Board of Directors and Staff
The Community Foundation is a charitable organization created by and for a community of people. It is supported by local donors and governed by a board of private citizens who work toward the greater good of the citizens in the community.
Board of Directors
Rob W. Cale, Chairman, Marketing VP, nTelos
Laura-Jean Brand, M.D., Secretary/Treasurer, Family Practice Physician
Ken Boward, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Lumos Networks
Ronald W. Denney, Esq., Managing Partner, Franklin, Denney & Ward, PC
Steve Elkins, Senior VP for Retail & Lending, DuPont Community Credit Union
Richard P. Evans, M.D., Flying Fox Vineyard
Perry Fridley, Owner & Managing Partner, Best Western Waynesboro Inn & Suites Conference Center
David T. Gauldin, II, Executive VP, Mathers Construction Team
William Larry Harrell, M.D., Retired, Augusta Emergency Physicians
Deborah T. Metz, Interpreter, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
R Steven Nichols, Ed.D.
Edward A Scott, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Mary Baldwin College
John W. Sills, III, Esq., Partner, Timberlake, Smith, Thomas & Moses, P.C.
Travis Tysinger, Senior Development Officer and Director of Planned Giving, Woodberry Forest School
Wilson F. “Wick” Vellines, Jr., Esq., Partner, Vellines, Goodwin, Glick & Whitesell, P.L.C.
G. William Watkins, Esq., Partner, Allen & Carwile, P.C.
Board Members Emeritus
Lewis M. Coiner, first Executive Director of the Foundation and ret. Crompton
Harold C. Cook, former Board member and ret. Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, Inc.
Staff
Becky Kohler, CFP, President/CEO
Menieka K. Garber, Director of Operations and Donor Services
Christiana Shields, Director of Non-Profit Services
