Career and Technical Program Advisory Committees

Brightpoint maintains advisory committees for many of our career and technical programs to ensure our curriculum and graduates meet the needs of employers in our community.

Ms. Crystal Miller-Liggon, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Sid Bass
J. Sargeant

Ms. Ashleigh Brewer
Johannas Design Group

Mr. Brian Birkner
Amsted Rail

Ms. Erica Burgess
Amsted Rail

Mr. Jeremy Catlin
Amsted Rail

Mr. Mark Erdman
Structura

Mr. Shawn Glerum
dwell design studio, llc

Mr. Michael Grigis
Tindall Corp

Ms. Kelsey Harrison
Slalom

Mr. Sam Ketner
Amsted Rail

Mr. Michael Kilian
Kilian Engineering

Mr. Sam Leone
Cosby High School

Mr. Jeff Mckay
AMT Engineering

Ms. Patty Peterson
Tindall Corporation

Mr. Danny Rudd
Speight Marshall Francis

Mr. Lee Shadbolt
Commonwealth Architects

Mr. Michael Shearn
AD Studio

Mr. Randy Tritt
Balzer & Associates
Ms. Crystal Miller-Liggon, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Brendan Carol
Whiting Turner

Mr. Charles Cabanis

Ms. Pam Comstock
Gilbert C. Martin Co, Inc

Mr. Jeremy Connell
Construction

Mr. Joe Corriveau
Virginia Masonry

Mr. Jon Dzielak
Dominion Construction Partners

Ms. Marquita Edmonds
Hourigan

Mr. David Fary
WM Jordan

Mr. Ricky Hewitt
Hewitt Solutions

Mr. James Kester
Colonial Plumbing & Heating

Mr. Robert Lancaster
Lancaster Custom Builders

Mr. Tanner Lester
HHHunt (Brightpoint alum)

Mr. Doug Potts
Surveying

Ms. Sharon Rheinhardt
DPR

Mr. Nathan Scalla
Clark Construction Group, LLC

Mr. Phillip Tinsley
Brightpoint

Mr. Chris Zabrosky
Advan6
Dr. Nikki Hicks, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. T.K. Britt, Jr.
Nansemond Fire and Safety

Mr. Michael Groff
Primerica

Mr. Tom Hesch
TRANSAMERICA Agency

Mr. Brian Kiser
Southern States Cooperative, Inc.

Ms. Crystal Katovsich
Reporting and Standards Team

Mr. Ron Mentzer
The Distribution Consulting Group

Ms. Anne O’Meally
Human Resources, Virginia Lottery

Mr. Brett Sheffield

Mr. Martin Short, Jr.
U.S. Small Business Administration
Ms. Sarah Brown, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

COL William Anspach
Chief of Police, Colonial Heights

COL Travis Christian
Chief of Police, Petersburg Police Department

Mr. Jon Cliborne,
Executive Director, Crater Criminal Justice Training Academy

Mr. Gray Collins
Commonwealth’s Attorney, Colonial Heights

LT Mark Haynes
Chesterfield County Police Department

CAP Eric Jones
Captain, Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office

Mr. Simon Miranowicz
Chief Probation & Parole Officer, Chesterfield County

COL Antonio Starke
Chief of Police, Hopewell Police Department

Sheriff Carlos Turner
Sheriff, Surry County Sheriff’s Office
Dr. Pradnya Patet, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Ms. Victoria Brame
Brightpoint Community College

Ms. Anna Cheney
Bermuda Hundred Child Development Center

Ms. Brooke Cheney
Bermuda Hundred Child Development Center/Enon Elementary

Ms. Joyce Jones
Hopewell Public Schools (Retired)

Ms. Cheryl Mormon
Blessings from Above CDC

Ms. Samara Musselman
Bon Secours Family Centers

Ms. Yolanda Richey
Pace2U

Mrs. Ruchi Sharma
Woolridge Montessori Academy

Ex-Officio Brightpoint Members

Ms. J. Meredith Privott
Dean, Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Dr. Pradnya Patet
Early Childhood Education

Dr. Virginia Massaro
Professor, Teacher Education
Mr. Alan Massengill, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Chris Bielmyer
Wayne Cook Electric

Ms. Erica Burgess
Progressive Design

Mr. John Cannon, Retired

Mr. Spencer Cliborne
Amsted

Mr. Wayne Cook
Cook Electric

Mr. Alan Farren
Phillip Morris USA

Mr. Charles Friedl
Southside Electric Cooperative

Mr. Steven Gay
Quality Plus Services, Inc.

