Dr. Danny Avula took office as the 81st Mayor of the City of Richmond on January 1, 2025.

Before his election to public office, Danny served the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts for 12 years, including 6 years as its Director. There, he championed efforts to increase access to care for the most vulnerable residents of our community, prioritized the voices of those with lived experience, lifted up the intersection of housing and health, and addressed the root causes that shape health outcomes-especially poverty and race.

In January 2021, Governor Northam appointed Danny to lead Virginia's COVID-19 vaccination effort. He jumpstarted a struggling vaccine rollout and elevated the Commonwealth from 50th to one of the top 10 most-vaccinated states in the country. As Virginia emerged from the pandemic, Danny was then appointed as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services by Governor Youngkin, where he led significant transformational work to support families and to create more sustainable pathways out of poverty.

Danny is a pediatrician and works as a hospitalist at Chippenham Hospital.

Born in Hyderabad, India, he immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1979. A father of five, Danny and his wife, Mary Kay, have lived in Richmond's East End for over 20 years. Mary Kay is a teacher with Richmond Public Schools.

Danny holds degrees from the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Johns Hopkins. He was named one of Richmond's "Top Docs" each year from 2013-2022, a Richmond Times-Dispatch Person of the Year in 2019, and Style Weekly's Richmonder of the Year in 2020. In 2017, he won the Dancing With the Richmond Stars contest.

Kerwyn Phillip, MBA, is an author, small business consultant and financial literacy advocate. He recently released his first book, “Malik’s First Job: Financial Principles for Teens” about a young man who seeks financial advice from his father. Since the book’s release, Mr. Phillip has appeared on NBC-12 (Richmond), The Michael Colyar Show, Real Black News with Raqiyah Mays, Soul Logistics Radio and several other social media outlets.

A lifelong educator and financial literacy advocate, Mr. Phillip has taught Economics and Personal Finance in Henrico County Public Schools, and facilitated financial literacy workshops at Richmond Public Library, Henrico County Public Library and Chesterfield County Public Library. In 2016, his organization, The Ndugu Business & Leadership Academy, partnered with the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Department of African American Studies on their SWAGIFY Financial Literacy Research Project. Also in 2016, he received the Manny Award from My Brother’s Keeper of Greater Richmond for contributions to the community in Central Virginia. 

Kerwyn Phillip is a Brooklyn, New York native, who earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting from Morgan State University and his master’s degree in Business Administration from Averett University. His passion is teaching leadership, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy to youth in under-served communities.

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CHRIS MOONEY SUPERLATIVES
• 2-time Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award finalist (2010, 2024)
• 2024 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, NABC District 4 (A-10) Coach of the Year
• Most wins in Richmond history (358 in 20 seasons)
• Most wins in a season in Richmond history (29 in 2010-11)
• Most conference wins in a season in Richmond history (15 in 2023-24)
• Most wins vs ranked opponents in Richmond history (16)
• Winner of only A-10 tournament titles in program history (2011, 2022)
• Winner of only A-10 regular season title in program history (2024)
• Most A-10 tournament championships among active coaches (2, tied with SBU’s Mark Schmidt)
• Highest NCAA Tournament seed in program history (7th, 2010)
• Highest NIT seed in program history (1st overall, 2015)
• Highest A-10 Championship seed in program history (1st, 2024)
• Highest rank in AP Top 25 since 1957 (19th – December 2020)
• Longest win streak since 1935 (11 - December 2023 to January 2024)

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Michael P. Kehoe has served as our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since March 2024. Prior to becoming Chairman of the Board, Mr. Kehoe served as President and Chief Executive Officer from June 2009 to March 2024. From 2002 to 2008, Mr. Kehoe was the President and Chief Executive Officer at James River Insurance Company and previously served in various senior positions at Colony Insurance Company from 1994 to 2002, finishing as Vice President of Brokerage Underwriting. Mr. Kehoe earned a B.A. in Economics from Hampden-Sydney College and a J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law.

2025-26 Officers and Directors will be in a training session.

