Leadership
Our Board
The Healthy Chesapeake Board of Directors is made up of community leaders who provide guidance and financial oversight to our program initiatives.
The Board represents social service agencies, local businesses, neighborhood associations, civic groups, and city government. Board members serve a two-year term and are eligible for re-appointment. They play an important role in setting the direction of the non-profit with support from the Healthy Chesapeake Coalition. The Board also provides support for fundraising efforts and approves fund distribution for community development programs and projects that support a healthy Chesapeake.

Robert G. Culpepper
Chief Administrative Officer | Chesapeake Regional Healthcare

Edwin Gonzalez
Executive Director |Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Healthcare

Simone "Sam" Gulisano
Fire Chief/Coordinator of Emergency Management | Chesapeake Fire Department

Cecil Jenkins
President |Cecil Jenkins Insurance Agency, Inc.

John C. Kownack
Executive Director |Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority

Sam Logan III
Pastor | New Hope Baptist Church

Robert G. MacDonald, JD
Judge | Chesapeake Circuit Court | 1st Judicial Circuit of Virginia

Brian Martin, PhD, MBA
Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | Joint School of Public Health | Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University | Healthy Chesapeake Board Chairman

Amy Charnley Paulson, MPH, AE-C
CINCH Director & Instructor | Dept. of Pediatrics | Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University

Ingrid "Jo" Phillips
MIH Program Manager | Chesapeake Fire Department

Mary Riley
Administrator |Department of Human Services | Division of Community Programs |City of Chesapeake

David Rosado
Undersheriff | City of Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office

Jaleh Shea
Chesapeake Citizen

Mark G. Solesky
Chief of Police |City of Chesapeake

Nancy M. Welch, MD, MHA, MBA
Health Director |Chesapeake Health Department
CONTACT US
Healthy Chesapeake
667 Kingsborough Square
Suite 102
Chesapeake, VA 23320
757-690-8970
info@healthychesapeake.org