Western Virginia Foundation for the Arts and Sciences

2017-2018 Board of Directors

  • John G. Rocovich, Jr., Esq., Chairman
  • Robert Bennett, Vice Chairman
  • Steve Bowery, Treasurer

Board

  • Andy Agee, SVP | American National Bank & Trust Company
  • David Allen, SVP | Pinnacle Financial Partners
  • Matthew Barrette | Market Square Advisors
  • Roy E. Bucher, Jr. | Chairman, President & Treasurer, Chas. Lunsford Sons & Associates
  • T. Joe Crawford | Vice President & General Manager, Steel Dynamics Roanoke Bar Division
  • Paul Dallas, M.D. | Director of CME, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
  • Don Halliwill, MBA | Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, Carilion Clinic
  • Dr. Michael Hamlar | Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home
  • Joseph M. Hoff | President & CEO, Friendship
  • Larry Jackson | Director, External Affairs, Appalachian Power
  • Terry Jamerson | Publisher, The Roanoke Times
  • Laurence M. Levy | Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
  • Jeffrey Merritt | Market Vice President, Cox Communications
  • Josh Nelson | Blue Ridge Dental Group
  • Melina Payne | Blue Ridge Dental Group
  • Amy Robertson| Director of Planning and Development, City of Salem
  • Daniel C. Summerlin, III | Principle and President, Woods Rogers
  • Thomas C. Tillar, Jr. | Vice President for Alumni Relations, Virginia Tech
  • David Thornhill | President, Integrated Textiles
  • Barry E. Wirt, Jr. | President, Premier Life Strategies

Ex Officio Directors

  • Caecilia Hubbard | President, The Athenian Society for the Arts and Sciences
  • Charles A. Price, Jr. | President, Harrison Museum of African American Culture
  • Stephen Warren | President, Historical Society of Western Virginia
  • Nancy Gray | President, Mill Mountain Theatre
  • Betsy Head| President, Opera Roanoke
  • Joan Stemmler | President, Roanoke Ballet Theatre, Inc.
  • Dr. Rita Bishop | President, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
  • Barry Polakowski| Chairman of the Board, Science Museum of Western Virginia
  • Bryan Soukp | President, The Square Society

Directors Emeriti

  • Abney S. Boxley, III
  • Thomas R. Brock, Jr.
  • Adrienne G. Bullington
  • R. Daniel Carson, Jr.
  • George Cartledge, Jr.
  • Dorothy S. Clifton
  • Glenn C. Combs
  • H. Clarke Curtis
  • Warner Dalhouse
  • H. Lawrence Davidson
  • Sigmund E. Davidson
  • Susan Waldrop Donckers, R.N., Ed.D., F.N.P.
  • Lucy R. Ellett
  • Elinor H. Essig
  • John P. Fishwick (Deceased)
  • Pearl Fu
  • David R. Goode
  • Lucian Y. Grove (Deceased)
  • Edwin C. Hall
  • William B. Hopkins, Sr., Esq. (Deceased)
  • Robert C. Lawson, Jr.
  • Barbara B. Lemon
  • George W. Logan
  • Charles I. Lunsford, II
  • Edward G. Murphy, M.D.
  • Betty Carr Muse
  • Bittle W. Porterfield, III
  • Donald G. Smith
  • Charles W. Steger, Ph.D.
  • Jenny Taubman
  • Jimmy L. Wade
  • Michael E. Warner (Deceased)