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.

Donald S. Buckley, PhD, LFACHE
Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Public Health, EVMS, Retired President, Chesapeake General Hospital

Robert G. Culpepper
Chief Administrative Officer, Chesapeake Regional Healthcare

Edmund E. Elliott
Fire Chief/Coordinator of Emergency Management, Chesapeake Fire Department

Edwin Gonzalez
Executive Director, Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Healthcare

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

Cecil Jenkins
President, Cecil Jenkins Insurance Agency, Inc.

Kathryn Jessee
Senior Community Programs Specialist, Department of Human Services | Division of Community Programs, City of Chesapeake

Brian Martin, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor | Director, Graduate Program in Public Health Eastern Virginia Medical School | Old Dominion University |Healthy Chesapeake Board Chairman

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

Amy Charnley Paulson, MPH, AE-C
CINCH Director & Instructor, Eastern Virginia Medical School

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

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

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