Officers Elected:
President – Carleton Raymond Ransom (Term of office 1July 2015 – 30 June 2016)
President – Elect – Charlie Mills (Term of office 1July 2015 – 30 June 2016)
Student Representative – Malcom Jones (Term of office 1July 2015 – 30 June 2016)
Immediate Past President: Valerie Walker
Past President: Pam Dunning

Must be nominated and confirmed: Secretary, Treasurer, Web Administrator

Chapter Council Term Expires June 2016:
Jerry Hoddinott
Mechelle Smith

Chapter Council Term Expires June 2017:
Betty Meyer
Stanley Skinner

The Hampton Roads Chapters of American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) and the Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA) held their joint holiday event on December 11th from 6 to 8 pm at the Holiday Inn Executive Center, 5655 Greenwich Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23462.

The program featured a City Manager’s Forum with Marcus D. Jones, City Manager (Norfolk); Selena Cuffee-Glenn, City Manager (Suffolk); and James Baker, City Manager (Chesapeake).

The Hampton Roads Chapter of ASPA hosted a general luncheon/meeting on Thursday, November 20, 2014 from 11:00 to 12:20 at the Holiday Inn on Greenwich Road in Virginia Beach.

Our guest speaker was Ms. Robin McCormick, Communications Strategist, for the City of Hampton. Ms. McCormick graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Hollins College in Roanoke and then went to work for The Times-Herald newspaper in Newport News, Virginia, the day after graduation. That afternoon paper merged with its morning sister paper (the Daily Press). McCormick stayed, initially as a reporter, covering a variety of beats: courts, education, youth services, transportation. Over the years, she moved to editing as a copy editor, business editor, features editor, news editor and finally managing editor. Along the way, as the business changed and the newspaper became a bigger media company, she worked with a variety of start-up publications, early website and TV partnerships. Robin left the newspaper business after almost 30 years to come to the city of Hampton to help tell the city’s story. As communications strategist/director of marketing & outreach, she leads a team that is responsible for: city’s website, media relations, cable TV station, social media, communications, citizen engagement, brochures, marketing, awards nominations, etc.

The September Luncheon was held on Thursday, 09/18/2014 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. In support of the Northeast Conference on Public Administration (NECoPA), ASPAHR’s theme is “Building Bridges: Working Towards Collaborative Governance and Non-profit”.

Our Featured Speaker was Mr. William Harrell, President & CEO of Hampton Roads Transit. His topic of discussion was “Connect Hampton Roads”.

Thanks to our chapter leadership team and wonderful participation from our chapter members, our 2013-2014 program year was an outstanding success. Valerie Walker served the past year as our president-elect (vice-president) and also chaired the program committee. She will now move up to the office of president for the 2014-2015 program year.

Valerie has been an active member of ASPA since June of 2009. Prior to being elected President, she served as a member of council, Membership Chair and President Elect. She holds a Master’s Degree from Troy University in Public Administration and an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has been employed with the city of Virginia Beach for 27 years as a Real Estate Appraiser, where she also serves as a member of the Inclusion and Diversity Communications Committee and
as the Wellness Ambassador for her office. She also serves as Parliamentarian for the National Forum for Black Public Administrators and as a member of the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, State Rehabilitation Council. Valerie is the proud single mother of two college students, Kinston, a senior at Virginia Wesleyan College and Kyra, a freshman at Howard University.