Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Nancy Petters
Chairperson
Community Volunteer

Hon. Jimmy Gray
Vice Chairperson
Mayor, City of Hampton

Denise Counce
Secretary
Senior Vice President, Director of Diversity & Belonging, TowneBank

Jim Mears
Treasurer
President/Chief Executive Officer, BayPort Credit Union

Directors

Mari Ann Banks
Community Volunteer

Joseph Barto
Founder and President, TMG

Anton Bell
Commonwealth’s Attorney, City of Hampton

I. Gabe Diaz
Executive Director for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, City of Hampton

Jerri Dickseski
Retired as Executive VP of Communication, Huntington Ingalls Industries

Aimee Gooch
Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager, Old Point National Bank

Robert Hatten
Partner, Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein

Anne Henry
Co-founder, Soundscapes

Carol Minter, Ex Officio
Executive Director, Soundscapes

Carolyn Pittman
Certified Public Accountant

Reynaldo Ramirez, Ex Officio
Co-founder/Program Director, Soundscapes

Kelly Rossum
Chair, Department of Music, Theater, and Dance & Associate Professor of Music, Christopher Newport University

LaToya Smith
Notary Public and Life and Health Insurance Agent

Emma Thomas
Student, James Madison University

Demarr Woods
Chairperson of the Department of Music and Performing Arts, Hampton University