FY 2023-24 Board of Directors

Board Officers

Chair

W. Lee Wilhelm, III
McNeil Roofing, Inc.

Vice Chair

Richard Caywood
County of Roanoke

Vice Chair

Mark Lucas
Mill Mountain Technologies

Secretary

Shirley B. Holland
Carilion Clinic

Treasurer

Douglas Blount
County of Roanoke

Past Chair

Barton J. Wilner
Entre Computer Center

Ryan Bell
The Academy

Kimberly Blair
Roanoke College

Lynne Pearo Boone
ABoone Homes

John Carlin
WSLS-TV 10 (NBC)

Robert Cowell
City of Roanoke

Whit Ellerman
Cardinal Bicycle

Dawn Tanner Erdman
Community Volunteer

William Farrell
Berglund Automotive Group

Lisa D. Garst

Michael Hamlar
Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home

Catherine Jackson
Gentry Locke Attorneys

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

Peter Lewis
Apple Ridge Farm

Sam Lionberger
Lionberger Construction Company

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

Anita Price
Appointed by the City of Roanoke

Malcolm Quigley
Appointed by the City of Roanoke

Ken Randolph
Rockydale Quarries Corporation

David Robertson
Robertson Marketing

Bob Rotanz
Mac & Bob's Restaurant

Ssunny Shah
Baymont Inn & Suites Salem

John Shaner
City of Salem Parks & Recreation

Susan E. Short, Ph.D.
Virginia Tech

Eric Sichau
Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce

James E. Taliaferro, II
City of Salem

David B. Trinkle, MD
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Christopher L. Whitlow
County of Franklin

John B. Williamson, III
RGC Resources, Inc.