Ms. Tanya Hale
Hale’s Electric Service

Mr. Christopher Hardy
NUCOR

Mr. Lloyd Mason
Quality Plus Services, Inc.

Mr. Jeremy Phelps
Dominion Energy

Mr. Michael Reiter
McCray Electric Co.

Mr. Shaun Shaw
NUCOR

Mr. Michael Stone
Chewning & Wilmer, Inc.
Mrs. Lauren Dumas, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Dr. Dustin Anderson, MD
Program Medical Director
Mercy Health, St. Mary’s Emergency Department

Mrs. Jennifer Beam Borkowski
Community Advocate (non-medical)

Chief Wayne Bowen
EMS Chief, Chesterfield Fire and EMS

Dep. Director Ronnie Catron
Southside Virginia Emergency Crew

Director BrieAnna Coates
HCA EMS Relations Director

Ms. Jessica Goodman
HCA EMS Liaison

Ms. Heidi Hooker
Agency

Mr. Bobby Insley
Training Officer, Richmond Ambulance Authority

Dr. Stewart Jennings
VCU Health Family Medicine

Director Jennifer Lewis
Southside Virginia Emergency Crew

Mr. Ed Reed
Brightpoint, Former Student

Dr. Patrick Simmons
CTCCE

Chief Chris Taylor
Prince George Fire and EMS

Mr. Al Thompson, M.Ed., NRP (Chair)
Bon Secours Richmond Health System EMS Liaison

T. Watkins
PFD

Mr. Townsend Wilburn
Brightpoint, paramedic graduate

Dean Bridget Wilson
Brightpoint

Mr. Shaun Wilson
Brightpoint faculty

Mr. Seth Zink
Hospital to Home
Mr. Rick Sikon, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Carey Bliley
Bliley’s Funeral Home

Ms. Carol Carr
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Daniel Chapman
Johnson Funeral & Cremation Service

Ms. Krystina Diman
Woody Funeral Homes

Ms. Amanda Downum
Brightpoint Community College

Ms. Holly Duncan
Bliley Funeral Homes

Mr. Michael Hamlar
Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home

Mr. Joseph Jenkins, III
Joseph Jenkins & Son Funeral Home

Mr. Richard Lambert
Scott’s Funeral Home

Mr. Ernie Markham
Markham Burial Vault Company

Ms. Mia Mimms
Mimms Funeral Home

Mr. Barry D. Robinson
Cedell Brooks, Jr. Funeral Home

Mr. Samuel Rhue
Brightpoint Community College, retired

Ms. Paulette Strawbridge
Steele-Bullock Funeral Home
Ms. Crystal Miller-Liggon, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Reed Adams
Virginia Department of Transportation

Ms. April Branton

Mr. Jerry Candrilli
ACI Atlantic Constructors

Ms. Tammy Ebner

Mr. Randy Herx
Timmons Group

Ms. Michelle Fults
Virginia Department of Transportation

Mr. Joshua MacDonald

Mr. Doug Potts
Surveyor

Mr. Shawn Smith
Timmons Group

Ms. Sierra Swartz
SAM

Mr. Peter Thaler
Hitt Contracting

Mr. Joseph Wallace
LaBella Associates
Mr. Daniel Martin, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Ms. Lisa Crowder
Owner, Sligh Plumbing & Heating

Mr. Brad Crowder
Owner, Sligh Plumbing & Heating

Mr. Bill Dixon
Atlantic Constructors, Inc.

