Staff

Position/Title: Vice President, Education & Training 

Year I Joined VBA: 2015

I always start my day with... Walking one of my two dogs and coffee

What is your favorite weekend activity? I can’t choose one, but if I was going to create my favorite weekend day it would be: a hiking/swimming adventure with a round of disc golf (where I don’t lose a disc and keep the contact with trees to a minimum) and wrapping up with good food, beer and company!

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? It is a three-way tie….Daryl Davis (if you don’t know who he is, look him up!), Clint Eastwood and Dave Grohl.

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Moving down to Virginia from Maine without knowing anyone and building a life (with a lot of help and support!) that I really love!

Position/Title: President & CEO

Year I Joined VBA: 1993

I always start my day with... Exercise

What is your favorite weekend activity? Being with my wife and my kids when they are home

What's the most-used app on your phone? Spotify

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My family

Position/Title: Event Planner

Year I Joined VBA: 2023

I always start my day with... A bunch of dogs

What is your favorite weekend activity? Spending time with my grandkids

What's the most-used app on your phone? Amazon

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My daughter

Position/Title: Administrative Assistant

Year I Joined VBA: 2025

I always start my day with... Brushing my teeth (my mom is a dental hygienist 🙂) and a shower 

What is your favorite weekend activity? Spending time with family and friends

What's the most-used app on your phone? Instagram or Spotify

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Personal - graduating college with honors; Professional - successfully navigating COVID in the events industry by thinking outside of the box and working together as a team

Position/Title: Manager, Communications & Emerging Bank Leaders

Year I Joined VBA: 2018

I always start my day with... Water and coffee

What's the most-used app on your phone? TikTok

How would you spend one million dollars? Tithe some, pay off all debt, save some, take a family vacation and invest the rest!

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I don't really like bacon or chocolate (Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are the obvious exception)

Position/Title: Head of Events & Membership Experience

Year I Joined MBA: 2010

I always start my day with... An early morning trip to the Y and then a walk with my dog Hayden

What is your favorite weekend activity? I love checking out live music, everything from local bands to big concerts. Music feeds the soul.

What's the most-used app on your phone? Spotify

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Rather than pointing to a single event, I consider my biggest accomplishment to be how much I’ve grown through challenges. Each experience—whether smooth or difficult—has taught me to adapt, evolve, and thrive. That continuous growth is something I value more than any one milestone.

Position/Title: Vice President, Communications & Financial Education 

Year I Joined VBA: 2016

I always start my day with... Coffee and some type of exercise - though I can't say that always happens

What is your favorite weekend activity? Anything outside with my family, preferably by the water

What's the most-used app on your phone? Instagram

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Raising my two girls

Position/Title: Senior Vice President, Communications & Strategy

Year I Joined VBA: 2009

I always start my day with... Coffee - and reading whenever possible

What is your favorite weekend activity? Going on walks around The Fan in Downtown Richmond with my two daughters, husband and Cavapoo, Coco

What is the top thing still left to do on your bucket list? Visiting all 50 states - I have almost 40 checked off the list

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Graduating from the Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management in 2021!