PORTSMOUTH PARTNERSHIP

Promoting economic growth, leadership and education within the city of Portsmouth

The Partnership

Newsletter

Our Affiliates

History

OpSail 2012

Golf Tournament

The Sailboat Project

Members & Links

2011 Officers
  • Philip M. Rudisill, President

  • James E. Bento, Vice President

  • Shannon M. Glover, Treasurer/2nd Vice President

  • Peter J. Schleck, Secretary

  • Diane P. Griffin, Past President


 
Executive Committee
  • James E. Bento, Maritime Committee
  • Donald W. Comer, Jr., Lefcoe Leadership Development Fund; PortsEvents
  • Joseph M. Donnelly, Transportation Committee
  • William H. Hargrove, Member at Large
  • William H. Kline, Partnership Development Foundation
  • William S. Magann, Portsmouth Partnership Foundation
  • Rev. Melvin O. Marriner, Education Committee
  • Andy McCullough, Member at Large
  • Peggy Murphy, Member at Large
  • David R. Tynch, Greater Portsmouth Development Corporation 
  • Betty Jo Gwaltney, Executive Director

 
Board of Directors
2011 Portsmouth Partnership Board of Directors

  • G. Robert Aston, Jr. - TowneBank
  • James Bento - Ocean Marine Yacht Center
  • John E. Boyle - Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA
  • Roger L. Brown - Roger Brown's Restaurant & Sports Bar
  • Stephen J. Chaplin - Ampersand Group, Inc.
  • Donald W. Comer, Jr. - Retired, Don Comer Ford, Inc.
  • W. Carroll Creecy - Sales Systems, Ltd.
  • Camille Crofton - Crofton Diving
  • Dr. Deborah M. DiCroce - Tidewater Community College
  • Joseph M. Donnelly - Donnelly Real Properties, Inc.
  • Shannon E. Glover - Commonwealth Employee Benefit Solutions
  • Diane P. Griffin - Diane Pomeroy Griffin, P.C.
  • John E. Hall - John E. Hall Electric Contractor, Inc.
  • Herbert A. Haneman - Western Branch Diesel
  • William H. Hargrove, III - HBA Architecture & Interior Designs
  • Matthew James - Virginia House of Delegates; Peninsula Council for Workforce Development
  • J. Kenneth Jolley - Associated Contracting Services, Inc.
  • Dr. Terry L. Jones - Tidewater Community College
  • Jeffrey J. Keever - Virginia Port Authority
  • Michael K. Kerner - Bon Secours Hampton Roads
  • William H. Kline - Kline Realty Company
  • William S. Magann, Jr. - W.F. Magann Corp.
  • William S. Magann, Sr. - W.F. Magann Corp.
  • Rev. Melvin O. Marriner - Grove Baptist Church
  • Edward A. McCullough - Rockville Development
  • Jerrold L. Miller - Earl Industries, LLC
  • Peggy W. Murphy - Action Automotive, Inc.
  • Joseph M. Oddis - Maryview Medical Center
  • Philip M. Rudisill - TowneBank
  • Peter J. Schleck - Bank of America
  • Maurice D. Slaughter - Bayside Harley-Davidson
  • Mark D. Smith - BB&T of Virginia
  • John T. Stone - Bon Secours Hampton Roads (Ret.)
  • David R. Tynch - Cooper, Spong & Davis, P.C.
  • P. Edward Webb, III - Virginia Sports Hall of Fame


 
Consulting Members
  • J. Robert Bray - Virginia Port Authority (ret)
  • Junius H. Williams - Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
  • Robert T. Williams - Tri-City Developers LLC


 
Ex-Officios
  • Kenneth M. Chandler -Portsmouth City Manager
  • Terry Danaher - Lefcoe Leadership Liaison
  • Robert N. Harrell - Norfolk Naval Shipyard
  • Peter Kopacz - Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
  • RDML William D. Lee - U.S. Coast Guard 5th District
  • W. Dean McClain - HRCC, Portsmouth Division
  • Harry L. Short - Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority
  • Patrick J. Small - Portsmouth Economic Development
  • RDML Alton M. Stocks - Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
  • Dr. David C. Stuckwisch, Portsmouth Public Schools
  • Kathleen M. Warren, PRHA

Affiliates

Greater Portsmouth Development Corporation
  • Kenneth Chandler, City Manager
  • Patrick J. Small, City of Portsmouth
  • Harry L. Short, PRHA
  • David R. Tynch, Portsmouth Partnership
  • Kathleen M. Warren, PRHA

