Board of Directors

OFFICERS

  • David Rooklin, Chair – Rooklin Enterprises
  • Eric Essex, First Vice Chair – Smurfit-WestRock
  • Patty Honaker, Second Vice Chair – Smurfit-WestRock

BOARD MEMBERS

  • Jacob Grimes – Highlands Community Bank
  • LaShonda Ochieng – Mountain Gateway Community College
  • Fred Vaughan – Alleghany Highlands Public Schools
  • Jay Woodson – Smurfit-WestRock
  • Gary Whitmer – Retired
  • Alysan Raymond – Retired CEO, Rockbridge Area YMCA
  • Michele Wright – Retired 
  • Leo Mulcahy – Retired, Past CVO
  • Nicole Tucker – LewisGale Hospital Alleghany
  • Suzanne Ostling – Mountain Gateway Community College
  • Joshua Taylor – Alleghany Highlands Chamber of Commerce & Tourism
  • Stephanie Persinger – Retired
  • Ingrid Barber – Alleghany Highlands Community Services Board
  • Jon Fitzgerald – Evergreen Inn
  • Nicole Groseclose – Nicole Groseclose Insurance Solutions
  • Rusty Hammond – Retired
  • Richard Shull – Rockbridge County Sherrif’s Office