Charity Volman-Winn was appointed to serve as the President of TowneBank Norfolk in 2020. Charity joined Towne as the President of Corporate Banking in mid-2019 after a 29-year career at SunTrust Bank which culminated in a role as President of the Hampton Roads Region. Active in the community, she serves as Past President and current Executive Committee Member of the Greater Norfolk Corporation, Vice President for Edmarc Hospice for Children, Board Chair of the D’art Center, and is on the Board of Trustees for The Chrysler Museum. She previously served on the Board of Trustees of Eastern Virginia Medical School, the Board of the Old Dominion University Women’s Initiative Network and in 2020 served on the Campaign Cabinet for the United Way of South Hampton Roads. She was named by the YWCA as a Woman of Distinction for Finance in 2016, was recognized by LEAD Hampton Roads with the Julian Hirst Leadership Award in 2015, was recognized by Inside Business with a Women in Business Award in 2022, and was recognized by Volunteer Hampton Roads as the “Best of Board” Community Honoree in 2023. She was named to the Inside Business Power List for five consecutive years.

Charity graduated from Randolph Macon Women’s College with a BA in English and Psychology.

Mike was born in Norfolk, VA, and graduated from Maury High School. He received a Bachelor of Music Education (major in Voice and a minor in Piano and Theatre) from Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music (now known as Shenandoah University). He was accepted into the Honorary National Drama Fraternity. Accomplished in the performing arts, Mike held leading roles in the operas; Susannah and Orpheus in the Underworld as well as supporting roles in Fiddler on the Roof, 1776, Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta’s. He was chosen by the Martinsburg, WV, community theatre to be the Musical Director of Oliver his senior year of college. He also was on staff at St Paul’s Church in Norfolk as their Baritone soloist.

Professionally, Mike has been in the food service industry for 40 years. He started with Sandler Foods as a sales representative. After 4 years, he took a position as a seafood sales specialist and was promoted to Seafood Director and managed seafood production, sales, purchasing and the seafood retail store. US Foods purchased Sandler Foods, and he became the Seafood Marketing Manager for four distribution centers in the United States. In 2014, he became the head seafood buyer for US Foods nationwide in their seventy distribution centers.

Mike’s volunteer work has consisted of:

• Serving as Norfolk Collegiate School Head coach for their Middle School and JV Basketball teams and Assistant Varsity Coach for 12 years.
• Trustee chair and Church Council Chair for Epworth United Methodist Church.
• Currently, he is the Treasurer of Royster Church in Norfolk and is a soloist and choir member of the church.

Mike has been a patron and supporter of the d’Art Center for years, fondly remembering attending events when the center was in the Selden Arcade. He and his wife, Wendy, enjoy attending our events and exhibition openings.

Tina has extensive experience drafting regulatory disclosure documents, including Forms 10-K, Forms 10-0, proxy statements, Forms 8-K, Forms S-3, Forms S-8, Forms 4, and numerous other SEC disclosure documents.

Tina serves as the advisor for boards of directors of public companies, including serving as special advisor to the audit committee and as counsel to directors in their roles as board members and committee chairman of public companies.

Tina is responsible for NYSE and Nasdaq-listed company compliance. Tina has experience with all compliance and corporate governance areas, including drafting and implementing policies and education programs and conducting investigations and reviews. Tina is extremely well versed in investor relations, including management of proxy advisory firm recommendations and disclosures. Tina has extensive financing experience, including seed, angel, and follow-on rounds of private placements. Tina has acquired expertise in facilitating corporate structure and strategy decisions and counseling growing companies on financing and growth decisions. Tina has experience structuring and drafting executive compensation programs.

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Deborah A. Gill, CPA FSDA – Deborah has 40 years of experience in the architecture, engineering, and land surveying industries, working in large and small firms as well as a consultant to the industry. Deborah spent 21 years as the Controller at Clark Nexsen, a 500+ A/E multi-disciplined firm, establishing budgeting practices as well as KPI financial reporting. As a consultant/owner of Profit by Design, Ltd, she provided accounting and systems support for Deltek Vision products for more than 100 clients. She has established project management and financial systems in many companies to support the implementation of accounting software. She returned to the land surveying sector as CFO of Precision Measurements, Inc. implementing best practices to increase revenue, grow the firm, and transition the leadership to the next generation. She has now assumed the role of Chief Strategy Officer. Deborah developed the original “Handbook for Design Office Administration.” This material has served as a basis for both the SDA’s BizTrak all-day practice management workshop as well as the CDFA-You curriculum for their Certification in Design Firm Administration program. She provides BizTrak as well as deep dives into Ownership Transition, Project Management (finances}, and Financial Statements for non-finance types for many organizations, including SDA, SMPS, SHRM, AIA, IFMA, ACEC-V, and NSPS.

