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 or individuals with personal or familial ties to Chanco on the James. 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.
Chanco’s board oversees Chanco’s budget, marketing, property, fundraising, and programs. Chanco’s board is a “working board” in that we ask for a commitment for meeting monthly, either in committees or as a full board, to share Chanco’s programs with your parish, support our mission with a donation, and volunteer your talents to further our efforts.
If you feel called to this ministry, please complete and submit the application by December 5.
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 – early December 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!
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
DIOCESE AND
CHANCO LEADERSHIP
The Rt. Rev. Susan B. Haynes
Bishop & Member of the Corporation
Diocese of Southern Virginia
Gareth Kalfas
Executive Director
Chanco on the James
SERVING THROUGH
JANUARY 2027
Chuck Alley
Property Committee Chair
Andrea Meinicke Diamond
Communication &
Development Committee
St Aidan’s, Virginia Beach
Chuck Marks
Treasurer; Finance Committee Chair
St. Aidan’s, Virginia Beach
Brenna Miller
Program Committee
Bayside Presbyterian Church
Pam Pringle
President
St. John’s, Hampton
Carter Sinclair
Property Committee and CCDC
Virginia Beach at large
SERVING THROUGH
JANUARY 2028
Dave Belote
Vice President and CCDC Chair
St Aidan’s, Virginia Beach
Mallory Copeland Butler
Secretary and Finance Committee
Christ & St. Luke’s, Norfolk
The Very Rev. Dr. Keith Emerson
Program Committee
St. Paul’s Church
Robert Frady
Treasurer, Finance Chair (in Chuck’s absence)
Grace Church, Yorktown
Juli McDaniel
Program Committee Chair
St Christopher’s Portsmouth
SERVING THROUGH
JANUARY 2029
Beth Christian
Program Committee
Staunton Alliance Church, Staunton
Reilly Flynn
Property Committee
Church of the Good Shepherd, Richmond
Nathan Hoyt
Program Committee
Christopher O’Brien
Communication & Development Committee
St Christopher’s, Portsmouth
James Philput
Property Committee
St Andrew’s Norfolk
Andrew Yanovitch
Finance Committee
Chapel — Midlothian
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Chanco on the James
394 Floods Drive
Spring Grove, Virginia 23881
(888) 724-2626
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