Chair
Mark Lucas
Mill Mountain Technologies
Vice Chair
Sunny Shah
Baymont Inn & Suites Salem
Secretary
Kimberly Blair
Carilion Clinic Foundation
Treasurer
Douglas Blount
County of Roanoke
Past Chair
W. Lee Wilhelm, III
McNeil Roofing, Inc.
Ryan Bell
The Academy
Lynne Pearo Boone
ABoone Homes
John Carlin
WSLS-TV 10 (NBC)
Christopher Dorsey
City of Salem
Jennifer Eddy
Eddy Alexander
Whit Ellerman
Cardinal Bicycle
William Farrell
Berglund Automotive Group
Lisa D. Garst
Ken Lanford
Lanford Brothers Company, Inc.
Gary Larrowe
County of Botetourt
Stephen Lemon
Martin, Hopkins, & Lemon, P.C.
Annette Lewis
TAP - Total Action for Progress (Retired)
Peter Lewis
Apple Ridge Farm
Sam Lionberger
Lionberger Construction Company
Allison Oakey
RBC Wealth Management
Michael Maxey
Former President of Roanoke College
Jim McAden
Former President of Balzer and Associates, Inc.
Ann Blair Miller
Roanoke Regional Partnership
Kirtesh Patel
TRU by Hilton
Dr. Lydia Pettis Patton
City of Roanoke
Malcolm Quigley
Appointed by the City of Roanoke
Ken Randolph
Rockydale Quarries Corporation
David Robertson
Robertson Marketing
John Shaner
City of Salem Parks & Recreation
Susan E. Short, Ph.D.
Virginia Tech
Eric Sichau
Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce
Lutheria Smith
Atlantic Union Bank & Trust
Christopher L. Whitlow
County of Franklin
John B. Williamson, III
RGC Resources, Inc.
Barton J. Wilner
Entre Computer Center
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