Duffey Secretary of Technology Commonwealth of Virginia
Ms. Laura Fornash Secretary of Education Commonwealth of Virginia	Mr. J. Chapman Petersen Surovell Markle Isaacs & Levy	Mr. Glen Sink Center for Rural Virginia	Mr. Wayne Waldrop Virginia Department of Business Assistance

2012 Donors

• Mike & Margaret Guy, Individual Contributors, Smyth County

2011 Donors

• Sam Abdelfattah, Individual Contributor, MEP Designs
• Briggs Andrews, Individual Contributor, Carilion Health Care System
• Jane Ayers, Individual Contributor, Jayne Ayers Associates
• Susan Baker, Individual Contributor
• Harvey Barker, Individual Contributor, New River Valley Community Services
• Mary Bell, Individual Contributor, Roanoke.com
• Brown Insurance, Corporate Contributors
• T. Robins Buck, Individual Contributor, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Jane Bennett, Individual Contributor, Wise County Emergency Services
• Beth Bingman, Individual Contributor, Appalshop
• Esther Bolling, Individual Contributor, Bolwell Financial Consultants, Ltd.
• Burris Computer Forms, Corporate Contributors
• Theresa Burris, Individual Contributor, Director, RU Appalachian Studies
• Derek Burton, Individual Contributor, SWVA Behavioral Health Board
• Chris Coffey, Individual Contributor, L R Precision Tooling, Inc.
• Andrew Cohill, Individual Contributor, Design Nine, Inc.
• Tim Colley, Individual Contributor, Colley Architecture
• Kay Corvin, Individual Contributor, Klöckner Pentaplast
• James Cowan, Individual Contributor, LeClair Ryan
• John G. Dicks, Individual Contributor, Future Law
• Kathy Duncan, Corporate Contributor, Hare Affair
• Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Randall Edwards, Individual Contributor, George Mason University
• Sue Ellerbrock, Individual Contributor
• Matt Erskine, Individual Contributor, US Department of Commerce
• Exhibit Edge, Inc., Corporate Contributor
• Mason Gates, Individual Contributor, Intern Direct
• Frank Gaspar, Corporate Contributor, FMD Restoration, Inc.
• Nancy Hans, Individual Contributor, Roanoke County Prevention Council
• Woodrow “Woody” Harris, Individual Contributor, VA Department of Juvenile Justice,
• Brad & Stephanie Harvey, Individual Contributors, Harvey’s, Inc.
• Rollin Hawley, Individual Contributor
• Alan Hawthorne, Individual Contributor, Wytheville Joint IDA
• Lisa Hollar, Individual Contributor, H&A Architects & Engineers
• Jeff Irby, Corporate Contributor, First Bank of Virginia - Radford Office
• Eileen Ivasauskas, Individual Contributor, Jonas Works
• Cheryl Johnson, Individual Contributor, Read Write Technology
• Richard & Joyce Johnson, Individual Contributors, The Wilton Company
• J. Jack Kennedy, Jr., Esq., Individual Contributor
• Scott & Martha Kincaid, Individual Contributors
• Jenny Lancaster, Individual Contributor, Terzetto Creative, LLC
• Michael Latsko, Individual Contributor, LEAD VA Class of 2010
• Levanture, Inc., Corporate Contributors
• David Littlefield, Individual Contributor, Corning, Inc.
• Robert Logan, Individual Contributor, Western Virginia EMS Council
• Rachel McCoy, Individual Contributor
• Donald & Patti Merricks, Individual Contributors, Merricks for Delegate
• Sonny Merryman, Inc., Individual Contributor
• Samuel Melton, Individual Contributor, C-Health Online
• Paul Millradt, Individual Contributor
• Betty Mitchell, Individual Contributor, The Highland Center
• Dirk Moore, Individual Contributor, Emory & Henry College
• Patrick & Angela Moore, Individual Contributor, PKM Law
• Gail Montuori, Individual Contributor
• Laurence Moore, Individual Contributor
• Kristina Morris, Individual Contributor
• Ludmilla W. Parnell, Individual Contributor, General Dynamics IT
• James Patterson, Individual Contributor, CARN
• Jack Pitzer, Individual Contributor
• Bryan E. Price, Individual Contributor, Danville Parks, Recreation & Tourism
• Price Williams Realty, Inc., Corporate Contributor
• Phillip Puckett, Individual Contributor, Virginia Senator
• Doug Pulsifer, Individual Contributor, MassMutual Financial Group
• Jack & Cynthia Reasor, Individual Contributors, ODEC
• Greg Rooker, Individual Contributor, The Jason Foundation
• Alain Sadeghi, Individual Contributor, eTech Security
• Neil Sagebiel, Individual Contributor
• Margaret Sproule, Individual Contributor
• Sign Systems, Inc., Corporate Contributor
• Terry Smusz, Individual Contributor, New River Valley Community Action
• Joe Stephens and Joe Tubbs, Individual Contributors, Interconnect System Specialists
• Billy & Erra Sutherland, Individual Contributors
• Jonathan Sweet, Individual Contributor, Grayson County
• John Sygielski, Individual Contributor, Harrisburg Area Community College
• Ellen S. Taylor, Individual Contributor, Radford University
• Debbie Thomas, Individual Contributor. Town of Glenn Lynn, VA
• Thompson & Litton, Corporate Contributor
• Mick & Barbara Turk, Corporate Contributor, Cook’s Clean Center
• Edward Vance, Individual Contributor, Vance & Rorrer, CPA
• Virginia Western Community College, Corporate Contributor
• Eric & Deb Vrsanky, Individual Contributors
• Joyce & Charles Waugh, Individual Contributors, Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Keith Weltens, Individual Contributor, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
• Steve Willinger, Individual Contributor, Electro-Mechanical Corporation
• Willow Springs Tree Farms, Corporate Contributor
• Andrea Wooten, Individual Contributor, Riverbend Strategies
• Dennis Wnorowski, Individual Contributor