Mr. Johnathan Drake
Colonial Webb

Mr. Kenneth Lawson
Owner, Virginia Heating & Cooling

Mr. Cruz Nelson
Owner, Cruz Nelson AC & Heating SVC

Mr. Robert Townsend
Owner, Central York Corp.
Ms. Katelynn Jarrells, Convenor
Brightpoint Community College

Ms. Tarsha Adkins
RCG Behavioral Health Network

Ms. Jennifer Kell
Robin’s Hope

Dr. Stephanie Odera
VCU SSW

Ms. Jane Parker
VSU

Ms. Jessica Wade
Foundation

Ms. Madison Woodroof
Success
Mr. Jeff Elliott, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Nicholas Benke
Virginia State Bar

Dr. Caroline Budwell
VCU

Mr. Lindsay Cartwright
911 Services

Mr. Joshua Cole
Assura, Inc.

Mr. Matt Dale

Mr. Ivan Gil
Enterprise Security Architect –Slait Consulting

Ms. Sonia Greene
Department of Virginia State Police – Training Academy

Mr. John Gresham
The MITRE Corp.

Mr. Todd Jenkins
Capital One Statistics Infrastructure

Mr. Lonnie Karnes
Networking Technologies

Ms. Deborah Kern
Networking Technologies

Sridher Komakula
VCCS – IT Specialist/Programmer

Mr. Robert Konikoff
Defense Logistics Agency

Ms. Tamra Lipscomb
Program Head Mountain Gateway CC

Mr. Lance Olayvar
Federal Reserve

Mr. Sam Panicker
Networking Technologies

Mr. Jeff Pierce
CIO, Ukrop’s Threads

Mr. Jason Richards
Federal Reserve

Mr. Chris Schurman
Northrop Grumman

Mr. Jud Skinker
VCCS-Chief Information Security Officer

Mr. Marvin Smallwood
Altria Client Services

Mr. Martin Steiner
Defense Logistics Agency

Mr. Bryce Thompson
Director of the Help Hub, Brightpoint

Ms. Tiondra Thomas
Virginia State Bar

Ms. Sue Vencill
CISCO
Mr. Rasoul Rashidifar, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Ms. Cathee Andrews
Amsted Rail Brenco, Inc.

Mr. Mike Barkle
Honeywell

Mr. Thomas Beaudet
Filtrona Porous Technology-Filtrona Fibertec

Mr. Spencer Cliborne
Amsted Rail Brenco, Inc.

Mr. Brian Dail

Mr. Glenn Davis
Church & Dwight Company

Mr. Tyler Ewers
Kaiser Bellwood Corporation

Mr. Alan Farren
Philip Morris, USA

Mr. Andy Girvin
AdvanSix, Inc.

Mr. Bob Greene
Hopewell Cogeneration Limited Partnership

Ms. Delphine Harper
Perdue Farms Inc.

Mr. Paul Lathrop
Chesterfield Career & Technical Center
Dr. Bridget Wilson, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Ms. Suzzane Bertcsch
HCA Healthcare

Ms. Ruth Bielke

Ms. Sharon Brooks
HCA Healthcare

Ms. Ashley Cundiff
Tri-Cities Hospital

Dr. Yvette Dorsey
HCA Healthcare

Mr. Todd Marville
ODU

Ms. Maureen Phillips
Bon Secours

Ms. Laura Reed
HCA Chippenham

Ms. Jean Tyler-Scalone
Bon Secours

Ms. Maureen Whiteside
Bon Secours

Dr. Tammy Williams
VCU School of Nursing

Ms. Brenda Woodcock
Bon Secours
Dr. Cornelia Kavungo-Johnson, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Perry Blalock
Wesco, Anixter

Dr. Kendra Brinkley
Reynolds Community College

Dr. Kendra Bundy
Virginia Department of Health

Ms. Michelle Bundy
Defense Commissary Agency

Swadesh Das
Virginia Commonwealth University

Tameka Fortune
Civica Rx

Phil Gibson
Philip G. Gibson Consulting

Karen Gregory-Williams
Sciengenix Laboratory

Darlene Hinton
Church & Dwight

Kristin Johnson
VEDP

Shawn Sykora

Michael Wilson
Civica Rx

Hyacinthe Yarabe
Phlow

Ex-Officio Brightpoint Members

Tiara Getties

Melvin Graham II

Cornelia Kavungo-Johnson

Lezlie Macklin

Nancy Severe-Barnett

Rhodora Snow

Shakita Stephenson

Vanessa Tanner
Mr. Dustin Bell, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Bruce Anderson
Anderson Machines

Mr. Ralph Bauwens
American Machine Company

Mr. Charles Clodfelter
Clodfelter Machine, Inc.

