VCEDA - Key Persons


Brian Hess - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Treasurer

Diane Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Business Development Specialist

Greg Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Vice Chairman

J.P. Richardson - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Officers Team

Jonathan S. Belcher - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • General Counsel

Marketta Horton

Job Titles:
  • Economic Development Specialist

Mitzi White

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager / Marketing

Rob Beavers

Job Titles:
  • Service Delivery Manager, VITA Program, SAIC
Unique incentive and financing programs to encourage job creation and economic diversification.

Sonny Ciampanella

Job Titles:
  • Gas Producer

Susan Copeland

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator

Todd Elswick - President

Job Titles:
  • President
" With our recent expansion into Southwest Virginia, we have discovered an untapped talent pool as well as professional and motivated organizations such as VCEDA that will ensure our continued success. In VCEDA we have a partner that is committed to developing and maximizing Southwest Virginia's greatest resource, its people. Perhaps the greatest endorsement of this partnership is SAIC's commitment to seek expansion opportunities within the region."

Troy Nichols

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Secretary