Board of Directors
Martin Harkless, Board Chair
Charron Montgomery, Treasurer
Dr. Heather Snyder, Board Chair Emeritus & Medical Director for Charlottesville Ballet
Brittany Clark
Sara Clayborne
Julie Gest
Valerie Gregory
Aqura Nicholson
Emily Hartka
Raquel Montez
Liz Sumpter
Development Committee
Brittany Clark, Chair
Tiffany Alexander
Chloe Alwood
Annie Sartori
Liz Sumpter
Sherry Whaley
Emily Hartka
Claudia Strawderman
IDEA Committee
Aqura Nicholson, Chair
Keith Lee, Director of Diversity & Inclusion
Jane Amend
Charlie Boyd
Julie Caprio
Maria Chee
Ty Cooper Grace
Julie Gest
Martin Harkless
Jaime-Duke Hawkins
Megan Hillary
Jessica Johnson
Kahtra Kayton
Emily Little
Katherine Martin
Sharon McCurdy
Amy Wielar
Connor Wilson
Sara Clayborne
Emily Hartka
Claudia Strawderman
Finance Committee
Charron Montgomery, Chair
Geoffrey Close
Jennifer King
Steve Krohn
Martin Harkless
Chris Scharnbeck
Ali Brent
Sara Clayborne
Governance Committee
Heather Snyder, Chair
Valerie Gregory
Martin Harkless
Sara Clayborne
Advisory Board
Wendy Brown, Center for Nonprofit Excellence and Community Investment Collaborative
Kiyomi Chandra, Wells Fargo
Corey Clayborne, American Institute of Architects
Loni Conley, Woods & Waters Financial Group
William Hines, UVA Community Credit Union
Geoffrey Kershner, Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg
Brent Kitchens, University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce
Christina Kyriakides, Oliver Wyman
Megan Lively, PT, DPT, PCS, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital
Julie Montross, The Paramount Theater, Charlottesville
Lisa Molinaro, Former Woodbrook Elementary Principal
Elsie Thompson, Attorney