Sue was a founding Principal of Shannon & Manch and built a leading consultancy advising law firms and other legal employers on strategic talent and firm management. She is the author of four books, including the 2012 ABA publication, Learning from Law Firm Leaders, numerous book chapters, and hundreds of articles. She is a regular keynote speaker and has deep and broad experience in devising talent strategy and ensuring employee engagement. She has a MEd in Clinical Counseling from the University of Virginia and a BA in Psychology from Ohio University. Sue is also a Certified Master Coach, Mental Health First Aid First Responder, and a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management.
Sue and her husband Bill were regular Waterford Fair visitors prior to moving to Waterford in 2020. She sits on the Waterford Foundation Education Committee, the Waterford Foundation Homes Tours Committee, the Waterford 2033 Committee, and the Waterford Citizens Association Beautification Committee.
Dave is a business graduate of Virginia Tech and President of Homeland Security Consulting, LLC, providing crisis management planning, training, and exercises for universities, corporations and government agencies. He is a life member of the Leesburg Fire Company, and a national subject matter expert on active shooter and workplace violence preparedness. He recently revised the DHS active shooter preparedness training program and the national standard on workplace violence prevention and intervention.
Jane has worked internationally, from Manhattan to East Africa, including Zanzibar’s Stone Town, now a World Heritage Site. In her 25 years of professional experience in historic preservation, Jane understands the intrinsic relationship between local sound planning policy, managed growth, and quality of life.
Locally, Jane serves on Loudoun’s Heritage Commission, the Willisville Preservation Foundation, and is a founding member of America’s Routes ( https://americasroutes.com ), a local non-profit dedicated to protection of Loudoun’s rural roads. Jane lives outside of Middleburg with her husband and two daughters and can also be found at www.JaneCovington.com
Professionally, Susanne has been a technology marketer for companies including Adobe, Oracle, IBM and Red Hat, as well as smaller local technology companies. Susanne and Bob’s son Rob and wife Stefanie have two kids; daughter Emma, Rob, Stef and the grandkids all live in Colorado. Susanne and Bob enjoy sailing their boat on the Chesapeake Bay and whitewater boating.
Mr. Hayes has worked in every aspect of real estate development, including site assemblage, design, project financing, and project management. As a public official, he has successfully worked on complex development issues involving entitlements, historic preservation, Low- Income Tax Credits, New Market Tax Credits (public subsidies), Tax Increment Financing (TIF), and mixed-use development. He excels at navigating and solving municipal and political issues that impact development projects. He has built a career on his ability to create and implement public/private partnerships for the purpose of financing and completing economic development projects.
Mr. Hayes spent more than 8 years on Capitol Hill, serving in a variety of leadership roles for Members of Congress. As a state and local government official, he served in the administrations of Washington, DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty; Gary, Indiana Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson; and Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. Forest and his wife Nicole have lived in Waterford, Virginia since 2011 with their two children. Forest joined the Board of the Waterford Foundation in April 2020.
Dr. Balboni has held numerous leadership positions across the public and private biotechnology sector. He has won national academic and educational awards, competitive research funding grants and has published widely. In addition to his faculty position at West Point, he has held academic appointments at University of Maryland, University College, Westfield State University, and Marlboro College. His extensive contributions in the military have been recognized with numerous military decorations.
Chris is a Certified Accounts Payable Professional (CAPP) and holds a Certification in Controls Self-Assessments (CSA). She is a Certified Professional Controller (CPC) and a Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA). Chris holds a BA, BS, MBA, and a Graduate Certificate in Project Management. She is on the advisory board for the Institute for Internal Controls (The IIC). Chris is the author of “The Internal Controls Toolkit”, “The Fiscal Close Toolkit,” “The Controller’s Toolkit” and “The AP Toolkit.” Chris is a volunteer for the 4Paws Recue Team. She enjoys supporting animal rescue efforts, gardening, collecting antiques and reading mystery novels.
