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 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 that support adaptability, flexibility, and responsiveness to our investments. In addition, we continue to offer agency certification, which is 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.
If you are interested in learning more about our community investments, please refer to our Agency Manual, which includes information about agency certification, grant funding and frequently asked questions.
Questions? If you have questions or are interested in inquiring about our investment opportunities, please contact Kathleen Banfield, Director of Community & Partner Engagement, at 757-853-8500 ext. 192 or by email.
SUSANNA ADAMS DELLINGER
2017/2018 Community Funding Chair
Executive Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer
Waypoint Advisors
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS VOLUNTEERS
A heartfelt thank you to those who served in 2017 and/or 2018
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
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
Andrew Friedman
Director, Housing & Neighborhood Preservation
City of Virginia Beach
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
Brent Haden
Attorney
Pender & Coward
Senior Vice President
Southern Bank
Director, 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
Associate Broker
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Towne Realty
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
Abby Weber
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
CPA, 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, Facilities
Sentara Obici Hospital
Manager, 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
Jean Mumm
LeClairRyan
Eva D. Poole
City of Virginia Beach
Marie Vesely
Formerly City of Norfolk