Ms. Pam DeTine
Hanover Machine

Mr. James Harrison
Specialty’s Our Name

Mr. Ian Hemstock
BGB Technology, Inc.

Mr. Bryce Jewett
Jewett Machine & Jewett Automation

Mr. Al Jones
West Engineering

Mr. Chris Kenny
BGB Technology Inc.

Mr. Norman Kite
CNK Machine Manufacturing

Mr. Tim Liebe
Amsted Rail

Mr. John McDowell
DoL

Mr. John Morris
Kennley Corporation

Mr. Dave Orecchio
Short Run Stamping

Mr. Rick Schenck
G.D. USA

Ms. Sandra Wallace
460 Machine Company

Mr. Neil Warman
Progressive Engineering Co.

Mr. Wayne Winston
Classic Machine & Engineering, Inc.

Mr. Gari M.H. Wyatt
Proseal America
Ms. Stacey Shell, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Donny Dodemhamer
HCA Outpatient Imaging

Ms. Bethany Magee
TriCities Hospital

Ms. Tracey Polivka
Parham Doctors’ Hospital

Mr. Timothy Talbott
CJW Medical Center
Dr. Paula Winn, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Anh Do
Virginia State University

Mr. Jason Hackett
Virginia Commonwealth University

Mr. James Herd
Chesterfield County Public Schools

Mr. Stephen Martin
Hawley Martin

Mr. Michael Pierce
Artist/Art Educator

Mr. Diego Sanchez
Independent Artist

Ms. Jennifer Thomas
Virginia Association of Museums

Ms. Lulan Yu
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Ex-Officio Brightpoint Members

Mr. Colin Ferguson
Art

Mr. Cris Silvent
Art/Filmmaking

Ms. Kerrigan Sullivan
Theatre/Dept Chair – Performing Arts

Ms. J. Meredith Privott
Dean, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ms. Kenyada McLeod, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Ms. Lucy Hahn
Lark Design

Mr. Jerad Horning
Virginia State University

Mr. Derrick McLeod
Capital One

Ms. Helena Richardson
HRICHNETWORKS, LLC

Ms. Karie Stewart
Kameleon Designs

Ex-Officio Brightpoint Members

Dr. Paula Winn
Professor

Mr. Jeff Elliott
Director of Information Technology

Ms. Kenyada McLeod
Professor

Ms. Meredith Privott
Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Mr. Matt Gross, Convener
Brightpoint Community College

Mr. Ray Dillard
Arc3 Gasses

Mr. Matt Holland
Super Radiator Coils

Ms. Kim Ivey
Atlantic Constructors

Mr. David Kain
Honeywell-Hopewell Plant

Mr. Kyle Levesque
ITAC

Mr. Phillip Musselman
Construction

Mr. Ed Saunders
Dominion

Mr. Jon Woodrum
Arc3 Gasses

October 14

The college will be closed Tuesday, October 14 for Founders Day. No classes will be held, and all offices will be closed.

Faculty and staff should refer to their email for more information about Founders Day meetings and activities.

Career and Technical Program Advisory Committees

Architectural Engineering Technology Advisory Committee (ARC-CAD)

Architectural Engineering Technology Advisory Committee (BC)

Business & Accounting Advisory Committee

Criminal Justice Advisory Committee

Early Childhood Development Advisory Committee

Electrical Technology Advisory Committee

Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee

Funeral Services Program Advisory Committee

Geospatial Information Systems and Surveying Advisory Committee

Heating & Air Conditioning Advisory Committee

Human Services and Mental Health Advisory Committee

Information Technology Advisory Committee

Mechanical Engineering Advisory Committee

Nursing Program Advisory Committee

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Advisory Committee

Precision Machining Technology Advisory Committee

Radiologic Technology Advisory Committee

Visual Arts Advisory Committee

Web Design Advisory Committee

Welding Advisory Committee

October 14

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