BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority is governed by a Board of Directors. The Board has 19 members: 3 legislative members, the Chairperson of Senate Finance and Appropriations (or designee), the Chairperson of House Appropriations (or designee), 9 non-legislative citizen members appointed by the Governor, and 5 ex officio members: the Commissioner of Health or their designee, the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or their designee, and the Director of the Department of Health Professions or their designee, the Director of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement or their designee, the Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or their designee.
Executive Committee
The Honorable Rodney Willett
Chair; Delegate, District 58, Virginia House of Delegates
Vacant
Senate of Virginia or Virginia House of Delegates Member
Tiffany Covarrubias-Lyttle, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Secretary; Director of Cultural Integration, Centra Health
David Abraham
President, Senior Solutions, LLC
Members of the Board
Sharon Alexander
Director of Workforce Initiative, Virginia Hospital and Health Care Association
David Brown, D.C.
Director, Virginia Department of Health Professions
Francis X. Chuidian, MD, MBA
Physician and Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System and VCU School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine
Breanne Forbes Hubbard
Workforce Development & Engagement Director, Virginia Department of Health
Alexis Gerdes
Executive Neuroscience Sales Specialist, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Scott Flemming
Executive Director, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
Jesse Goodrich
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Riverside Medical System
The Honorable Christopher Head
Senator, District 3, Senate of Virginia
The Honorable M. Keith Hodges
Delegate, District 68, Virginia House of Delegates
Jamie Holland, DNP, PMHNP-BC, AGCNS-BC, RN
Director, School of Nursing, Regent University
The Honorable L. Louise Lucas
President pro tempore, Senator, District 18, Senate of Virginia
Nicole Overley
Commissioner, Virginia Works/Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement
Felicia Ganther, JD, PhD
Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Workforce Services, Virginia Community College System
Shannon Showalter
Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Ballad Health
Brian Yates, Ed.D
Vice Provost of Resident Programs and Student Success, Liberty University
The Honorable Eric Zehr
Delegate, District 51, Virginia House of Delegates
