Board of Directors & 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
Richard P. Evans, M.D., Chairman, Flying Fox Vineyard
Rob W. Cale, Vice President, Marketing, nTelos
Roger W. Farris, Secretary/Treasurer, ret. President, Fairfield Skanska Inc.
Laura-Jean Brand, M.D., Family Practice Physician 
Kenneth S. Cleveland, III, CFO, Cadence, Inc.
David E. Deering, VP of Support Services, Augusta Health Care
Perry Fridley, Owner & Managing Partner, Best Western Waynesboro Inn & Suites Conference Center
Timothy C. Hess, Managing Partner, Wintergreen Real Estate & High Country Associates
James T. Huerth, Private Investor
Safiya Mahmoodian Jarvis, Trust Officer, First Bank & Trust
Randolph W. McGann, Jr., Sr. Vice President, BB&T Insurance
R Steven Nichols, Ed.D., Superintendent, Staunton City Public Schools
Elizabeth "Liz" Schreiber, Co-Owner, Mid Valley Press
Edward A Scott, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Mary Baldwin College
John W. Sills, III, Esq., Partner, Timberlake, Smith, Thomas & Moses, P.C. 
Stacey Strawn, Co-President, Blue Moon Galleries
Wilson F. "Wick" Vellines, Jr., Esq., Partner, Vellines, Cobbs, Goodwin & Glass, 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, Foundation Operations Manager 
Christiana Shields, Grants Manager 
Cindi Johnson, Staff Accountant