Leadership

We are fortunate to have a talented team of leaders who care deeply about education.

Lara Major

Chair

Educational Consultant

Purcellville, VA

Howard Kern

Vice-Chair

CEO Emeritus

Sentara Healthcare

Norfolk, VA

Tag Greason

Treasurer

Former Delegate

Chief Hyperscale Officer
Quality Technology Services

Loudoun County, VA

Lisa Howard

President / CEO / Secretary

Co-Founder

Dr. Bob Pianta

Board Member

Batten Bicentennial Professor of Education, Professor of Psychology + Founding Director of CASTL at UVA

Charlottesville, VA

Cally Robertson Everett

Board Member

VP of Marketing

CBN

Lindsay Berry Winter

Board Member

Head of Public Policy

Amazon

Virginia Beach, VA

Jane Batten

Civic Leader

Virginia Beach, VA

Dr. Jennifer Gentry

Vice Chancellor, Institutional Advancement

Virginia’s Community Colleges

Richmond, VA

Laura Novey

Former Virginia Secretary of Education

Senior Vice President, State Government Relations
McGuireWoods Consulting

Richmond, VA

Matt Clarke

President

TowneBank Chesterfield

Midlothian, VA

Jayme Swain

President & CEO

VPM & The Foundation for Virginia Public Media

Richmond, VA

Anita Poston

Senior Partner

Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC

Norfolk, VA

Julia Gilliam Sterling

Director of Grant Making

The Gilliam Family Foundation

Richmond, VA

Dr. Harry Thomas

Superintendent

Essex County Public Schools

Devan Maloney

Consultant

Maren Macconnell

Project Manager

Erin Highton

Project Manager

Lisa Robertson, Emeritus

Founding Board Member + Founder

Faithful Beginnings

G. Gil Minor III, Emeritus

Coach

Minor & Major LLC

Richmond, VA