Governance & Administration

President & CEO, WM Jordan, Inc., Newport News, VA

Mr. Lawson has been a member of the Board since January of 2004 and has served as the Chairman of the Board since January of 2009. During his term he has served on several committees including the Monitor Center Campaign Committee, Development Committee, Executive Committee and Facility, Park and Lake Committee.

Mr. Lawson began his career with W. M. Jordan Company as a Field Engineer in 1975 after graduating from Ferguson High School and Virginia Tech with a BS in Geophysics. He is a 1989 graduate of the Advanced Management Program of the Associated General Contractors of America. Under his leadership, W. M. Jordan Company has become the largest general contractor in Virginia, with annual revenues exceeding $275 million dollars and a ranking in Engineering News Record’s Top 400 Contractors in the United States for the past 25 years. Johnny spends much of his time in service to others. In 2009 he was honored with the Golden Paw award from the Virginia Living Museum. Newport News is richly improved by his many acts of generosity.

President & CEO, T. Parker Host, Inc. Norfolk, VA

Mr. Host has been on the board since January of 2008. He serves on the Marketing & Development and the Collections, Library and Program Committees.

Mr. Host is a Newport News native. He graduated from Hampton Roads Academy, Hampden Sydney College. Mr. Host has been with T. Parker Host, Inc. since 1977 serving in the following capacities. President and CEO (2002 – Present); Executive Vice President (1993-2002); Assistant Vice President Operations (1982-1993); Export Manager (1979-1982); Agent (1977-1979) and he also serves as Chairman of T. Parker Host of Maryland, Inc.

Director of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, Retired

Captain Barnum was elected to the Board of Trustees in March of 2011 and serves on the Collections, Library and Program Committee.

Captain Steven Barnum retired as the Director of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, where he served as the nation's chief hydrographer, responsible for overseeing NOAA’s hydrographic services, including the mapping and charting of all United States navigational waters. Barnum began his career with NOAA, in 1980 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana Tech University, a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from University of Maryland, and a Master of Science degree in software engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Barnum has received numerous awards which include two US Department of Commerce silver medals, the NOAA Corps commendation medal, the US Coast Guard achievement medal, and several NOAA sustained superior achievement medals.

Retired Former Vice Chairman, Landmark Communications, Inc., Norfolk, VA

Mr. Barry has been a member of the Board since January 2006. He served as Vice Chairman of the Board in 2009, chairman of the Development Committee and the Investment Committee, member of the marketing and development committees as well as the Finance, Pension and Audit and Library, Publications and Archives Committees.

Mr. Barry has served on the boards of the Chrysler Museum or Art, United Way of South Hampton Roads, Old Dominion University, Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, and Obici Healthcare Foundation of Suffolk.

President/CEO of Credit Control Corporation

After attending Chowan College, Mr. Bayne went to work for Credit Control Corporation. Since 1983 he has served as President/CEO of Credit Control Corporation which is located in Newport News, Virginia. Credit Control Corporation provides healthcare clients on a regional basis and telecommunication clients nationally with a host of receivable management services. His primary responsibilities include overall operations and planned growth of Credit Control Corporation into new markets. Professional Associations: Healthcare Financial Managers Association American Collectors Association Boys and Girls Club Virginia Peninsula Foundation Board Member Virginia Collectors Association Board Member Past Board Member State Fair of Virginia and SouthTrust Bank Mr. Bayne currently resides in Poquoson with his daughter Hunter Elizabeth an upcoming freshman at Virginia Tech and daughter Jessica Michelle a second year kindergarten teacher in Newport News. He enjoy sport fishing up and down the east coast on his boat and spending time at his farm house in Charles City.

Partner, Williams Mullens

Charles Cabell is a partner in the Real Estate Section at Williams Mullen, where he concentrates his practice in commercial real estate.  His experience includes the acquisition, development, zoning, financing and leasing of commercial property with an emphasis on mixed use projects containing office, light industry uses, residential units and retail shopping centers.  His business background facilitates his practice in construction finance and loan workouts for the lenders and borrowers.



