2017-18 List
Chairperson
Ms. Jeannie P. Baliles
Founder
Vice Chairperson
Ms.Ruth Hazel Little
Executive Director
Emerging Scholars
Treasurer
Ms. Troilen Gainey Seward
Lobbyist, Former Superintendent
Mr. Steve Clementi
Verizon, retired
Dr. Cynthia L. Cooper
Executive Director, Research, Planning & Evaluation
Hampton Public Schools
Ms. Patricia M. Donnelly
Former Executive Director
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
Dr. William A. Hazel, Jr.
Secretary of Health & Human Res.
Commonwealth of Virginia
Office of the Governor
Mr. Jeffrey Holland
Executive Director
Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel Dist.
William A. Jiranek, M.D.
VCU Health System
The Honorable Mark L. Keam
Representative, Virginia’s 35th House District
DelMKeam@house.virginia.gov
Mrs. Marcy Sims
Community Leader Retired Director of Virginia Beach Public Library
Mrs. Jane Bassett Spilman
Ex-Officio
Dr. Mark Emblidge
Founding Director, Ex-Officio
Virginia Literacy Foundation
The Honorable Anne Holton
Secretary of Education
Commonwealth of Virginia
Office of the Governor
