About
Our Leadership
Officers
- Chair: Peggy Barney, Community Volunteer
- Past Chair: Mark Hugel, RADM, USN (RET), CACI, Councilman for the City of Portsmouth
- Vice Chair: Dennis T. Lewandowski, Kaufman & Canoles
- Treasurer: Joanne Taylor, Community Volunteer
- Secretary: Samuel Warren, Community Volunteer
- President & CEO: Tina Gill, The Up Center
Directors
- Ashley Brady, Community Volunteer
- Lisa Ehrich, Esq., Pender & Coward, P.C.
- Cecil Gandia, MPA, PA-C, Icon Aesthetix
- Virginia Batteen Hawks, SL Nusbaum Realty
- Katie Horton, RN, MPH, JD, George Washington University
- Jean Lamkin, PhD, Community Volunteer
- LH Puckett, Community Volunteer
- Cavelle Mollineaux, ONYX Realty Professionals LLC
- Leah Williams-Rumbley, Chief Programs & Innovation Officer, Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia
- Elly Smith, Community Volunteer
If you have an interest in serving as a member of The Up Center’s Board of Directors, please contact us at development@theupcenter.org or 757-965-8684 for more information.