Lauren Zaller Moore joined Children’s Hospital Foundation as President and CEO in March 2019. In that time, she has grown the Foundation team, launched a capital campaign, “Built for Kids. Built by You.” and seen the opening of the Children’s Tower, CHoR’s home for pediatric emergency, trauma and inpatient care. Now she’s leading the launch of a new comprehensive fundraising campaign focused on four pillars: supporting the whole child and family, innovating and educating the next generation of care givers and researchers, expanding current facilities and programs to serve even more children and families and growing unrestricted funding to ensure CHoR is able to meet any future challenges head-on.

Under her leadership, Children’s Hospital Foundation has raised more than $112 million, connecting with more than 7,000 donors a year who are translating their passion for children into gifts for Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU.

Lauren came to Children’s Hospital Foundation after seven years serving in roles advancing medical philanthropy at VCU Health. Prior to joining VCU in 2012, Lauren worked as a development officer for University of Minnesota’s Masonic Children’s Hospital and at the University of Tennessee. Lauren’s community connections extend beyond CHF as a board member of the Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia and The Estate Planning Council of Richmond, VA; a member of the chief development advisory council for the Children’s Miracle Network and the chair of the Children’s Philanthropy Group.

She lives in Richmond with her husband, two children and mischievous dog. She also remains a loyal–and vocal–fan of the Tennessee Volunteers.

In November 2021, Jason Miyares (pronounced me-YAR-ez) was elected the 48th Attorney General of Virginia. Prior to this position, Miyares served in the Virginia House of Delegates for three terms, and before that, worked as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Virginia Beach. A product of Virginia public schools, Jason graduated with a Bachelor's in Business Administration from James Madison University and a Juris Doctorate from the College of William and Mary School of Law. As Attorney General, Miyares has been focused on improving public safety, strengthening economic growth, combatting the deadly impact of opioids and fentanyl, and protecting Virginians from corporate misconduct. Jason Miyares is the first Hispanic American to be elected to a statewide office in Virginia, and the first child of an immigrant to be Attorney General. Last year, Miyares launched Operation Ceasefire, a comprehensive approach to fighting violent crime by focusing on intervention and aggressive prosecution of gun crimes. His office has secured over $1 billion in opioid settlements for drug addiction and recovery from pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors, holding them accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic.

Martin D. Brown currently serves as Chief Diversity Officer and Director of the Office of Diversity, Opportunity, and Inclusion under Governor Glenn Youngkin. Chief Brown has extensive experience working in the private sector and state government, serving in senior executive positions for three previous Governors.

As Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services, he led and managed over 1,700 employees in 120 locations, overseeing the development of an online customer portal, safe reductions of children in foster care, and increases in adoption, as well as the development of a practice model strengthening Virginia’s families at every client contact. As Advisor to the Governor for Prisoner Re-Entry & Family Re-Integration, he established a best-practice family-strengthening program, now expanded statewide. As Policy Advisor to the Governor – he coordinated the state visit of Mrs. Coretta Scott King and the recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. as the first African American permanently memorialized on Virginia’s Historic Capital Square. While serving as Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Chief Brown helped lead Virginia’s welfare reform effort.

In addition to his public sector experience, he has worked with hundreds of diverse individuals from six of the seven continents as President of the Providence Management Group, a media and public relations firm, and as manager of a Chick-fil-A franchise. He is a founding Board Member of the Gloucester Institute, served on the Board of Elijah House Academy and the Richmond Christian Leadership Institute and as a Pastoral Deacon for 14 years at Kingsway Community Church.

Chief Brown is a graduate of Howard University and the Virginia Executive Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University. He and his wife Nita live in the Richmond area with their two adult children.

Rabbi Gary S. Creditor was installed as the senior Rabbi of Temple Beth-El, Richmond, Virginia on October 3, 1993 and retired as Rabbi Emeritus in June, 2014, concluding a forty-year career in the pulpit Rabbinate. He instituted many programs in Adult Education such as a weekly Talmud class and, a weekly class in Basic Judaism. He was instrumental in returning post B’nai Mitzvah to participate in services and Torah reading. Under his direction the Mollie Brown and Sylvia Janus Mikvah was built at Temple Beth-El that serves the entire central Virginia and Shenandoah Valley Jewish communities.

