Board & Leadership

FY 2023 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Melinda Crawford – Charlottesville Albemarle Airport – Chair
Pace Lochte – University of Virginia – Vice Chair
Eric Dahl – Fluvanna County – Treasurer/Secretary
Christian Goodwin – Louisa County – Past Chair
Ted Voorhees – Orange County
Felicia Ainsa – Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
Blair Williamson – SL Williamson Company
Kevin McDonald – University of Virginia – DEI Special Advisor
David Dallas – Williams Mullen – Legal Counsel

FY 2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Private Sector Directors

Brian Craddock – Flora Pettit – Class of 2025
Valerie Long – Williams Mullen – Class of 2025
John Neal – Great Eastern Management Company – Class of 2025
Ed Stelter – Faulconer Construction – Class of 2025
Rebecca Ivins – Hourigan – Class of 2024
Felicia Ainsa – Rappahannock Electric Cooperative – Class of 2024
Gizelle Curtis – Dominion Energy – Class of 2024
Judy Tobin – Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital – Class of 2024
Melinda Crawford – Charlottesville Albemarle Airport Authority – Class of 2023
Ethan Dunstan – UVA Community Credit Union – Class of 2023
Blair Williamson – SL Williamson Company – Class of 2023
Ed Dalrymple, Jr. – Cedar Mountain Stone – Class of 2023

Jurisdiction Directors

Roger Johnson – Albemarle County
Chris Engel – City of Charlottesville
John Egertson – Culpeper County
Eric Dahl – Fluvanna County
Mark Taylor – Greene County
Christian Goodwin – Louisa County
Jonathon Weakley – Madison County
Candice McGarry – Nelson County
Ted Voorhees – Orange County

UVA Director

Pace Lochte – University of Virginia

Community College Directors

Janet Gullickson – Germanna Community College
Jean Runyon – Piedmont Virginia Community College

DEI Special Advisor to the Board & Executive Committee

Kevin McDonald – University of Virginia

Ex-Officio

Elizabeth Cromwell – Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce
Christine Jacobs – Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission
Patrick Mauney – Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission
Antwon Brinson – Chair, Virginia Career Works Piedmont Region

Partnership Representative – GO Virginia Region 9 Council

Ethan Dunstan – UVA Community Credit Union
Felix Sarfo-Kantanka – Dominion Energy

Staff

Helen Cauthen, Central Virginia Partnership President
Candace Spence, Economic Development Director
Rahul Maitra, Director of Finance
Mary Kay Campbell, Director TechLink Central VA