College Advisory Board

Danville Community College Advisory Board

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The Danville Community College Board meets the third Monday of the following months: March, June, September, and November. Meetings are held in the Wyatt Building Board Room on main campus at 5:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted in the agenda below.

2025 - 2026

June 16, 2025 | Agenda | Minutes

September 16, 2025 | Agenda | Minutes

November 17, 2025 | Agenda | Minutes

March 18, 2026 | Agenda | Minutes

Danville Community College Educational Foundation Board 

DCC Educational Foundation Board of Directors

• Mr. Brooks Powell, III, Chair
• Mr. Ted Hodges, Vice Chair
• Ms. Nan Freed, Treasurer
• Ms. Elizabeth Spainhour, Secretary

• Ms. Shahnaz Ahmed
• Ms. Carrie Ashe         
• Ms. Debra Carlson
• Mr. Ryland Clark
• Ms. Mattie Cowan
• Mr. Ed Fitzgerald, IV
• Ms. Portia Fitzgerald
• Dr. Tom Grogan
• Ms. Terri Hall
• Ms. Valdivia Hall 
• Mr. Eddie Herndon, Jr.
• Dr. Cornelius Johnson
• Ms. Ernestine Payne
• Ms. Jesse Tate
• Mr. Jimmie Tickle
• Ms. Jean Carol Vernon
• Ms. Elizabeth Ware
• Ms. Bobbye Raye Womack

Executive Director

• Jessica Dalton

DCC Educational Foundation - Directors Emeriti

• B.R. Ashby, M.D.
• Ms. Mildred W. Barkhouser
• Mr. Carrington Bidgood
• Mr. John Boyd
• Mr. Patrick Daly
• Ms. Denise H. Whittle Derham
• Ms. Inara Dodson
• Mr. Roy Gignac
• Mr. Charles Harris    
• Mr. James Kent
• Dr. Harry T. Kolendrianos
• Ms. Rebecca L. McGovern
• Mr. Clyde Midkiff
• Mr. Frank Mobley
• Mr. Tommy Pruett
• Dr. B. Carlyle Ramsey
• Ms. Virginia Roberts
• Mr. Ralph Stanford
• Ms. Eileen M. Stendig
• Mr. James Sutherland
• Mr. Melvin Vernon
• Mr. Landon R. Wyatt
• Ms. Hazel York
• Mr. John H. Zechman, Jr.

Workforce Services Advisory Board

Name	Title
Michael Duncan, Chair	Dan River Business Development Center – Ringgold/Danville VA
James Barton	Essell Propack – Danville VA
Robert Bates	Benchmark Community Bank – South Boston VA
Wanda Blythe	ABB, Inc. – South Boston VA
Dave Bennett	Intertape Polymer Group – Ringgold  VA
Jeremy Catron	Huber Engineering – Crystal Hill VA
Debra Crowder	WIA – Local Workforce Investment Board – South Central VA
Mark Custer	Blue Ridge Fiber Board – Danville VA
Bill Donohue	GENEDGE Alliance – Martinsville  VA
Lisa Fultz	WIA West Piedmont Region – Martinsville VA
Charles Gause	AXnano – Danville VA
Dr. Max Glass	Retired – DCC – Danville VA
Dr. Merle Herndon	Halifax County School System –Halifax VA
Dr. Lillian Holland	Pittsylvania County School System- Chatham VA
Dr. Stanley B. Jones	Danville City School System – Danville VA
Bradford Lee	Presto Products – South Boston VA
Matt Leonard	Industrial Development Authority, Halifax County
Mitzi McCormick	Halifax County Chamber of Commerce
John Mead	Master Gage & Tool – Danville VA
Laurie Moran	Danville-Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce
Daryl Oakes	EIT – Danville VA
Kenneth Powell	Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co – Danville VA
Jeff Raffensperger	Aquatic Bath – South Boston VA
Rutger Rubensson	Ikea Industry LLC – Ringgold VA
Gregg Sides	Planning and Development – Pittsylvania County
Wayne Smith	Dan Chem Technologies – Danville VA
Mark Trickey	Comfort Systems USA – Mid Atlantic (LLC) – South Boston VA
Telly Tucker	Economic Development, City of Danville VA
Sara Weller	City of Danville – Human Resources –Danville VA

For the Virginia Community Colleges State Board members list, please click here.