Education

College of William & Mary, J.D. – 1977

Hampden-Sydney College, B.A. – 1974



Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association, Real Property and Business Law Sections

Richmond Bar Association, Real Property Section

Virginia State Bar 


Community Involvement

Brookfield Home for Girls, Board Member and Treasurer

The Cabell Foundation, Board Member and President

Ducks Unlimited, Board Member

Hampden-Sydney College, Board Member

Riverside on the James Condominium Association, Board Member and Counsel

President Emeritus, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA

Professor of English John Casteen became president of the University of Virginia in August 1990. As president, he has overseen a major restructuring of the University’s administrative and governance structures, one of the largest capital funds campaigns ever undertaken, significant improvements in academic programs, and major expansions of the University’s physical facilities. In this period, also, the University has been recognized for its leadership in educating minority students, for the quality of its undergraduate teaching, and for its success in refinancing itself following historic reductions in state tax support at the beginning of the decade.

After teaching English at the University of California (Berkeley) and the University of Virginia, Mr. Casteen became Virginia's secretary of education in 1982. He served until 1985. While secretary, he directed reforms in both secondary and higher education, revamped Virginia's college desegregation efforts, and initiated programs of state support for research. From 1985 to 1990, he was president of the University of Connecticut.

Mr. Casteen has been a director of the American Council on Education, a director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, trustee and chair of the College Entrance Examination Board, commissioner of the Education Commission of the States, member of the Board of Control for the Southern Regional Education Board, commissioner of the New England Board of Higher Education, and chair of the Association of Governing Board’s council of presidents. From 1991 to 1993, he chaired the National Board on Oceans and Atmosphere.

In 1997, Mr. Casteen completed a term as chair of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) as well as a term as president of SACS. In 2000-2002, he chaired the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). He recently completed a term as chair of the Association of American Universities (AAU). Mr. Casteen is currently a member of AAU’s Institutional Data Committee.

Mr. Casteen’s business career has included service as a director of Connecticut Bank and Trust Company (CBT) in 1986-1989—CBT was acquired by Fleet Bank, and as a member of CBT’s audit and corporate responsibility committees; as a director of the New England Education Loan Marketing Corporation (Nellie Mae) and the successor foundation (1988-1997 and 2000), and as a member of Nellie Mae’s executive committee; as a director of Sallie Mae (1999-2004), following the sale of Nellie Mae to SLMA, Inc.; as a director of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Connecticut, Inc., now a component of Anthem (1989-1990, resigned to move to Virginia), as a member of the audit and medical affairs committees, and as a director of Calico, a wholly owned subsidiary providing employee life insurance services for client corporations; as a director of the College Construction Loan Insurance Association (Connie Lee) and a member of the finance committee (1993-1997)—Connie Lee was acquired by AmBac in 1997; as a director of Allied Concrete Company, Charlottesville (1995-1998); as a director of Jefferson Bankshares, Inc., and Jefferson National Bank and chair of the executive compensation committee (1990-1997)—JBI was acquired by Wachovia in 1997; a director of the old and new Wachovia Corporation (1997-present), member and chair of its audit and compliance committees, and subsequently member and chair of the audit committee of the new corporation formed by the merger of Wachovia and First Union, currently serves on audit committee. He is a newly-elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation; and newly-elected member and chair of the Jefferson Science Associates, LLC.

Mr. Casteen was named the Outstanding Virginian of 1993. The state conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) presented its Jackson Davis Award to him in December 1993. In February 1996, he received the doctor honoris causa from the University of Athens in Greece. In 1998, he was named the University of Virginia’s outstanding alumnus of the year. In December 1998, he received the Gold Medal of the National Institute of Social Sciences. In November 2002, Mr. Casteen was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention’s Presidents Leadership Group Award. The Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects selected Mr. Casteen as the recipient of the Architecture Medal for Virginia Service in 2004.

Mr. Casteen writes short fiction as well as essays and papers in medieval literature, bibliography, and public policy. A collection of his short stories received the 1987 Mishima Award for fiction.

Mr. Casteen holds three degrees in English from the University of Virginia (B.A. with high honors in 1965, M.A. in 1966, and Ph.D. in 1970). He served as UVA’s dean of admissions from 1975 to 1982. Born and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia, he is married to Betsy Foote Casteen. They have five children.

