About Your Investments
In 2013, the United Way of South Hampton Roads’ Board of Directors approved a strategic plan that set an exciting new direction for our work. Recognizing that every community benefits when individuals, groups, and institutions work together to solve shared problems, United Way and its volunteers foster cross-sector collaboration to collectively focus on identifying critical needs, comprehensive solutions, and permanent results. It is within this context that we are committed to designing new funding strategies while continuing to offer agency certification, a public classification that demonstrates that an agency has met a robust set of standards covering three core areas: financial health; effective and ethical governance; and strategy and program results.
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Beginning in 2019, United Way’s grant opportunities will be offered primarily through Request for Proposals (RFPs) released throughout the year to enable flexibility and responsiveness while promoting greater structure and cohesiveness. Across these opportunities, United Way volunteers aim to invest in direct services (including both essential services and program investments) and systems change because this two-pronged approach is crucial to tackling our community’s most complex challenges.
If you are interested in learning more about our Community Investments and how to apply, please visit our Agency Resources page.
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS VOLUNTEERS
A heartfelt thank you to those who served in 2017 and/or 2018
Become a Volunteer in 2019
We are currently seeking volunteers for our 2019-2020 Funding Review Panels. Please see our Volunteer Review Panels Overview to learn more about the purpose, roles, and commitment for each of our review panels. If you are interested in learning more or becoming a Review Panel volunteer, please contact: Kathleen Banfield, Director of Community & Partner Engagement, at 757-853-8500 ext. 192 or kbanfield@unitedwayshr.org.
Finding the Best Agencies
Our volunteers — community leaders and donors — ask the questions you want to be answered, making sure your money is spent efficiently to solve our most urgent problems and drive permanent results. That’s never as obvious as during the allocations process, when our community volunteers — people like you — pour over 990s and audits, programs and results. And it’s not just looking at papers. Volunteers hit the streets, visiting agencies to see the service for themselves before deciding where funding is going, e.g. early childhood education and youth development, poverty, physical and mental health, domestic violence emergencies and disasters, workforce readiness and financial stability.
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS COMMITTEE
Susanna Adams, Chair
Executive Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer
Waypoint Advisors
Senior Vice President, Wealth Advisors Regional Director BB&T Wealth Management
Steve Ludwig
Region 7 Military Representative, GEICO
John M. Wallace
Financial Advisor, MassMutual Commonwealth
Larry Brunson
Workforce Development Center Coordinator
Department of Social Services, City of Suffolk
Yilla Smith
Client Services Director
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Frank Brooks, Vice-Chair
Associate Broker
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Towne Realty
Executive Director, Virginia Beach Public Library City of Virginia Beach
Chief Financial Officer Q.E.D. Systems, Inc.
Dr. Ron Carlee
Visiting Professor and Director of the Center for Regional Excellence, Old Dominion University
Attorney, Pender & Coward
Senior Vice President, Southern Bank
Director of Facilities, Sentara Obici Hospital
Retired Social Worker and Attorney, Formerly City of Norfolk
Traci Massie
Director of Government Programs, Member & Community Outreach and Education
Optima Family Care/Optima Health
FINANCIAL REVIEW PANEL
Tracy Bedgood | Cherry Bekaert
Paul Feagan | Cherry Bekaert
Joanne Griggs | Retired, City of Virginia Beach
Kevin Jamerson | Cherry Bekaert
Lynn Jernell | Fulton Bank
Scott Kelsey | KPMG
Joe Sallee | Capital Advice
Bobby Stant | QED Systems
John Wallace | Mass Mutual Commonwealth
Joey Weinberg | SunTrust
Meredith Woods | Cherry Bekaert
FUNDING REVIEW PANELS
Frank Brooks, Chair
Associate Broker, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Towne Realty
Chair Program Officer, Obici Healthcare Foundation
Retired
President/Owner, SparkNonprofit, LLC
Emergency Management Coordinator, Isle of Wight County
President, Isle of Wight-Smithfield-Windsor Chamber of Commerce
Area Manager, Enterprise Holdings
Project Director, AARP Foundation – RSVP Program
Shareholder, Harbor Tax Group
Proposal Coordinator/Contracts Administrator, Fairlead Integrated
Region 7 Military Representative, GEICO
Client Associate, Wilbanks Smith & Thomas
Managing Attorney, Stephen D. Lentz & Associates
Executive Director, Virginia Beach Public Library City of Virginia Beach
Senior Auto Claim Examiner, Chubb Insurance
Budget Analyst, City of Virginia Beach Public Schools
Client Manager, The Curtis Group
Director, Housing & Neighborhood Preservation City of Virginia Beach
Administrator, Division of Community Programs City of Chesapeake
Director Human Resources, Bon Secours
Neighborhood Development Associate, City of Hampton
Branch Manager, TowneBank
Pastor, Triumph Christian Center
Retired
Assistant Director, Portsmouth Social Services
Insurance Director, AAA Tidewater
Assurance Senior Manager, Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP
Fleet Operations Manager, AAA Tidewater
Attorney, LeClairRyan
VP Ministry Relations/Chaplain, Christian Broadcasting Network
Human Resources Generalist, Citizens National Bank
Public Affairs/Community Relations Coordinator, GEICO
Retired Social Worker and Attorney, Formerly City of Norfolk
Digital Sales Director, WAVY
Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad Foundation
Project Manager, Christian Broadcasting Network
Director, Isle of Wight Social Services
Business Owner and Personal Trainer, Jan Cline Fitness
Portfolio Administrator, Wilbanks, Smith, and Thomas Asset Management, LLC
Physician Liaison, Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System
Dean, School of Business & Leadership, Regent University
VP and Nurse Executive, Sentara Leigh Hospital
Project Coordinator, Christian Broadcasting Network
Finance Manager, Sentara
Civil Engineer, City of Virginia Beach
Director of Facilities, Sentara Obici Hospital
Manager of Strategic Market Analysis, Norfolk Southern
Executive Assistant to the President & Publisher, The Virginian-Pilot/Pilot Media
NEW AGENCY CERTIFICATION REVIEW PANEL
MacKenzie Moorhouse
Wilbanks Smith & Thomas
LeClairRyan
Eva D. Poole
City of Virginia Beach
Marie Vesely
Formerly City of Norfolk