Lefcoe Leadership Foundation
  • David R. Tynch, President
  • Donald W. Comer, Jr., Vice President
  • Steven L. Minter, Treasurer
  • Mallory C. Kahler, Secretary
  • Michael J. Blachman, Trustee
  • Diane P. Griffin, Trustee
  • Peggy W. Murphy, Trustee
  • Philip M. Rudisill, Trustee
  • John L. Tynch III, Trustee
  • Lousie G. Walden, Trustee
  • Junius H. Williams, Trustee
  • Daryl Clark, Trustee



Partnership Development Foundation
  • James E. Bento, President
  • William H. Kline, Vice President
  • Donald W. Comer, Jr., Treasurer
  • William H. Hargrove III, Secretary
  • W. Carroll Creecy
  • Edward A. McCullough
  • J. Kenneth Jolley
  • David R. Tynch
  • Kathleen M. Warren, Ex-Officio


Portsmouth Partnership Foundation
  • William S. Magann, President
  • Diane P. Griffin, Vice President
  • Philip M. Rudisill, Treasurer
  • James Bento, Secretary
  • Stephen J. Chaplin, Advisory Committee
  • Robin Cooke, Advisory Committee
  • Debbie Davis, Advisory Committee
  • Shannon E. Glover, Advisory Committee
  • Beth Haneman, Advisory Committee
  • Jeffrey Miller, Advisory Committee
  • Lorri Powers, Advisory Committee
  • Richard Wentz, Advisory Committee


PortsEvents
  • Don Comer, President
  • David Tynch, Vice-President
  • David Cartier
  • Terry Danaher
  • Betty Jo Gwaltney
  • LaVoris Pace
  • Nancy Perry, Director, Portsmouth Museums
  • Kelly Thomas, TowneBank

 
Committees

Education Committee
Rev. Melvin O. Marriner, Chair
Roger L. Brown
Don Comer
William H. Kline
John LaRiviere
Peggy W. Murphy
Mark Smith
John T. Stone
Dr. David C. Stuckwisch, Ex-Officio


Maritime Committee
James E. Bento, Chair
Camille Crofton
Dr. Deborah DiCroce
Joseph Donnelly
Herbert A. Haneman
William Hargrove
Dr. Terry L. Jones
Jeffrey Keever
William S. Magann
Jerrold L. Miller
Patrick Small



Marketing Committee
Donald W. Comer, Jr., Chair
G. Robert Aston
Steve Chaplin
Shannon Glover
Stan Magann
Andy McCullough
Peggy Murphy
Maurice D. Slaughter
John T. Stone




Transportation Committee
Joseph Donnelly, Chair
Don Comer
Carroll Creecy
Dwight Farmer, HRPD
Paul Holt
Matthew James
Stan Magann
John T. Stone
Kirsten Tynch
Susan Wilson
Kenneth Wright, Mayor, City of Portsmouth



 
Staff
Betty Jo Gwaltney
Executive Director
397-8473 x201
gwaltneyb@portsmouthpartnership.org


Bria Matchett
Executive Assistant
397-8473 x202
admin@portsmouthpartnership.org


Donald W. Comer, Jr.
Director of Marketing & Public Relations
doncomer@cox.net


 
Links
Organizations We Support

Center for Community Development, Inc.

Children's Museum of Virginia

Edmarc Children's Hospice

Elizabeth River Project

Greater Norfolk Corporation

Habitat for Humanity

Hampton Roads Partnership

Help & Emergency Response (HER) Shelter

Hoffler Creek

Portsmouth Area Resource Coalition (PARC)

Portsmouth Department of Economic Development

Portsmouth General Hospital Foundation

Portsmouth Museum Foundation

Portsmouth Public Schools

Starbase Victory (formerly Starbase Atlantis)

Urban League of Hampton Roads

Virginia Beach Vision

Virginia Sports Hall of Fame


Our Board Members' Businesses

Action Automotive

AE Systems

Associated Contracting Services

Bayside Harley-Davidson

Bon Secours Hampton Roads

Commonwealth Employee Benefit Solutions

Cooper, Spong & Davis, PC

Earl Industries LLC

Grove Baptist Church

HBA Architecture & Interior Design

Kline Real Estate

Lindab, Inc.

John E. Hall Electric Contractors

Ocean Marine Yacht Center

Portsmouth Economic Development Department

Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority

Roger Brown's Restaurant & Sports Bar

Sales Systems, Ltd.

TowneBank

Virginia Port Authority

W.F. Magann Corporation

Western Branch Diesel