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
Gina Weekley | Director, YWomen Prosper
Justynne Friend, CPA | Senior Mananger/Director KPMMG
Katie Horton, RN, MPH, JD | George Washington University
Leah Williams-Rumbley | Chief Impact & Operations Manager, 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.