Our Team
Laura Barrett, Program Manager
Paul Beyer, Founder & Executive Director
Kate Byrne, Conference Chair
Scott Hamler, Social Media Manager
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Denise Johnson, Special Program Advisor
Matt Pamer, Brand Designer
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Zebu Recchia, Director of Operations
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Erin Ryan, Production Manager
Renee Shuey, Graphic Designer
Martize Tolbert, Special Program Advisor
Rissa Tutia, Program Manager
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Advisory and Fiduciary Board
Eze Amos, Photographer
Rachel Baker, Cofounder, The Spread
Paul Beckert, Accountant, White, Beckert & Associates
Rick Beyer, Founder, R.L. Beyer Custom Homes
Kate Byrne, Sr Strategic Advisor for The Batten Institute for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship
Pete Caramanis, Cofounder, Royer Caramanis PLC
Tamara Dias, African American Teaching Fellows
Jim Cheng, Cofounder, CAV Angels
Ginger Graham, Community Volunteer
Mark Hahn, Founder, Harvest Moon Catering
Scott Hamler, Founder, Forezee Marketing
Blake Hurt, President, Capital Real Estate
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J.E. “Chip” Harding, Former Sheriff, Albemarle County
Ludwig Kuttner, Hampshire Investments
Deb McMahon, Founder, Scitent
Susan Payne, Founder, Blue Ridge Group
Cristina Lopez-Gottardi Chao, Chair of Programming, UVA Miller Center
Martize Tolbert, The Fountain Fund
David Touve, Director, 434 Accelerator
Marty Weiner, Former CTO Reddit, Founding Engineer Pinterest
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EVOLVE Conference Steering Committee
Airea Garland, Owner, Mac and Mae
Alexandra Pallas, Co-Founder and SVP of Programs, Beckley Retreats
Ali Rotatori, Strategy and Ecosystem Manager, Third Derivative (RMI)
Alida Newton, Technical Recruiting Consultant, Sandbox
Aram DiGennaro, Principal Consultant, Protentional Business Leadership
Braden Croy, Program Director, Dominion Energy Innovation Center
Charlie Henneman, Program Director, CvilleBioHub
Claire Maiers, Group VP, WillowTree
Esther Bobbin, Director of Operations, Rho Impact
Gilman Callsen, Founder, CEO, Rho Impact
Ginger Graham, Community Member
Heidi Nel, Chief Operating Office, New Theory Ventures
Jen Siciliano, Chief External Affairs Officer, UVA Health
Jim Coleman, VP Customer Success, Parsec
Jorge Gutierrez Luthe, Founder & Chief Storyteller, Better Storytelling at Work
Joshua Epps, Program Director, UVA Division for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Kim Penberthy, Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences, UVA School of Medicine
Maritza Johnson, Principal, Good Research
Martize Tolbert, National Director of Client and Community Engagement, Fountain Fund
Maya Desai, Director, Guidehouse
Michael Sheehy, Director of Research, UVA's Contemplative Sciences Center
Omar Garriott, Executive Director, UVA's Batten Institute
Roberta Keller, Founder, CEO, Alexis Advisors
Sam Heath, Evangelical Network Manager, Equal Justice USA
Stephen Davis, President, Community Investment Collaborative
Teira Farley, Director of Communications + Engagement, Community Investment Collaborative
Tom Schuler, Principal, The Schuler Group, LLC
Host Committee: Dance Series
​Alicia Henry
Alisa Foytik
Brendan Wypich
Carlisle Sargent
David Posner
Freddy Jackson
Josh Winslow
Past Board
Bill Antholis, Director, The Miller Center (2017 - 2023)
Marland Buckner, Cofounder, MB2 Solutions (2017 - 2023)
Brevy Cannon, UVA Media Relations (2014 - 2015)
Celia Castleman, The Drop (2017 - 2021)
Mary Coleman , City of Promise (2019 - 2021)
Kirby Farrell, BroadAxe Care Coordination (2014 - 2015)
Rick Hamilton, IBM (2014 - 2015)
Sharon Krueger, UVA Licensing & Ventures Group (2014 - 2016)
Michael Mallory, Ron Brown Scholars (2016 - 2019)
Michael Prichard, Metis Machine (2015 - 2017)
Philippe Sommer, UVA Darden School of Business (2013 - 2016)
Emma Terry, UVA Arts (2014 - 2021)
Todd Wickersty, Storyware (2016 - 2022)
Travis Wilburn, Founder, Stay Charlottesville (2014 - 2023)
Scott Ukrop, New Richmond Ventures (2018 - 2021)