President, TowneBank, Williamsburg, VA

Ms. Conner has been a member of the board since January of 2009. She has served on the Marketing & Development, and the Finance & Pension Committees.

Anne C. H. Conner has been President of TowneBank in Williamsburg since February 2005. Prior to this date, she was Chief Executive Officer of Christopher Newport University Foundations from September 2004 to February 2005 and Senior Vice President of Bank of America from July 1986 to August 2004. Ms. Conner is a CNU graduate (class of ’91). She was recognized by Inside Business as one of the top 25 Businesswomen in Hampton Roads in 2003.

Founder and Principal, The London Group, Williamsburg, VA

Mr. Cooke has been a member of the board of trustees since January of 2009. He has served on the Executive, Audit, Finance & Pension and the Marketing & Development Committees. In December of 2008 the Board awarded Mr. Cooke with the Huntington Fellow Medallion for his generous commitment of energy and insight in preparing The Mariners' Museum for leadership and success in the Twenty-first Century.

John Cooke is an active consultant and advisor to corporate leaders throughout the world on broad matters of human resource management as it relates to corporate strategies and their effective implementation. In 1983 Cooke founded the London Group Inc. to consult on the strategic implications of human resource management. The firm’s initial focus was on the pre and post-event integration and management of human resources in business combinations (mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures). Over the course of 25 years this activity has accounted for about 30% of the firm’s assignments with such international companies as: Ford Motor, British Petroleum, Lafarge S.A., American Hoechst, AT&T, Contel, Comsat, Blue Circle Ltd., Penn Central and Sperry Corp.

Retired President and CEO, Dominion Enterprises, Norfolk, VA

Mr. Hall has served on the board since January of 2009. He is the chairman of the Investment Committee, member of the Executive, Finance & Pension Committees.

Mr. Hall joined Landmark Communications, Inc. in September 1970 and held several positions on the corporate staff, WTAR-TV and The Virginian-Pilot & Ledger Star. In 1985 he was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Landmark. In 1989 he was named president of the newly formed Landmark Target Media, Inc. and in 1991; he became president and chief executive officer of Trader Publishing Company. In 2006, he became President and Chief Executive Officer of Dominion Enterprises, a new company formed from a reorganization of Trader. Mr. Hall currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Dollar Tree, Inc., ACCESS where he serves as secretary and treasurer, The Greater Norfolk Corporation, The Norfolk Academy, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University and is chairman of the Administration and Finance Committee and a member of the Investment Committee of The ODU Educational Foundation. He is a past chairman of VMI Investment Holdings, LLC and past president of the VMI Foundation, Inc. where he continues to serve as a Trustee. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the Darden Graduate School of Business. He served as an artillery officer in the United States Army.

Medical Director, Virginia Oncology Associates, Newport News, VA

Dr. Harden has been a member of the board since December of 2006. She has served on the Collections, Library & Program, Library Publications and Archives, Marketing & Development and the Facility, Park & Lake Committees. Dr. Harden is a graduate of Duke University Medical School. She has been in practice on the peninsula since 1991. In addition to being a senior partner with Virginia Oncology Associates and specialize in the treatment of blood and cancer disorders she is board certified in hematology and oncology. Dr. Harden practices primarily in Newport News.

President, Westwood Contractors, Inc. Hampton, VA

Ms. Hunnicutt has been a member of the board since December of 2006. She has served as Chairman of the Facility, Park & Lake, Executive, Marketing & Development, and Finance & Pension Committees.

In addition to volunteering for The Mariners' Museum Ms. Hunnicutt has also served on the boards of the Salvation Army, Virginia Air & Space Museum Foundation, Christopher Newport University Board of Visitors and School of Business, Board Member; Virginia Peninsula Rotary Member and Past President; and Ohio State University Presidents Club.

Royce R. & Kathryn M. Baker Vice President Productions, Publications & Learning Ventures The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA

Mr. McCluney has been a member of the board since January 2010. He serves on the Collections, Library & Program Committee. Mr. McCluney directs Colonial Williamsburg’s Productions, Publications &Learning Ventures Division. Richard’s responsibility for outreach programming extends the educational mission of Colonial Williamsburg’s to national and world audiences primarily through the production and distribution of media – books, television, musical recordings, the World Wide Web, new media, and distance learning. Among McCluney’s responsibilities is teacher development and K-12 student resources advancing American history education.