Rabbi Creditor served on the Board of the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond and its committees in many capacities. He was a member of the Richmond Rabbinic Association and served as its chairman. Rabbi Creditor is a long-time member of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, serving on its Board of Directors and is chair of the Living Wage Certification Program. He has spoken to a wide and diverse spectrum of institutions in Richmond: the Kiwanis Club, the Governor’s School for Governmental and International Studies, and at the Jewish Women’s Room and Jewish Women’s Club at the Weinstein Jewish Community Center. Rabbi Creditor participated with Governor Tom Kaine in the memorial program for students and faculty who died at Virginia Tech, and many interreligious programs held around Richmond following the tragedy of September 11th, 2001.

Rabbi Creditor is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly, of the Washington Board of Rabbi, the Washington-Baltimore region of the Rabbinical Assembly, and the New York Board of Rabbis. He served congregations in New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut and Long Island, New York before ascending to position in Richmond.

Rabbi Creditor was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York in 1976, where he received his MA in Talmud (1974) and Bachelor of Hebrew Literature (1971). He graduated from Columbia University G. S. with a B.A. in Far Eastern Religions (1971). As part of these programs he studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1968-1969, 1973-1974). In 2003 he received his Doctor of Divinity (Hon.) from J.T.S. recognizing more than twenty-five years of Rabbinic service.

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Robert R. Lindgren served as Randolph-Macon College’s fifteenth president from February 1, 2006 until the end of the 2024-2025 academic year. During his tenure, Randolph-Macon focused on increasing enrollment, revitalizing RMC’s campus, creating new academic and co-curricular programs, and increasing private support of the College. New student enrollment had increased by 50% and 15 new majors had been created in this period. The College completed 11 new buildings, having also completed major renovations on 6 facilities, all totaling more than $110 million in construction expenditures. Private support of Randolph-Macon has reached an all-time high and the College completed a $125 million comprehensive campaign during his tenure. Since 2016, the College has consistently ranked in the top 30 among all colleges and universities in alumni giving participation.

To read more about Robert R. Lindgren, click here.

Betsy Wells Edwards is the executive director of the Virginia Press Association. She has experience in public relations, marketing and lobbying. She served in public information roles for the Indiana Senate, the Indiana Public Service Commission, the Virginia Department of Transportation, and the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. She also served as the development director for the ACLU of Virginia and Preservation Virginia and as the executive director of the Virginia Fair Trial Project. Edwards has lived in Virginia since 1986 and is the author of Virginia Country: Inside the Historic Homes of the Old Dominion (Simon & Schuster, 1998). She holds a degree in Political Science and Journalism from Indiana University.

Born and raised in the River City, Lucy is a champion of Richmond’s creativity, innovation, revitalization and future. For decades, she has worked with many community partners to enhance the vitality of Richmond. As Director of Economic Development and Community Relations at Venture Richmond, Lucy has prioritized fostering community engagement, driving economic growth, and creating strategic partnerships to enhance the vibrancy and prosperity of Richmond's downtown.

​Prior to her time at Venture Richmond, Lucy was in commercial real estate development before discovering a passion for downtown and nonprofit leadership. This experience gave her an inside look on Richmond’s residential side and important networking skills that have aided her in development and community relations with Venture Richmond.

​One of her favorite accomplishments was leading the collaborative team effort that created the unique open source community brand: RVA. She has thoroughly enjoyed getting the opportunity to watch locals and tourists experience the meaning behind the RVA brand and grow to represent it.

​When not in the office, you’ll find Lucy around town cycling, oil painting, gardening and savoring Richmond’s art and food scene. She loves to travel and rarely passes up an opportunity for an adventure. Her deep love for Richmond and all it has to offer shows in her day to day life as well as her contributions to the community.

Join us as we celebrate with our Key Club Scholarship Recipients. We sponsor Key Clubs in four high schools: Atlee, Benedictine, Richmond Community, and Thomas Jefferson High Schools.

Leading up to Memorial Day, author Robin Traywick Williams will share treasured stories of her father’s service in WWII, as part of the "Greatest Generation."

