Board of Directors
Ed Lawhorn
President
Retired, NRV Market Executive
Union Bank & Trust
Pat Hyer
Vice President
Retired, Associate Provost of Academic Administration
Virginia Tech
Chad Reed
Treasurer
Vice President for Finance and Administration
Radford University
Paula Alston
Secretary
Retired, Library Director
Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library
Eric Chapman
Attorney
CowanPerry, PC
Brad Denardo
President and CEO
National Bank
Terri Fisher
Project Coordinator
Community Design Assistance Center
Courtney Grohs
Adjunct Instructor
Virginia Tech Honors College
Karie Frye-Geiss
Senior Account Executive
New River Radio Group
Gary Hancock
Attorney
Gilmer, Sadler, Ingram, Sutherland and Hutton, LLP
Pat Huber
President
New River Community College
Carlotta Lewis
Retired, Check Processing Supervisor
Radford University
Jamie McReynolds
Fiscal, Human Resource, and Grants Technician
Moss Arts Center
Virginia Tech
John Muffo
Retired, Director of Academic Assessment Programs
Virginia Tech
Karen Eley Sanders
Associate Vice Provost for College Access, Virginia Tech
Chief Diversity Officer, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Andrew Warren
Assistant Town Manager
Town of Christiansburg
Peter Weimerskirch
Retired Physician, Emergency Medicine
Staff
Jessica Wirgau
Executive Director
jessicawirgau@cfnrv.org
Kim Thurlow
Director of Community Programs
kimthurlow@cfnrv.org
Laura Pynn
Administration and Programs Manager
laurapynn@cfnrv.org
Claire Gilbert
Marketing Coordinator
clairegilbert@cfnrv.org
Community Advisors
Jay Abbott
Jayanne Bridges
C.J. Carter
Aliya Chapman
Catherine Cotrupi
Bill Gardner
Ellen Garren
Ann Heyns
John Hillison
Marilyn Hutchins
Kathy Krendl
Dave Marone
Emily Perkins
Greg Reiter
Richard Shepherd
Patricia Shoemaker
Terrie Sternberg
Anne Wheeler
Directors Emeritus
C. Barry Anderson
Marilyn Buhyoff
Jackie Crenshaw
Peggy Eaton
Ginny Gardner
Steve Gerus
Hugh Jenkins
Reed Kennedy
Dwayne Kittle
Hing-Har Lo
Barbara Michelsen
Robert K. Miller
Robert Nicholson, III
Beth Obenshain
Bob Piscura
Ellen Ryan
Doug Smartt
Chris Thompson
Joel Williams