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  • Nora Scott | Waynesboro Organizer

    Nora Scott | Waynesboro Organizer

    Nora grew up in Nelson County and is self-taught. They enjoy studying the intersections of relational dialectics, historical materialism, and gender. “A big part of my politics sur ...

  • Paméla Frank Houndjo | Assistant Director of Finance and Administration

    Paméla Frank Houndjo | Assistant Director of Finance and Administration

    Paméla joined Virginia Organizing in the summer of 2023. She has a Bachelor of Science in Leadership Studies from Averett University and an Associate in Accounting from PVCC.  ...

  • Liz Cunningham | Halifax Organizer

    Liz Cunningham | Halifax Organizer

    Liz was born in Boston and attended the University of Rhode Island, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. In 2006, she moved to Halifax, Virginia where she found her ...

  • Gayland Oliver | Southside Organizer

    Gayland Oliver | Southside Organizer

    Gayland grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina where he learned community organizing from his mother at an early age, as he accompanied her throughout the community to register vote ...

Sunny Hawkins | Development Director

Sunny Hawkins | Development Director

Sunny discovered Virginia Organizing as a student when she was assigned to cover an event for a writing class where she heard Suffolk Organizer Tony Jones speak. She began volunte ...

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Glenda Crockett-Eans | Wythe County Organizer

Glenda Crockett-Eans | Wythe County Organizer

Glenda grew up in Wytheville, where she and her family returned 17 years ago, and has worked as an elementary school teacher for 16 years. She went to college at North Carolina A ...

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Sarah Miller | Newport News/Hampton Organizer

Sarah Miller | Newport News/Hampton Organizer

Sarah grew up in the Midwest and has a background in the military, which brought her to the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. In 2014 she got involved with the Norfolk Chapter. She ...

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Eric Olson-Getty | Director of Programs

Eric Olson-Getty | Director of Programs

Eric Olson-Getty grew up in Vermont and came to Virginia via North Carolina in 2014. He moved to Harrisonburg when his wife got a new job, but arrived looking for opportunities to ...

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Jorge Mendez | Fredericksburg Organizer

Jorge Mendez | Fredericksburg Organizer

  Jorge Mendez joined Virginia Organizing as the Fredericksburg Organizer in June of 2019. He grew up in El Salvador, where he began to work for human rights and political an ...

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Rosemary Gould | Director of Communications

Rosemary Gould | Director of Communications

Rosemary joined Virginia Organizing in May, 2017 as the Director of Communications. She grew up near Chicago but has lived in Charlottesville since 1989 when she came here to be a ...

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Tony Jones | Suffolk Organizer

Tony Jones | Suffolk Organizer

Tony Jones joined Virginia Organizing when the Portsmouth Chapter was just getting started. He became the Suffolk Organizer in April of 2018. A native of Portsmouth, Tony knows fi ...

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Meghan McNamara | Portsmouth/Norfolk Organizer

Meghan McNamara | Portsmouth/Norfolk Organizer

Meghan McNamara is a community and labor organizer who joined Virginia Organizing in January 2016. Prior to joining the organization, Meghan worked on various social justice campa ...

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Ben Thacker-Gwaltney | Database Manager

Ben Thacker-Gwaltney | Database Manager

Ben Thacker-Gwaltney is the Database Manager for Virginia Organizing.  A native Virginian, Ben began working as an organizer in 1998 with the Lynchburg and Amherst County Vir ...

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Laura Ramirez | Director of Finance and Administration

Laura Ramirez | Director of Finance and Administration

Laura Ramirez began working at Virginia Organizing in 1998 and is responsible for the financial management of the organization; administration of benefits and insurance policies; ...

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