She is the author of two popular WWII books, The Last Romantic War: How Two Members of the Greatest Generation Survived Love and War, about her parents’ wartime romance, and Butch and Sundance Do India, the hilarious, scary account of her trip with her brother across the backroads of India to trace their father’s wartime footsteps

She provides an engaging picture of what life was like during World War II, both at home and on the battlefront in the little-known Burma Campaign. With slides and artifacts, Robin shares her research for “The Last Romantic War,” her book about her parents’ exotic global courtship, a story filled with emotion and adventure, featuring burning airplanes, runaway horses, the pain of separation and the eternal question: “Will he come home?”

The talk will include a colorful slideshow with relevant photos from the era, both in America and in Burma. Robin also brings an elaborate visual display with scrapbooks, posters, a Japanese flag and other mementos from the Burma campaign, her father’s uniform, and other interesting memorabilia. She will also relate humorous stories from her precarious road trip with her brother through the non-tourist areas of India.

Rick Edwards became the Chief of Police for the City of Richmond, VA, in 2023. Prior to this appointment, he had nearly 24 years of experience with the Richmond Police Department. Edwards served as the Acting Chief of Police before being officially appointed, and during that time, he focused on rebuilding trust within the department and with the community. His career in law enforcement began with a passion for making a meaningful difference, and he progressed through various roles, including patrol officer, narcotics unit, and detective in the Major Crimes Division. For a significant part of his career, he was involved in homicide investigations. 

Our annual meeting will include the election of our 2025-26 Officers and Directors and an update on our bylaws as required by Kiwanis International. A quorum is needed.

As a Chartered Financial Analyst®, Chris has a strong understanding of advanced investment analysis and real-world portfolio management. He is a member of Kanawha’s Investment Committee and a financial advisor to individual clientsand endowments. He particularly enjoys developing personalized financial and investment plans as well as researching individual companies.

Before joining Kanawha, Chris was Vice President and Equity Analyst with Crestar Asset Management. Prior to that, he was a Research Analyst with Boys, Arnold & Company, a North Carolina investment advisory firm. He also spent several years as an Economist with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington, DC. Chris earned a BA degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

When Chris is not working, he keeps very busy! His interests include freshwater fishing, kayaking, hiking around Richmond with his wife, learning new cooking techniques on his Kamado grill, and working on projects at his 70-year-old home. Chris and his wife, Kaki, have three sons and are nearly empty-nesters.

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Devon Maust Earle is Wesley’s Campus Minister. Her hobbies include pretty much anything outdoors - hiking, camping, rock climbing, and snowboarding. Devon graduated from another Virginia school, Randolph-Macon College, then attended Duke University where she received her Master of Divinity, and is ordained in the United Methodist Church.

She is married to Rob, who she met in Youth Group in high school and they have a son, Fritz, who was born in 2021. Devon would love to connect, grab a cup of coffee or tea, and get to know you!

W. Gregory (Greg) Hundley, M.D., is the Chief of the Division of Cardiology, and the first Director of the VCU Health Pauley Heart Center, a position he has held since 2018. Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Hundley began his formal education at the College of William and Mary, where he graduated with his bachelor's degree in Biology. He earned his M.D. from the VCU School of Medicine and completed his Internal Medicine residency at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he also received his Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship training.

Dr. Hundley is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology; a member of the Clinical Cardiology Council of the American Heart Association; and a member and past Board Member of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Additionally, he is the Associate Editor for Cardiology Today and the American Heart Association’s (AHA) publication, Circulation. He serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, JACC: Cardio-Oncology, Circulation Imaging, and the American Journal of Cardiology. He is the weekly co-host of the AHA podcast, Circulation on the Run. Prior to joining VCU Health, Dr. Hundley served as the Medical Director of the Reynolds Tower Cardiovascular Imaging Facility at Wake Forest School of Medicine.

Read more about Dr. Hundley here.

Parker has an MBA from UVA’s Darden School of Business, a Master of Arts in Art History, also from UVA, and a BA from Bates College. He serves on the board of VIRGINIAforever and was named among the “100 People to Meet in 2025” by Virginia Business magazine.

