VAE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2019-20 Board of Directors:

  • Andrew  Deitz, PHR, SHRM-CP, Manager of Human Resources, Shentel – VAE President
  • Carmel Murphy Norris , Career Services Coordinator, Blue Ridge Community College  – VAE Vice President 
  • Angie Whitesell, Esquire Vellines, Glick and Whitesell- VAE Past President 
  • Jody Hardy – Branch Manager, Union Bank & Trust – VAE Treasurer
  • Sharon Killen – VAE Administrative Assistant – Secretary
  • Dr.  Jeffrey Cassell – Superintendent Representative (rotating role),  Waynesboro City Public Schools
  • Jenny Carter – Director of Workforce Partnerships and Projects,  Virginia Community College System – VAE Educational Excellence Committee Chair
  • Marcy Nester –  VAE Educational Excellence co-chair 
  •  Jeff Crist – Vice President of Quality & Regulatory Cadence, Inc.,  
  • Lee Ann Whitesell – Director of Shenandoah Valley Governor’s School 
  • David Melvin – Dawbarn Committee Representative, Career Coach, Blue Ridge Community College  
  • Dr. John Ocheltree – School Board Member, Augusta County – VAE School Board Representative (rotating role)
  • Michelle Freed – Teacher Representative, Staunton City Public Schools (rotating role)
  • Katie Ford  
  • Jacqueline Kurtz , Atlantic Union Bank
  • Kelly Jones – President’s Administrative Assistant, Blue Ridge Community College
  • Brian Brown – Captain, Staunton Police Department
  • Carla Rexrode Van Devander – Director, Program for the Exceptionally Gifted Education Leaders Coordinator, Mary Baldwin University
  • Dr. Patricia Devitt     
  • Marina Rayl