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Foundation Board

2025-26 Board of Directors

Bret Harrison, Chair
Chief Executive Officer
ComSonics, Inc.

Holly Rasheed, Vice Chair
Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney
Augusta County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office

John A. Downey, Secretary
President
Blue Ridge Community College

Anastasia O. Triplett, Treasurer
Vice President of Administration & Finance
Blue Ridge Community College

Kenneth R. Boward
Retired
Sunnyside Communities

Cynthia K. Didawick
Retired
Staunton City Schools

Janet S. Ewing
Associate Professor of Business
Mary Baldwin University

Crystal Farmer
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer
Augusta Health

Dinah Gottschalk
Retired-Faculty Emeritus
James Madison University

Donna S. Hahn
Retired
Sentara RMH Medical Center

Dick Halterman
Business Transfer Specialist
Murphy Business Merger and Acquisition

Hans Harman
Owner/President
Momentum Earthworks

James C. “Jay” Hawkins
Owner/Operator
Chick-Fil-A of Waynesboro and Staunton

Catherine Hughes
Vice President of Operations
Sentara RMH Medical Center

Donna J. Ladd
Retired
Blue Ridge Community College

Larry Landes
Retired
Augusta County Schools

David R. Metz
Self-Employed

Paula C. Moore-McClure
Chief Operating Officer
Nestec

Mary Pavlovskaya
Innovation / Product Manager
First Citizens Bank

Heather Ream
Director of Marketing and Communications
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport

B. Randolph (Randy) Roller
Retired
First Bank and Trust Company

Jerry Sheets
Retired
BB&T Insurance

Daphyne S. Thomas
Retired, Faculty Emeritus
James Madison University

Courtney Thompson
President & Chief Executive Officer
Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce

Keith VanBenschoten
Chief Operating Officer
InterChange Group, Inc.