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
- Andrea Dixon-Schesventer, Virginia Energy
- Ashley Brady, Community Volunteer
- Cavelle Mollineaux, ONYX Realty Professionals LLC
- Cecil Gandia, MPA, PA-C, Icon Aesthetix
- Elly Smith, Community Volunteer
- Gay Goldsmith, MPH MBA, Virginia Beach Health Services Advisory Board
- Justynne Friend, CPA, Senior Mananger/Director KPMMG
- Katie Horton, RN, MPH, JD, George Washington University
- Leah Williams-Rumbley, Chief Programs & Innovation Officer, Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia
- Lisa Ehrich, Esq., Pender & Coward, P.C.
- LH Puckett, Community Volunteer
- Steven E. Kocen, Senior Business Development Officer/Senior Vice President Southern Bank
- Virginia Batteen Hawks, SL Nusbaum Realty
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.

Tina Gill
(She/her)President & CEO

Joan Weaver
(she/Her)Chief Financial Officer

Andrea Long
(She/Her)Chief Program and Strategy Officer

Christina Slater
(She/her)Human resources officer

Angela Bell
(she/Her)
Director of Program Operations

Abby Peterkin
(she/Her)
Chief Development Officer

Catherine Calletto
Outpatient Clinical Director

Mary Ferebee
Controller

Kevin Ferguson
(He/Him)Grants Manager

Tanetta Hassell
(She/her)Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at The Up Center Clinic Director



Sharon Reams
(She/Her)Director of Youth Services

Tereasha Saunders
(She/Her)
Revenue Cycle Manager

Tiffany Olsen
(She/Her)
Manager, Housing & Financial Counseling Department

Natasha Zoby
(She/Her)Director of Disability Services
