Board of Directors
John G. Rocovich, Jr., Esq.
Board Chair
Chairman of Moss & Rocovich, Attorneys-at-Law, P.C.
Tom Brock
Chair of the Endowment Committee
Jerry Adams
General Manager/Steel Dynamics
Arnie W. Adkins
Regional VP-Wells Fargo
Robert Bennett
Vice Chairman
Steve Bowery
Treasurer, Principal, Portfolio Manager – Clearstead Investments
Roy E. Bucher, Jr.
Secretary, Chair/Pres/Treas-Trustpoint
Amanda Cox
Regional External Affairs Manager -Friendship Health & Living
Joseph M. Hoff
President/CEO-Friendship Health & Living
Patrick Johnson
Wealth Advisor – Senior Vice President at Truist Wealth
Jim Lull
Manager Commercial Banking – First Citizens Bank
Tara Marciniak
President & General Manager—Center in the Square
McLean Michals
Josh Nelson
President/CFO of Pro Virginias
W. Todd Ross
First Bank Roanoke Valley Market President
Kim Sargent
Director of Marketing – The Branch Group
Jim Sears, Ed.D
Diane Speaks
Entrepreneur – She’s International Boutique
Daniel C. Summerlin III
Principal/President – Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black
Darryl Thompson
Virginia Fire Museum
Stacie R. Vest
Director – Retention Strategy Cox Corporate
Floyd Welton
Supply Planning Buying Manager at Kroger
Barry E. Wirt, Jr.
President – Premier Life Strategies
Ex Officio Directors
David Allen – President, Mill Mountain Theatre
Kristin Hunt – President, The Square Society
Brett Jones – President, Roanoke Ballet Theatre, Inc.
Sander Leivy, MD – Chairman of the Board, Science Museum of Western Virginia
Dan Summerlin III – President, Opera Roanoke
Chris Venable – President, Historical Society of Western Virginia
Board of Directors, Ex Officio Directors & the Following Are Included in Board Meetings
Winter Blake – Atrium Manager / Events Coordinator
Felicia Branham – Executive Director, Kids Square
John Carlin – VP for Institutional Advancement
Nic Schell – Executive Director – Roanoke Pinball Museum
Aimee Simmons – Executive Director, Roanoke STARCADE
Tara Marciniak – President & General Manager
Melissa Webster – Operations Director
Amy Wilson – Chief Financial Officer
Directors Emeriti
Abney S. Boxley III – President/CEO, Boxley Materials Co.
Adrienne G. Bullington
R. Daniel Carson, Jr. – VP-Appalachian Power Co.
George B. Cartledge, Jr. – Grand Home Furnishings
Dorothy S. Clifton
Glen C. Combs
T. Joe Crawford
Warner Dalhouse
H. Lawrence Davidson – Davidsons
Susan Waldrop Donckers, R.N., Ed.D, F.N.P.
Lucy R. Ellett
Elinor H. Essig
Pearl Fu – Executive Director, Local Colors Founder
David R. Goode – Retired Chair/Pres/CEO-Norfolk Southern
Edwin C. Hall – Chairman, Hall Associates
Robert C. Lawson, Jr.
Laurence M. Levy – Senior Credit Officer, Wells Fargo Bank
George W. Logan
Charles I. Lunsford, II
Jeff Merritt – Market Vice President, Roanoke Cox Communications
Betty Carr Muse
Raymond D. Smoot, Jr.
Jenny Taubman
Thomas C. Tillar, Jr. – VP for Alumni Relations, VT
Jimmy L. Wade – Former President, Advance Auto Parts
Directors Emeriti ~ Deceased
George B. Cartledge, Sr.
H. Clarke Curtis
Sigmund E. Davidson
John P. Fishwick
Lucian Y. Grove
William B. Hopkins, Sr., Esq.
Barbara B. Lemon
Edward G. Murphy, M.D.
Bittle W. Porterfield, III
Donald G. Smith
Charles W. Steger, Ph.D.
Michael E. Warner