Considering becoming a Foster Parent? Learn more about how we help and support your Foster Care journey.

Summer Hours Update!  The Up Center will be closing at 1:00 PM on Fridays every week until August 30, 2024.

Generic filters
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
About

Our Leadership

Officers

  • Chair: Mark Hugel, RADM, USN (RET), CACI, Councilman for the City of Portsmouth
  • Past Chair: James Forrester, EdD, Community Volunteer
  • Vice Chair: Peggy Barney, Community Volunteer
  • Treasurer: Joanne Taylor, Community Volunteer
  • Secretary: Dennis T. Lewandowski, Kaufman & Canoles
  • President & CEO: Tina Gill, The Up Center

Directors

  • Ashley Brady, Community Volunteer
  • Kirk Cizerle, RecoveryTrek
  • 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
  • Ed Ladd, Community Volunteer
  • Jean Lamkin, PhD, Community Volunteer
  • LH Puckett, Community Volunteer
  • Cavelle Mollineaux, ONYX Realty Professionals LLC
  • Samuel Warren, Community Volunteer
  • Theresa W. Whibley, MD, 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.

Studio Session-077-Edit-Edit

Tina Gill

President & CEO
Joan Weaver_square

Joan Weaver

Chief Financial Officer
Andrea Long_square

Andrea Long

Chief Program and Strategy Officer
Tristan Warren NEW 2

Tristan Carter Warren

Chief Development Officer
Christina Slater

Christina Slater

Human Resources Officer
Patti Gstell Picture July 2022

Patricia Gstell

Senior Operations and Compliance Manager
Angela Bell Crop

Angela Bell

Director of Program Operations
Kati Calletto NEW

Catherine Calletto

Outpatient Clinical Director
Mary Ferebee

Mary Ferebee

Controller
Kevin Ferguson

Kevin Ferguson

Grants Manager
TUC-Staff-Crop-5

Tanetta Hassell

(She/Hers)
Steven A. Cohen Military Family  Clinic at The Up Center Clinic Director
TUC-Staff-Crop-24

Tameka Davis

Director of Prevention Services: Early Childhood Home Visiting

TUC-Staff-Crop-12

Tyler Neal 

(they/them)

Marketing Manager

Media Contact
_IMG1075-retouch-5

Sharon Reams

Director of Youth Services
Tereasha Saunders

Tereasha Saunders

Revenue Cycle Manager
Tiffany Tritch

Tiffany Tritch

Manager, Housing & Financial Counseling Department
Natasha Zoby

Natasha Zoby

Director of Disability Services