McCluney joined Colonial Williamsburg in 1983 following a career in broadcasting, especially television news and documentary production. His experience includes both a creative and a technical background. At Colonial Williamsburg, McCluney has led the Foundation’s video, audio, motion picture, still photography, electronic engineering, theater operations, and the production of new and interactive media. The Foundation’s World Wide Web sites www.history.org, www.colonialwilliamsburg.com , and www.iCitizenForum.com have been developed under McCluney’s direction serving Colonial Williamsburg’s educational mission and museum marketing objectives. The Web sites have become key components of the Foundation’s educational outreach initiatives.

CEO and Owner, Seakeeper, Inc

Born 1941 at Great Bridge Virginia, attended Great Bridge secondary and high school, graduated 1958. Attended William and Mary undergraduate and graduate schools, earning BA in 1962 and BCL in 1964. Joined Law Firm of Kaufman, Oberndorfer, Spainhour and Hall (predecessor to Kaufman and Canoles), serving as associate from 1964 to 1968 and Partner from 1968 to 1972. President and Co-Founder, Guest Quarters, Inc. 1972 to 1985. Owner and Chairman, The Hinckley Company, 1982 to 1997. CEO and Owner, Seakeeper, Inc. 2002 to present. Married, four children, resident Drayden Maryland.

Corporate Vice President and President Newport News Shipbuilding

Matt Mulherin is corporate vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and president of Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. Named to this position in 2011, he is responsible for all Newport News Shipbuilding engineering, operations and programs, to include the most complex ships in the world: nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. Newport News Shipbuilding has approximately $3.5 billion in revenues and nearly 21,000 employees.

Mulherin most recently served as vice president and general manager of site operations at Newport News as part of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding since 2008. His responsibilities included programs for the company’s Newport News operations, where he successfully led the sector’s aircraft carrier design and construction programs, carrier refueling and overhaul programs, and the submarine program.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 1981 and began his career at Newport News the same year as a nuclear test engineer. Since then, he has held increasingly responsible positions, including nuclear project manager for Los Angeles-class submarines, director of facilities, director of nuclear engineering and refueling, and director of carrier refueling and overhaul construction. He also served as director and vice president for the next generation of aircraft carriers, the Gerald R. Ford class, and vice president of all programs to include shipbuilding and repair, Department of Energy and commercial energy.

Mulherin serves on the board of directors for the Shipbuilders Council of America and on the board of trustees for The Mariners’ Museum. He also serves on the distinguished advisory board for the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech and is a committee member of Greater Peninsula NOW. Huntington Ingalls Industries designs, builds and maintains nuclear and non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard and provides after-market services for military ships around the globe. For more than a century, HII has built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. Employing nearly 38,000 in Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana and California, its primary business divisions are Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding. For more information, please visit www.huntingtoningalls.com.

President, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA

Teresa A. Sullivan was elected eighth President of the University, effective Aug. 1, 2010. Before coming to UVA, President Sullivan was the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan. She was also Professor of Sociology in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, Ms. Sullivan was Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the University of Texas System, a position she held from 2002 until May 2006. In that role, she was the chief academic officer for the nine academic campuses within the University of Texas System. Her responsibilities included developing tuition-setting procedures, initiating and supporting educational and research collaborations among the various campuses, and developing external collaborations. Ms. Sullivan first joined the University of Texas at Austin in 1975 as an instructor and then assistant professor in the Department of Sociology. From 1977-81, she was a faculty member at the University of Chicago. Ms. Sullivan returned to Texas in 1981 as a faculty member in Sociology. In 1986 she was named to the Law School faculty as well. Ms. Sullivan also held several administrative positions at Texas including: Vice President and Graduate Dean (1995-2002), Vice Provost (1994-95), Chair of the Department of Sociology (1990-92), and Director of Women’s Studies (1985-87). Ms. Sullivan’s research focuses on labor force demography, with particular emphasis on economic marginality and consumer debt. The author or co-author of six books and more than 50 scholarly articles, her most recent work explores the question of who files for bankruptcy and why. Ms. Sullivan has served as chair of the U.S. Census Advisory Committee. She is past secretary of the American Sociological Association and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A graduate of James Madison College at Michigan State University, Ms. Sullivan received her doctoral degree in sociology from the University of Chicago.

