Foundation Board of Directors


Norfolk Tourism Foundation

Jolene Price-Thompson, Chair
General Manager
City Cruises Norfolk

Patricia Rawls, Treasurer
Community Volunteer

Jack Ankerson, Chair Emeritus
Executive Committee Member
Voice of Hampton Roads

Barbara Blake Gonzalez
Chief Administrative Officer
Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy, Strome College of Business
Old Dominion University

Omar Boukhriss
Proprietor
Omar’s Carriage House

Nicole Carry
Principal Infrastructure Engineer
ADP

Phillip Decker
Owner
D’Egg Diner

Matheau Hall
Creative Director
Futbolr

Kisha Moore
Owner
Hummingbird Macarons and Desserts

Terri Ruby
Market President
Blue Ridge Bank

Bruce Watts
Vice President of Development
Woda Cooper Companies

Andrea Bear, Vice Chair
Owner & President
Bear in Mind Strategies

Kurt Krause, Secretary
President & CEO
VisitNorfolk

RADM Jack Kavanaugh, Past Chair
President
Freemason Street Area Association

Judy Boone
President
Judy Boone Realty

Jim Carroll
VisitNorfolk Chair
Community Volunteer

Chris Conway
Creative Manager
Dominion Enterprises

Nealy Gihan
Public Relations Counselor
Meridian Group

Roy B. Martin IV
Financial Advisor
Martin Navarre Wealth Management
Group Wells Fargo Advisors

Kevin O’Connor
President & Owner
O’Connor Brewing Co.

Karla Smith
Co-owner
COVA Brewing Co.

James Wofford
General Manager
MacArthur Center


NTF Staff

Kelsey Backe
Foundation Director
kbacke@visitnorfolktoday.com

Frank Reynolds
Financial Manager
freynolds@visitnorfolktoday.com

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

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