About

The GO Virginia Region 9 Council is comprised of 23 members of which a majority are private sector leaders. The Chair and Vice Chair must be a member representing the private sector. The Council is charged with the implementation of the GO Virginia program in the eleven localities of Region 9.
Private Sector
Member | Title | Organization |
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Ethan Dunstan, Chair | Senior Vice President of Business Banking | UVA Community Credit Union |
Jim Cheng, Vice Chair | Co-Founder | CAV Angels & former VA Secretary of Commerce and Trade |
Francoise Seillier-Moiseiwitsch, Treasurer/Secretary | Managing Owner | Revalation Vineyards |
Kenny Allison | Security Access Engineer | The Coleman Group |
Rob Archer | CEO | Codebase Coworking |
Roque Castro | Global Head of Sales and Business Development | Elysium LD Technology, Inc. |
Tom Click | President & CEO | Patriot Industries |
Brian Cole | Vice President of Operations | LexisNexis Reed Tech |
Gizelle Curtis | Sr. Economic Development Market Specialist | Dominion Energy |
Ray Knott | Market President | Atlantic Union Bank |
Brandon Payne | Member | Ruckersville Self Storage |
Tina Weaver | President | Papa Weaver’s Pork, Inc. |
Public Sector
Educational Institutions
Member | Title | Organization |
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Kim Blosser | President | Laurel Ridge Community College |
Pace Lochte | Assistant Vice President for Economic Development | University of Virginia |
Jean Runyon | President | Piedmont Virginia Community College |
Elected Officials
Member | Title | Organization |
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The Hon. Bob Coiner | Mayor | Town of Gordonsville |
The Hon. Tony O’Brien | Supervisor | Fluvanna County |
Locality Administrators
Member | Title | Organization |
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Christian Goodwin | County Administrator | Louisa County |
Jonathon Weakley | County Administrator | Madison County |
Regional Commission Directors
Member | Title | Organization |
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Christine Jacobs | Executive Director | Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission |
Patrick Mauney | Executive Director | Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission |
Local Economic Development
Member | Title | Organization |
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Paige Read | Director of Tourism and Economic Development | Town of Culpeper |
Andy Wade | Director of Economic Development | Louisa County |