Community Engagement Advisory Board

The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Community Engagement Advisory Board (CEAB) creates a collaborative space to generate ideas for extending our positive impact and to solicit feedback on our current and future community-focused initiatives.

The CEAB guides implementation of our 2021-2025 Strategic Plan and our Vision, Mission and Values in which:

• our commitment to collaborative excellence includes forging new relationships with community leaders and organizations, and
• our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion includes metrics and milestones reviewed annually.

The CEAB also provides feedback on our implementation of Community Engagement Working Group recommendations from the InclusiveVTCSOM Task Force.

The CEAB is chaired by Dean Learman and comprises a broad and diverse group of community leaders representing educational, health, social service, civic and non-governmental organizations.  VTCSOM members include the vice dean and leaders of our community engagement and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

Individuals interested in receiving more information, including the membership nomination process, should contact the Director for Community Engagement.

Community and Diversity Advisory Board Members

• Lee A. Learman, MD, PhD
  Dean
• Azziza O. Bankole, MBBS
  Chief Diversity Officer
• Nathaniel L. Bishop, Dmin
  Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Courtney Powell
  Director, Community Engagement
• David B. Trinkle, MD
  Associate Dean for Community Engagement

• William (Bill) Lee
  Retired Pastor, Loudon Ave. Christian Church
• Baraka Kasongo
  CEO, Volatia
• Bethany Lackey
  Executive Director, Roanoke Refugee Partnership
• Joe Cobb
  Council Member, Roanoke City 
• Annette Lewis
  President and CEO, TAP
• Karen Michalski-Karney
  Executive Director, Blue Ridge Independent Living Center
• Ryan Bell
  Community Historian, Roanoke Valley
• Gregory Goodman
  Director of Community Support Services, City of Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority
• Richmond Vincent
  President and CEO, Goodwill Industries of the Valleys
• Brenda Hale
  President, Roanoke Branch, NAACP
• Aaron Boush
  Community Health and Outreach Director, Carilion
• Rachel Hopkins
  CEO, CHIP of Roanoke Valley
• Christina Hatch Ballard
  Executive Director, Children's Trust
• Lisa Spencer
  Executive Director, Local Colors
• Verletta White
  Superintendent, Roanoke City Public Schools
• Ken Nicely
  Superintendent, Roanoke County Public Schools
• Curtis Hicks
  Superintendent, Salem City Schools