President Emeritus, College of William and Mary; Former President and CEO The Mariners' Museum Williamsburg, VA

Mr. Sullivan was elected to the Board of Trustees in December of 2009. He serves on the Finance & Pension and the Collections, Library & Program Committees. Mr. Sullivan served as President & CEO of The Mariners' Museum from November of 2006 to November of 2009. Prior to The Museum Mr. Sullivan came to the College of William and Mary as a freshman in 1962. He left four years later with a bachelor’s degree in government, a Phi Beta Kappa key and membership in Omicron Delta Kappa. He became the 25th President of the College of William and Mary in 1992. He became President Emeritus in 2005.

After receiving a law degree from Harvard University in 1969, Sullivan went on to serve in the Army Signal Corps in Vietnam, where he received the Army Commendation Medal, First Oak Leaf Cluster Bronze Star, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal with three battle stars.

In 1981 and 1982, he was a visiting law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. He served for nearly three years as executive assistant for policy for then-Governor Charles S. Robb. Sullivan returned to Marshall-Wythe in 1984, as the John Stewart Bryan Professor of Jurisprudence. He became dean of the law school in July 1985. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the Ohio State Bar, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Virginia Bar Foundation.

President of Fitzhugh-Wilson Real Estate, Inc., Newport News, VA

Frank W. Wagner was elected to the State Senate of the Virginia General Assembly during a special election in December 2000, winning nearly 70% of the electoral vote. He currently represents the 7th Senatorial District in Virginia Beach, having won re-election in 2003, 2007 and 2011. Prior to his election to the State Senate, Frank served in the Virginia House of Delegates for over a decade, representing the 21st District in Virginia Beach. During his tenure in the House of Delegates, Frank served on several committees including Conservation and Natural Resources, Corporations, Insurance, and Banking, Education, Finance, General Laws, and Militia and Police. Currently, he serves on the Governor's Economic Development and Jobs Creation Commission, Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services (Chairman); Commerce and Labor; Finance; Rules; and Transportation Committees. He served on the Governor’s Commission on Climate Change and the Virginia Attorney General’s Regulatory Reform Task Force. Frank also serves as the Chairman of The Joint Commission on Administrative Rules, Chairman of the Virginia Manufacturing Development Commission and is a member of the Virginia Coal and Energy Commission. Frank is perhaps best known for his visionary Virginia Energy Plan, legislation that passed in the 2006 Virginia General Assembly session. This legislation directs the Commonwealth to create a comprehensive plan for the development of energy resources, including clean coal, oil, natural gas, wind, solar, tide, current, geothermal, nuclear, alternative fuels coupled with conservation and energy efficiency measures. The ultimate goal of the plan is to achieve energy independence in an environmentally safe and responsible manner. He has spoken at a variety of energy conferences and meetings in Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky, California, Washington, Washington, D.C., Nova Scotia, Canada and Oslo, Norway and has testified before Congress on energy matters. The American Council of Young Political Leaders selected Frank as an “Outstanding Young Legislator” in 1995. In 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2009, he received the Virginia Manufacturers Association’s “Industrial Strength Leadership Award”, given to one Delegate and one Senator each year to recognize outstanding leadership on key industry issues during the Virginia General Assembly session. And, in October 2009, Frank received the Virginia Retail Merchants Association’s Legislator of the Year award. Frank Wagner is a 1977 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, receiving a B.S. in Ocean Engineering. He served in the United States Navy as a diving and engineering officer. After his service in the Navy, Frank went into business with his father and started a ship repair firm, Earl Industries, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Today, he is the President of Davis Boat Works, Inc., one of Virginia’s premier small boat repair firms, located in Newport News, Virginia. In his spare time, Frank enjoys golf, diving, camping, theater and playing the piano.