Parker has been with CRLC since September 2015 and has helped to conserve over 5,000 acres of land. As a former member of Richmond City Council, he has developed collaborative relationships with elected officials and planning staffs across the region to better coordinate strategic land conservation. His experience with land conservation is also personal; his family owns a 200-acre property in Nelson County along the Rockfish River (a tributary of the James River) that is protected under a conservation easement.

To read more about the Capital Region Land Conservancy, click HERE.

More information to be posted. Here is the website for G. W. Carver Elementary School. The Kiwanis Club of Richmond is committed to helping this school and its hardworking women and men who are trying so hard to improve the education of the students. Join us by getting involved or making a donation towards a literacy specialist. You can find the donation button on our Home page, under the Philanthropy tab.

https://gwces.rvaschools.net/about-us/about-school-name.

Jake received his B.S. in Economics from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Commonwealth University.  With 10 years of economic & community development experience at the local government level and prior work in construction,

Jake guides the business and development community through permitting processes to ensure project completion in adequate timeframes.  He has worked with many companies opening or expanding in Chesterfield both small and large.

For more information about Chesterfield’s Economic Development go to their website here.

A Richmond, Virginia native with a master’s degree in journalism from Virginia Commonwealth University, Linwood Norman served as the city’s director of communications during Wilder’a “Strong Mayor”; administration. As Mayor Wilder’s press secretary, Norman obtained an insider’s view on what compelled Wilder to take actions that were deemed courageous by some and abominable by others.

Linwood Norman’s career has spanned the public, corporate and nonprofit sectors and includes posts as senior communications advisor for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; communications manager for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield; and communications director for ZERO - The Project to End Prostate Cancer. Earlier in his career, Norman was a reporter for the Newport News Daily Press; the Petersburg Progress-Index, where he received a Virginia Press Association First-Place Award for Investigative Journalism, and a contributing writer for Richmond Magazine and Virginia Town & City Magazine.

Now retired, Norman divides his time between Washington, D.C. and Fort Lauderdale, Florida as he ponders the topic of his next book.

As a CPA, Tom worked with several of the Big 4 CPA firms in the audit and tax areas. He served as President of the Virginia Society of CPAs, which currently has over 13,000 member CPAs. He also served four years on the Governing Council of the American Institute of CPAs.

Tom left public accounting to found Don Richard Associates of Richmond, a staffing firm specializing in placing Accounting & Financial Professionals. After 25 years, he merged his firm with ACSYS, a publicly traded firm.

He continued his career, founding an executive search firm, conducting retained searches for members on Boards of Directors.

Tom completed his working career, serving for 5 years as the Finance Manager of First Baptist Church.

He has authored three articles that were published in several statewide CPA society publications. These analyzed the US Government Financial Statements. Tom has made numerous presentations on the topic.

“James S. Gilmore III was appointed by President Donald Trump to be Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Vienna, Austria in 2019. He was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate. As ambassador, he headed a mission devoted to the security issues of the 57 member countries, involving matters of geopolitics, arms control, economics, and human rights.

Ambassador Gilmore was elected the 68th Governor of Virginia in 1997.  Governor Gilmore traveled extensively on behalf of business development  for Virginia, visiting sixteen countries on three continents.”*

“He grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and in 1971, he enlisted as a volunteer in the U.S. Army after college and worked as a counter-intelligence agent in then-West Germany after intensive language training in German, in which he became fluent. In 1974, Gilmore was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal for Service to NATO. After serving his country and receiving his law degree, Gilmore was elected as chief prosecutor for Henrico County and, then, Attorney General of Virginia in 1993. In 2003, Gilmore served as chairman of the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors. He was the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2001 to 2002. Gilmore graduated from the University of Virginia (UVA) and earned a B.A. degree in International Relations, Russian Area Studies. He then earned his law degree at the UVA School of Law.”**

*https://americasrt.com/featured-guests/f/amb-jim-gilmore-%7C-us-national-security-%7C-russia-ukraine-war; **https://www.justsecurity.org/author/gilmorejames/

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