PLP Class of 2004
Shahnaz Ahmed, Danville, community activist; board member, Virginia Community College System, Danville Community College, Danville Science Center, and the Danville/Pittsylvania County Mental Health Association.
Saphira M. Baker, Charlottesville, director, Charlottesville/Albemarle Commission on Children and Families; steering committee, Charlottesville/Albemarle Public Educational Fund Feasibility Study.
Courtney Bulger, Oak Hill, director, business and industry relations for Fairfax County Public Schools; board member, Alternative House, a homeless shelter for abused or runaway teenagers.
Ricardo Cabellos, Aldie, employment coordinator, day laborers for Shirlington Employment and Education Center; Governor’s appointee to the VA Latino Advisory Commission. Latina/o Community Advocate and Organizer.
Amber Capron, Charlottesville, fund-raising administrator for congressional campaign; former small business owner.
Vanessa Cárdenas, Arlington, policy/communications associate, National Immigration Forum; member, League of United Latin American Citizens, Council 4606; graduate, Leadership Arlington, Inc.
Darnell Carpenter, Arlington, president and CEO of Capitol Development Corp, LLC; member, board of directors, Arlington County NAACP; commissioner, Arlington County Housing Commission.
Lee Ann Carr, Lynchburg, executive director, Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce; board member, Bedford chapter of the American Red Cross; board member, Bedford Area YMCA. Former business owner.
Mary Ann Conrad, Roanoke, former chair, State Board for Community Colleges; vice chair for Recruitment, Roanoke City Republican Committee; and chair, Roanoke Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Leonard Cooke, Glen Allen, director, VA State Department of Criminal Justice Services; former president, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, former police chief Eugene, OR and Portsmouth, VA.
Jesse F. Ferguson, Richmond, executive director, Virginia21; co-founder, Students of Virginia PAC; Former Governor's Fellow.
Rachel Flynn, Lynchburg, director, Lynchburg Department of Community Planning and Development; Governor’s appointee, VA Department of Historic Resources.
Seth Ginther, Richmond, senior assistant Virginia Attorney General, chief of the Finance and Commerce Law section; chairman, City of Richmond Republican Committee; former president, VA Tech Student Government Association.
Richard Goss, Fredericksburg, planning director of Spotsylvania County; former community development director in Largo, FL; former director, city planning in York, PA.
Hilton Graham, Richmond, government affairs associate of Advantus Strategies, LLC; corporate committee member, Make-A-Wish Foundation; opus member, Virginia Performing Arts Foundation.
Holly Hatcher, Charlottesville, director of statewide organizing, Planned Parenthood Advocates of VA; former commissioner, Charlottesville Commission on Children and Families; member, Advisory Board of the Public Housing Association of Residents.
Paul Helms, Charlottesville, law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge; former editor in chief, Vanderbilt Law Review; co-founder, Vanderbilt Law & Business Society and Legal Aid Society; volunteer, Nashville Public Defender's Office.
Joshua Israel, Arlington, research director for a publishing firm; 2003 campaign manager, Virginia Del. Adam Ebbin; president, VA Partisans Gay and Lesbian Democratic Club.
Darius Johnson, Richmond, vice president for commercial banking, Bank of America; founder, Urban League of Richmond’s Young Professional Network; board member, Metro Richmond Boys and Girls Club.
Jonathan Kelly, Charlottesville, financial advisor, UBS; board member, Computers for Kids; former student trustee, Wake Forest University Board of Trustees; founder, Academy for Future Leaders.
Allison Lawrence, Glen Allen, research associate for M.H. West & Co.; former president, Urban League Young Professionals of Greater Richmond; member of the diversity committee, Junior League of Richmond.
Saima Makhdoom, Falls Church, attorney with Thomopson Cobb Bazilio & Associates; secretary and commissioner, Fairfax County Human Rights Commission; member, Network of South Asian Professionals and the Junior League of Washington.
Mark McKinney, Virginia Beach, associate Commonwealth’s Attorney, Virginia Beach; vice chairman, Republican Party of Virginia Beach.
Hugh Meagher, Roanoke, vice president, Alexander’s Restaurant; former dean of students, North Cross School; now working on doctorate in education; former chairman, Roanoke Fair Housing Board.
Maurice Morales, Ashburn, senior consultant, Concentra Preferred Systems, Inc.; Lt. Commander, US Navel Reserve; board member, Loudon Hospital Center and Loudon County Free Clinic.
Corey Nicholson, Richmond, self employed criminal defense attorney; board president, Friends Association for Children; board member, Richmond Human Services Commission, Richmond First Club and Coalition for a Greater Richmond.
Kristina Nohe, Woodbridge, political consultant; member, State Central Committee of the Virginia Republican Party; former appointee, Prince William Youth Services Board.
Gary Nordlinger, Arlington, president, Nordlinger Associates, national political and public affairs consulting firm; former chairman, Ethics Committee of the American Association of Political Consultants.
Christopher K. Peace, Ashland, assistant vice president, government relations, McGuire Woods Consulting, LLC; vice chairman, Governor's Council on Human Rights; vice chairman, Hanover County Republican Party; former legislative aide to Del. Eric Cantor.
Aimee Perron, Richmond, director of public policy, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia; active in the National Association of Social Workers and the National Organization of Women; former legislative aid to Sen. John Watkins.
Myra Quicke, Blackstone, account executive, Johnson Controls; first woman president of the South Hill Rotary Club.
Felix Sarfo-Kantanka Jr., Henrico County, legislative assistant to Del. Frank Hall; former president, Methodist College Student Government Association; member, VA Young Democrats.
Robert C. Smith, Hopewell, retired shipping manager for a paper manufacturing company; member, Hopewell City Council; former chairman, Hopewell Planning Commission/Wetlands Board; board member, Hopewell/Prince George Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Tracy Thorne, Richmond, staff attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; former Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, Richmond; vice chairman, Equality Virginia.
Philip Vasquez, Falls Church, lawyer, deputy commissioner of the VA Dept. of Motor Vehicles; former Clinton appointee and deputy assistant secretary of the Dept. of Energy; founding member and present state chair, Democratic Latino Organization of Virginia.
Harry Weinstock, Glen Allen, executive director, Brain Injury Association of Virginia.
Profiles are current with the program application.
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