Board & Leadership

FY 2027 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Cathy Schafrik – Greene County – Chair
Ed Stelter – Faulconer Construction – Vice Chair
Eric Dahl – Fluvanna County – Secretary/Treasurer
Todd Bagwell – Hourigan
Brian Craddock – Flora Pettit – Legal Counsel
Christian Goodwin – Louisa County
Susan Gruber – UVA Community Credit Union – Past Chair
Ray Knott – Blue Ridge Bank
Pace Lochte – University of Virginia
Valerie Long – Williams Mullen

FY 2027 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Private Sector Directors

Todd Bagwell – Hourigan – Class of 2029
Ray Knott – Blue Ridge Bank – Class of 2029
Valerie Long – Williams Mullen – Class of 2029
Ed Stelter – Faulconer – Class of 2029
Brian Craddock – Flora Pettit – Class of 2028
John Neal – Great Eastern Management Company – Class of 2028
Galen Creekmore – Central Virginia Electric Cooperative/Firefly Fiber Broadband – Class of 2028
Ted Horn – Martin Horn – Class of 2028
Todd Bagwell – Hourigan – Class of 2027
Kayla Coleman – Rappahannock Electric Cooperative – Class of 2027
Gizelle Curtis – Dominion Energy – Class of 2027
Bernie Boone – Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital – Class of 2027

Jurisdiction Directors

Emily Kilroy – Albemarle County
Chris Engel – City of Charlottesville
Shane McCrum – Culpeper County
Eric Dahl – Fluvanna County
Cathy Schafrik – Greene County
Christian Goodwin – Louisa County
Jonathon Weakley – Madison County
Candy McGarry – Nelson County
Glenda Bradley Paul – Orange County

Higher Education Directors

Pace Lochte – University of Virginia
Tashika Griffith – Germanna Community College
Jean Runyon – Piedmont Virginia Community College

Ex-Officio

Andrea Copeland – Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce
Christine Jacobs – Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission
Patrick Mauney – Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission
Annette Hyde – Virginia Career Works Piedmont Region
Jason Burch – Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport

Partnership Representative – GO Virginia Region 9 Council

Ethan Dunstan – Capital River Advisors
Gizelle Curtis – Dominion Energy

Staff

Helen Cauthen, Central Virginia Partnership President
Candace Spence, Economic Development Director
Katie Dulaney, Talent Director
Miles J. Davis II, Director, Central Virginia National Security Alliance
Kristy Dancy, Accountant