CEO, Milton Point LLC

Ed Whitmore grew up in the Sandbridge Beach, Virginia. He attended Elon University in North Carolina where he graduated in 1982. His first significant work experience came as a salesman with a local packaging supply company in Norfolk. In 1988, he accepted a sales position with Maersk, Inc. a large shipping company. He held sales positions in New York City before being transferred to Charlotte, NC where he headed up the company’s regional sales and operations activities. In 1994, he shifted industries when he returned to New York to accept a position at Standard Chartered Bank marketing foreign exchange currencies to large corporations. Here he held sales and management responsibilities over a ~seven year span. In early 2001, Whitmore accepted a position at AIG Trading. In this role he broadened his foreign exchange experience to include structured finance. In the fall of 2003, Whitmore returned to Norfolk where he set out to leverage his considerable experience in the small business arena.

In late 2003 Whitmore acquired Norfolk Tug Company (NTC), a small general marine towing business in the Berkley section of Norfolk. Following three months of operation, he shutdown the business, tied up its two poor quality assets and laid off everyone while he developed a solid business plan for his new tug operation. By 2004, the “new” Norfolk Tug Company employed 20 mariners and operated four rebuilt tugs. In 2005 NTC acquired A1 Towing, Inc. In 2006 Whitmore began a repower program targeting the installation of tier II engines (very efficient and environmentally friendly) for all towing vessels. In December of 2008, he acquired the “64 Express,” a congestion mitigation initiative that transports containers via barge in the James River between Hampton Roads and Richmond. Today, it is the longest running Short Sea Shipping initiative on the East Coast. In 2009, Whitmore formed Milton Point LLC – a property company that owns and operates various waterfront properties in Hampton Roads. In 2011, he formed US Waterways Transportation LLC (USWT LLC), a holding management company for various ventures and the following year USWT LLC acquired Buchanan Marine L.P. (BMLP). Today the marine related companies manage ~100 dry bulk barges, fourteen tugs, a stevedoring business, and numerous water dependant properties. The Company employs about 150 people working on tugs between Houston and the eastern seaboard north to Long Island Sound. NTC and BMLP are positioned as the most environmentally friendly marine operator in their space, owning and operating more tier II equipped 2000 horse power tugs than any other on the east coast.

President of Fitzhugh-Wilson Real Estate, Inc., Newport News, VA

Ms. Wilson was elected to the Board of The Mariners’ Museum in January, 2006. She serves on the Facility, Park & Lake, Marketing & Development and the Ad Hoc Land Committees. She served on the Museum Development Council for many years and was Council Co-Chairman prior to becoming a trustee.

Ms. Wilson is a graduate of Hampton Roads Academy. She attended Mary Baldwin College, The Boston University School of Fine Arts Theater Division, and studied at St. Anne’s College at Oxford University in England. After working professionally in theater in New York City, Toronto, and Tanglewood in Lenox, MA, she returned to Newport News and graduated from Christopher Newport University.

Ms. Wilson is a third-generation Newport News real estate broker. She is the principal broker and owner of Fitzhugh-Wilson Real Estate, Inc. She is a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) and has consistently received top regional production awards from the Virginia Peninsula Association of Realtors since founding Fitzhugh-Wilson Real Estate in 1992. Ms. Wilson began her real estate career as an associate realtor with Goodman Segar Hogan Real Estate in 1986.

Ms. Wilson served on the Peninsula Advisory Board for Peninsula Trust Bank and was a member of the Board of Tidewater Regional Repertory Theater. She is currently serving her second term on the Newport News Arts Commission.

President of the Abbitt Group, Inc., Newport News, VA

Mr. Wornom was elected to the Board in January of 2008. He has served on the Executive, Collections, Library & Program, Marketing & Development, and the Ad Hoc Land Committees. Mr. Wornom is the President of the Abbitt Group, LLC. and its subsidiaries. The Abbitt organization has significant involvement in Real Estate Brokerage, Land Development, Real Estate Investment Acquisitions, and Property Management. Abbitt Management, Inc. is a multi-state operation.

He graduated from Randolph Macon College in 1964. Upon leaving Randolph Macon, Charles worked as a chemist for the State Department of Agriculture in Richmond for two years. He then joined the United States Air Force and went through the Officer’s Training Program. He served four years and was discharged with the rank of Captain. After leaving the Air Force, he attended The College of William & Mary and obtained his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. Upon completing this program, he joined the Abbitt Organization.