Virginia Highlands Community College 2026 Commencement Program

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Dr. Michael Eric Wooten, Chair Mark J. Hourigan, Vice Chair

David Elmore Dr. Sasha Gong Jeffrey V. Haley Wiley "Bif" Johnson Bruce Meyer Anthony "Tony" Miller Alethea "AJ" Robinson

Jeremy Satterfield Christine Woodall Thompson Terri Thompson Brett Vassey Joan Wodiska Michel Zajur

Virginia Community College System Dr. David Doré, Chancellor

VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD Donald Bowman, Chair – City of Bristol Dr. Doug Arnold, Vice Chair – Washington County

Don Ashley, City of Bristol Gwen Beattie, Smyth County Charlie Fugate, Washington County Pam Hill, Smyth County

Beth D. Rhinehart, City of Bristol Dan Smith, Washington County Tonya Triplett, Washington County

President Dr. Adam Hutchison

VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION BOARD David Collins, Acting Chair

Sara Baldwin Regina Belcher, Treasurer Kimberly Clark Claire Davis Lori Deel Christine Fields* Jack Frost Sarah Gillespie

Mark Goodman Kendra Hayden

Dr. John Lentz Tal McBride Michael McCool Dr. John Roberts, Jr. Mike Spiegler Chad Taylor

George F. Helms, IV Brandon Hensley* Nancy Hope Richard Humphreys Dr. Adam Hutchison* Jason Lachniet*

Chris Walters Virgil Wimmer

*ex-offico

Vice President of Institutional Advancement Laura Pennington

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