LEAD VIRGINIA’s class of 2008 included 42 participants.

• Heidi Abbott
  Counsel
  Hunton & Williams, LLP
• Phillip Adams
  Vice President of University Advancement
  Norfolk State University
• Deborah Armstrong
  Vice President/Senior Relationship Manager
  M&T Bank
• Tracy Baynard
  Senior Vice President, Infrastructure and Economic Development
  McGuireWoods Consulting LLC
• Lucy Beauchamp
  Executive Director
  Belmont Bay Science Center Foundation
• Peter Blake
  Interim Director
  State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
• Shannon Blevins
  Director of Economic Development
  The University of Virginia's College at Wise
• Sandra Bushue
  President
  B & I Transportation Consultants
• Chris Caldwell
  Government Affairs Manager - Southeast Region
  DuPont
• Judith Cash
  Deputy Director
  Virginia Health Care Foundation
• Craig Dixon
  Assistant Vice President, Senior Counsel and Assistant Secretary
  Smithfield Foods, Inc.
• R. Dobbins
  Executive Vice President & Chief Credit Officer
  American National Bank and Trust Company
• Martha Dodd-Slippy
  GRI, ABR, SRES, SRS, SFR, NC & VA Associate Broker
  Wilkie Real Estate, Inc.
• Caryn Durham
  Managing Director
  Charles Ryan Associates
• Mark Estepp
  President
  Southwest Virginia Community College
• David Goldberg
  COO
  Baptist Medical Center
• Thomas Gosse
  Chief Exeuctive Officer
  Northern Neck Insurance Company
• John Grady
  Senior Manager - Segment Marketing
  XO Communications
• Robert Hill
  Senior Manager, Economic Development
  Dominion Virginia Power
• Joseph Hines
  Principal - Economic Development
  Timmons Group
• Robert Innes
  Director, Communications & Community Relations
  Columbia Gas of Virginia
• Earl Jackson
  Bishop
  Exodus Faith Ministries
• Wanda Jeffress
  Realtor
  Palmer Properties of Virginia, LLC
• Lisa Johnson
  Senior Vice President - Power Supply
  Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
• Shawn Kelley
  Principal/Owner
  Practical Solutions for Public Safety
• William Liverman
  Executive Director
  Danville Science Center
• Gail Milligan
  Virginia State Director
  Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
• Richard Moore
  Division Head - Program Management
  Washington Gas Light Company
• Greg Napps
  Administrative Director of Operations
  Bon Secours, St. Mary's Hospital
• Theresa Noe
  Vice President Strategic Planning
  HCA Healthcare Capital Division
• Frank Piatkowski
  Principal
  Persimmon Tree Companies
• Robert Powell, III
  Editor
  Virginia Business Magazine
• Cian Robinson
  President
  Robinson Ventures, LLC
• Melanie Salyer
  Deputy Clerk
  Wise County Circuit Court Clerk's Office
• Scott Schoenborn
  Senior Account Manager
  Pfizer Inc.
• Thomas Shumaker
  General Attorney
  Norfolk Southern Corporation
• Glen Skinner
  Executive Director
  LENOWISCO Planning District Commission
• Benny Summerlin
  County Administrator
  Henry County
• Rhonda VanLowe
  Legal Counsel
  Rolls-Royce North America Inc.
• Heather Wood
  Director, Environmental Affairs
  Virginia Port Authority
• Thomas Lisk
  Partner
  Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
• Patrick Reeder
  Attorney At Law
  Law Offices of Patrick C. Reeder, PLLC