Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance Staff
Our Staff
Megan A. Lucas
CCE, CEcD, IOM
CEO & Chief Economic Development Officer
Heath Barret
Vice President of Membership Development
Laverne Brown
Member Specialist
Barry Butler
Director of Government Relations
Mercedies Ramstead
Director of Events
Stephanie Keener
Executive Director
Small Business Development Center
Christine Kennedy
CCE, IOM, CPC, ELI-MP
COO & Executive Vice President
Denise Rowland
Vice President of Finance
Ryan Weaks
Director of Marketing and Communications
Tori Gilmartin
Director of Talent & Workforce Development
Our Board of Directors
Paul Denham
Chair
Southern Air
Luke Towles
Past Chair
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Pam Bailey, Bedford County Economic Development Authority
Wynter Benda, City of Lynchburg
Alec Brebner, Central Virginia Planning District Commission
Jeremy Bryant, Amherst County
John Capps, Central Virginia Community College
Amy Carrier, Centra
Rosana Chaidez, N. B. Handy Company
Shaun Conway, City of Lynchburg
David Corry, Liberty University
Lauren Dianich, Atelier 11 Architecture, LTD
Luke Dykeman, Coldwell Banker Commercial Read & Co.
Brandon Farmer, Bank of the James
Alicia Finney, City of Lynchburg
Jennifer Foster, Foster Fuels Inc.
Rex Geveden, BWXT
Robert Hiss, Bedford County
Chris Hughes, Georgia-Pacific
Larry Jackson, Appalachian Power
Chris Jones, Lynchburg Hillcats
George Kayes, ABC 13
Dennis Knight, Jr., Wiley|Wilson
Scott Kowalski, Petty, Livingston, Dawson & Richards, PC
Stephen Lamanna, Truist
Charles Laverty, Boxley
Keith Mann, Scott Insurance
Nathaniel Marshall, BWX Technologies, Inc.
Joe Martin, CloudFit Software, LLC
Ryan McEntire, Brown, Edwards & Company, L.L.P.
Terry McGhee, Town of Appomattox
Sara McGuffin, Town of Amherst
Patrick McNamara, MaxPlayFit, LLC
Chet McPhatter, Banker Steel Company, L.L.C.
Anne McVeigh, Davenport & Company LLC
Karl Miller, Karl Miller Realty LLC
Kelly Mirt, The News & Advance
Robert O’Brian, Jr., Lynchburg Ready Mix Concrete Co., Inc.
Tray Petty, Moore & Giles, Inc.
Gary Raulerson, Jr., Innovative Wireless Technologies
James Richards, Petty, Livingston, Dawson & Richards, PC
Frank Rogers, Campbell County
Amy Seipp, Accupoint Surveying & Design, LLC
Gary Shanaberger, Town of Altavista
George Vaughan IV, First National Bank
Ryan White, American National Bank and Trust Company
Gloria Witt, Define Success Coaching & Facilitation