Deborah gives time back to her community and serves the A/E profession through the following organizations.

• 5 years D’Art Center Board of Directors
• 10 years Norfolk Women’s Forum & Foundation
• 6 years Women United Funding Council
• 2011 10 for 10 Women United member
• 22 years treasurer, national Canstruction® organization www.canstruction.org
• 20 years co-chair, Hampton Roads Canstruction® event
• 30 years of SDA Leadership – nationally and at the chapter level
• 17 years finance director, AIA – Hampton Roads Chapter

She has a B.A. in foreign service from the University of Mary Washington and is a licensed CPA in Virginia. www. precision measurements. com

Retired from 43 years in commercial banking, Andy managed the Corporate Banking portfolio for BB&T (Truist) in eastern Virginia, covering Southside Hampton Roads, Western HR, Peninsula, Middle Peninsula, and Eastern Shore. His clients and prospects typically had $75 million in revenues or more. He possessed expertise in commercial and industrial companies, including ship repair, heavy construction, government contracting, distribution, auto dealers, and other heavy industries. Furthermore, he provided financing and financial services to health care, retirement communities, higher education, large non-profits, and other related industries. Andy provided clients with asset-based lending, commercial real estate finance, equipment finance, cash management, employee benefits, wealth management, and many other financial services and insurance products offered within BB&T.

Andy is active in the community. He is past president of the Great Bridge Jaycees and the Chesapeake Kiwanis Club. He has been active with the Rotary Club of Chesapeake, Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance, Virginia Ship Repair Association, and Virginia Maritime Association.

Andy grew up in Chesapeake, VA, and attended the University of Virginia, where he earned a BA in Economics. He earned his MBA from the University of Richmond. He has one son, Drew, who recently graduated from Radford University. Andy enjoys traveling, attending sports events, and golf in his spare time.

As a Project Designer at VA Design Architects, Delaney works with clients to understand their needs and guide the best solutions to achieve them, aids in writing client proposals including scope and fee for the duration of the project, maps personal project timelines to meet each deliverable deadline with the required content, and ensures those deadlines are met. She presents design ideations, renderings, code research, material and furniture selections to clients while making them feel comfortable and ensuring their thoughts are heard, and develops comprehensive construction documentation and specifications to minimize on­site revisions and ensured design intent.

Amanda began her Human Resources career with Caesars Entertainment in 2012, first on the Corporate Recruiting team, then moving into Employee Relations. She started with Boyd Gaming Corporation in 2017 in Corporate Human Resources, supporting many different HR functions, including policy writing and administration, mediation, coaching, and designing and implementing companywide culture and engagement initiatives. She relocated to Norfolk, Virginia from Las Vegas in July of 2025 to take on the role of head of HR for Boyd’s upcoming Norfolk casino. 

Amanda discovered an interest in theatre and performing arts at a young age. During middle school and high school, she was an avid drama and speech/debate student and developed a love for technical theatre.

In 2003, Amanda had her first opportunity to work as a Production Assistant on a local production of “Sweeney Todd”, and she was hooked. She worked for the next decade in a variety of production roles for several Las Vegas community theatre production companies.

In 2008, Amanda was asked to join the music ministry at St. Thomas More Catholic Community in Henderson, Nevada, and went on to become a lead cantor and a singer in other groups within the ministry. Amanda also began performing small roles in shows and worked as a volunteer for several years with a youth theatre company.

Amanda’s passion is advocating for and inspiring others. Through her time in theatre and performing, she has been given opportunities to meet people from all walks of life and learn in what ways the performing arts move them. Advocacy with integrity is something Amanda firmly believes in and strives to practice daily through her work in Human Resources. Amanda actively learns from team members the importance of feeling heard and valued.

Mr. Protogyrou has handled hundreds of murder cases in Federal and State courts, including appeals and Habeas Corpus matters in the Virginia and United States Supreme Court. He has taught law internationally and been interviewed by CNN, local and national television, Russian, Italian, and Greek media outlets.

This committed attorney can often be found teaching legal seminars to fellow attorneys or speaking on a variety of legal topics. Mr. Protogyrou served as a substitute judge throughout Hampton Roads in the General District and Juvenile and Domestic Relations courts for five years. He has also served as a council member for the City of Norfolk for six years, garnering an insider’s knowledge of city government and its process.