Board Members

  • Nicole Unice, Chair

    Chief People Officer, Pangea Technologies, Inc.

    Pastor-at-Large

  • Tommy Blanchard, Vice Chair

    Chief Operating Officer, QED Investors

  • Don Coleman

    Lead Pastor, East End Fellowship

  • Catherine Brigham

    Manager of Financial Reporting, The Brink's Company

  • Patricia Clarke

    Author and speaker; former educator

  • Emmett Corboy

    Financial Advisor, Cetera Investors

  • Michael Crittendon

    Co-Owner and CFO, Innovative Behavioral Health Solutions

  • Grant Hayes

    General Manager; Tidewater & Big Bend Foundation; Criss Cross Properties, LLC; and Cumberland Estate

  • Carolyn Loftin

    Director of Housing and Family Services, Urban Hope

  • Myrtle Mines

    Teacher, Anna Julia Cooper School

    Rise Richmond alumnus

  • David Skove, Treasurer

    Retired, former General Manager, Progressive Insurance

  • Deanna Varljen

    School Quality Specialist, Virginia Department of Education

  • Dr. Dionne Ward

    Assistant Professor, Supervisor of Student Teachers, and Leadership Supervisor, University of Richmond

  • Pat Wilson

    Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator; Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

    Rise Academy alumnus