Advisory Board
Needle’s Eye Advisory Board – Our Advisory Board serves as a source of advice and counsel, as well as a catalyst for new ideas and outreach opportunities.
Mrs. Stacy Hawkins Adams, Consultant & Speaker, Owner/Writer Claywork Enterprises
Mrs. Lynda Sharp Anderson, Former Director, Virginia Department of Business Assistance
(VDBA)
Mr. Joseph G. Baker, Jr., President, Baker Equipment Engineering Co.
Dr. William C. Bosher, Jr., Distinguished Professor, Educational Leadership, VCU School of Education
Mr. David B. Botkins, Director - Media Relations, Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Mr. Martin D. Brown, Vice President of Public Affairs, Johnson, Inc.
Mr. Robert A. Cary, Owner, Promotional Considerations
Mr. J. Charles Collie, Managing Director, BoldStroke Consulting
Mr. William S. Cosby, Loan Officer, Suntrust Mortgage, Inc.
Mr. Ralph L. Costen, Jr., President, Costen Floors, Inc.
Mr. C. Thomas Ebel, Principal, Sands Anderson Marks & Miller, PC
Mr. Michael P. Flynn, LCSW, BCD, Living Hope Adoptions of Virginia; Director/Family Counselor, Resource Guidance/Life Skills Institute
Mr. Daniel K. Fryer, First Vice President - Investments, Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.
Mr. Stevens N. Gentil, CCIM, SIOR, Chairman, Grubb & Ellis|Harrison & Bates
Mr. Braxton Glasgow, III, Chairman and CEO, Kenmar Securities Inc.
Rev. Guy B. Holloway, Senior Pastor, Grace Community Baptist Church
Mr. Ruble A. Hord, III, Executive Benefits Consultant, The Todd Organization
Mr. Stephen E. Hupp, Secretary, Estes Express Lines
Mrs. Ilyse G. Johnson, Senior Account Executive, Richmond Magazine
Mrs. Greta Kidd, VP of Marketing & Member Development, Entrust Federal Credit Union
Mr. Daniel G. Kleinschuster, Financial Advisor/Vice President, UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Mr. H. William Kuehl, Jr., CPA/PFS, CFP, Retired Chairman & Founder, Kuehl Shepherd Kozlowski Group
Mr. Frederick C. Larmore, Realtor, RE/MAX Commonwealth
Mr. Ralph L. " Abe " Lincoln, III, Owner/Founder, Richmond Express
Mr. David E. Lucado, Timmons Group
Mr. Paul A. Manning, Founder, U-TURN, Inc.
Mr. W. Blair Massey, Jr., CEO, Synergistic Systems, LC
Dr. Thomas G. Meeks, Retired Otolaryngologist, Private Medical Practice
Mrs. Charlyne Meinhard, Chief Results Officer, NEXT LEVEL Consulting
Lt. Col. Douglas A. Middleton, Deputy Chief of Police, Henrico County Division of Police
Mr. P. Bradley Nott, Jr., Retired CEO, Frank H. Nott, Inc.
Mrs. Rhonda Lambert Parson, Adminstrative Coordinator, Foundation, Corp. & Gov’t. Relations, University of Richmond
Dr. Gordon Prior, Retired Dentist, Gordon Prior, D.D.S., Ltd.
Mr. Thomas E. Pruitt, President & CEO, Pruitt Associates
Mr. Steven A. Rogers, CPA, President and Chief Administrative Officer, Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
The Honorable James E. Sheffield, Attorney, Law Offices of James E. Sheffield
Ms. Olga Skorackyj, Dept. of Historic Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia
Mrs. Christine M. Slate, Vice President, Client Services/Chief Compliance Officer, Barrett Capital Management, LLC
Mr. Michael C. Smith, Former CEO, The Dixie Group, Inc.
Ms. Evelyn E. Strong, Project Architect, The D G Group Architects
Mr. Michael J. Thaler, Principal, Equity Concepts, LLC
Mr. Mark Towell, President, National Church Purchasing Group, Inc.
Mr. Christopher C. Thurston, Sr., CEO, Right Minds
Dr. Walter A. Varvel, Retired, Former COO, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Mr. Stephen Frank Walters, Senior VP & COO, WattShifters, LLC
Mr. W. Bradford Wells, President, Sea of Sound Productions, Inc.
Mr. John D. Whitlock, Chairman, The Whitlock Group
Mr. Mark P. Zell, President, Spectrum Press