BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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About Our Board
Chanco on the James is a 501(c)(3) organization that is managed by a volunteer board of directors under the guidance and leadership of the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, the Rt. Rev. Susan B. Haynes.
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About Our Board Members
The Chanco Board of Directors is made up of clergy and lay persons and we strive to represent all convocations in the Diocese. All board members are members in good standing of an Episcopal church in the Diocese of Southern Virginia. The Board President reports directly to the Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Virginia.

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Join Our Board of Directors
If you are someone who cares deeply for Chanco’s ministry and its future growth and success, then serving on the Chanco Board of Directors could be your calling.
What we look for
The Chanco Board specifically strives to have members with expertise in finance, accounting, fundraising, personnel, and property.
How our process works
Applications are vetted through the board and then sent to the Bishop for approval. Board terms are three years in length and a board member may serve two consecutive terms before a mandatory year off.
How we decide
New board member applications are generally solicited and accepted from September – November of the calendar year with new board members beginning in January.
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Serving on the Chanco Board is one simple but very important way you can give back to Chanco and make a difference in Chanco’s future. Thank you for your prayerful consideration of this important adult and youth ministry of our diocese!
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Meet Our Current Board
Our board members all have distinct connections to Chanco whether through the camp programs as a camper or having children who were campers, the Happening program, the Cursillo program, and EYC (Episcopal Youth Community) retreat programs among many other Chanco connections.

Chanco Board of Directors 2019
The Rt. Rev. James Magness, Pro Tempore
Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia
The Rev. Canon Ed Tracy
Canon for Administration, Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia
Mrs. Nancy LeCuyer Beach, President
St. John’s Hampton
Mr. John Gulick, Vice-President
Bruton Parish, Williamsburg
Mr. Richard Perkins, Treasurer
St. Matthias, Midlothian
Chair, Finance Committee
Mrs. Ronda Toll, Secretary
Christ the King, Yorktown
Serving Thru 2020
Dave Belote
Development Committee
St. Aidan’s, Virginia Beach
Chuck Marks
Finance Committee
St. Aidan’s, Virginia Beach
Serving Thru 2021
Rev. Charlie Bauer
Program Committee
Hickory Neck, Toano
Julie Edwards-McDaniel
Program Committee Chair
St. Christopher’s, Portsmouth
Robert Frady
Finance Committee
Grace Church, Yorktown
R. Brett Jellerson
Program Committee
Eastern Shore Chapel, Virginia Beach
Jim Marquette
Property Comm Chair/Program
St. Simon’s by the Sea, Virginia Beach
Robert Motley
Property Committee
Church of the Ascension, Norfolk
Guy “James” Philput
Program Committee
St. Andrews, Norfolk
Serving Thru 2022
Sarah “Sally” Cox
Eastern Shore Chapel, Virginia Beach
Ann “Parkie” Rice
Hampton, Virginia
Grant Stokes
Christ & St. Luke’s, Norfolk
Michael Vasiloff
Property Committee
St. Michael’s, Colonial Heights
Rev. Eileen Walsh
Program Committee
St. Christopher’s, Portsmouth
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