Center for Economic and Community Engagement Advisory Board

Guru Ghosh, Chair, Vice President, Outreach and International Affairs, Virginia Tech

Laura Belmonte, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech

Isabel Bradburn, Associate Director for Strategic and Faculty Initiatives, Institute for Society, Culture and Environment, Virginia Tech

John Capps, President, Central Virginia Community College

David Devan, Vice President for Economic Competitiveness, Virginia Economic Development Partnership

Kiyah Duffey, Executive Director, Corporate Research Center

Sara Dunnigan, Deputy Director, GO Virginia and Economic Development, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)

Blair Durham, President and Co-Founder, Black BRAND, Hampton Roads Black Chamber

Omar Faison, Associate Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Graduate Studies, Virginia State University

Leah Fremouw, Chief Executive Officer, Bridging Virginia

Michael Gutter, Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension

Steve Harrison, Vice President, Business Intelligence & Communications, Hampton Roads Alliance, Immediate Past President, Virginia Economic Developers Association

Conaway Haskins, Vice President for Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation

Keith Holland, Associate Vice President for Research and Economic Development, James Madison University

Erik Johnston, President and CEO, Virginia Community Action Partnership

Elizabeth McClanahan, Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Tech Foundation

Marc Nelson, Director of Economic Development, City of Roanoke 

Susan Short, Associate Vice President for Engagement, Virginia Tech

Lauren Stuhldreher, Economic Development Representative for Virginia, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration

Pamela VandeVord, N. Waldo Harrison Professor and Director of Research & Scholarship, Virginia Tech Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science

Christina Winn, Executive Director, Prince William County Department of Economic Development