Our Team
Laura Barrett, Program Manager
Paul Beyer, Founder & Executive Director
Kate Byrne, Special Program Advisor
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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SAY HELLO
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, Chief Growth Officer, Goodlight Capital
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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TOGETHER Conference Steering Committee
Kate Byrne, Goodlight Capital
Maya Desai, Guidehouse
Liz Doer, Sandbox
Tracey Greene, Executive Director, CBIC
Charlie Hennemen, CvilleBioHub
Sam Heath, Equal Justice USA
Denise Johnson, Charlottesville City Schools
Alida Newton, Sandbox
Michael Lenox, UVA Darden School of Business
Martize Tolbert, The Fountain Fund, Peace in the Streets
David Touve, 434 Accelerator
Marty Weiner, Former CTO Reddit
Host Committee: Dance Series
Adrianne Boyer
Alisa Foytik
Alicia Henry
Ludwig Kuttner
Lauren Thomas
Brendan Wypich
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)
