Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is made up of volunteer community leaders who help Horizons make a difference in our students’ lives.
How can your leadership skills help a child fulfill their potential?
Contact Dick Trowbridge, Executive Director
Officers
Gary Baum
Chair; Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer (Norfolk)
Daniel Plante
Chair-Emeritus; Towne Insurance Agency (Portsmouth)
Barbara Smith, CPA
Treasurer; Cherry Bekaert (Virginia Beach)
Renee Johnson
Secretary; Senior Vice President, U. S Trust (Norfolk)
Dick Trowbridge , MBA
Executive Director; Captain, USN (Ret.) (Virginia Beach)
Board of Directors
Will King always finds time to share with our 400 students.
Dr. Melinda Boone
Superintendent, Norfolk Public Schools (Norfolk)
Dr. Elie Bracy III
Superintendent, Portsmouth Public Schools (Portsmouth)
Dr. William Brittain
President, Brittain Klein, Inc (Chesapeake)
Gail King at our Annual Roast & Toast Gala & Auction in 2016
Kristan Burch
Kaufman & Canoles (Norfolk)
Steven Byrd
Southern Bank & Trust (Virginia Beach)
Adalberto Diaz
President, CMCT (Virginia Beach)
Charlene Dodson
CBRE (Norfolk)
Clair Dorsey
Executive Director, College of Continuing Education and Professional Development
Old Dominion University (Norfolk)
MaryAnne Dukas
Bishopsgate Department Store (Virginia Beach)
David Gettings
Troutman Sanders (Virginia Beach)
Thomas Heckard
Towne Benefits (Newport News)
Dr. Judy Jankowski
Head of School, Chesapeake Bay Academy (Virginia Beach)
Kristan Burch shares lunch time with our Virginia Beach students.
Ronnie Johnson
Cherry Bekaert (Virginia Beach)
Scott Kennedy
Head of Norfolk Collegiate School (Norfolk)
Gail King
Community Leader (Virginia Beach)
William King
Past Chair, Captain, USN (Ret.), Head of School (Ret.), Norfolk Collegiate School (Norfolk)
Welcome to our Board of Directors, Al Diaz!
Martee Pierson
Agarta Marketing (Virginia Beach)
Mary Ellen Paul
Principal, Portsmouth Catholic Regional School (Portsmouth)
David Rogers
President, The Rogers Agency (Chesapeake)
Anne Sauer
Mansbach Scholars (Norfolk)
Dr. Aaron Spence
Superintendent, Virginia Beach Public Schools (Virginia Beach)
Renee Johnson visits our Virginia Beach students during lunch.
Advisory Council
Susan Beckwith
Inner Banks Inn (Edenton, NC)
Dr, Daniel DeMarte, Chief Academic Officer
Tidewater Community College (Norfolk)
Martin Einhorn
Wall, Einhorn, & Chernitzer (Norfolk)
Paul Hirschbiel, Jr., Past Chair
Eden Capital (Virginia Beach)
Thomas Inglima
Willcox and Savage (Norfolk)
Mary Clark Janis
Community Leader (Virginia Beach)
Caroline McCartney
Prudential Towne Realty (Norfolk)
Beth Patterson
President, Waypoint Advisors (Norfolk)
Jon Wheeler, Past Chair
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (Virginia Beach)
Katherine C. Willis, Past Chair
Palladium Registered Investment Advisors (Norfolk)
