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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
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.
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