Board Chairman & Staff
Board
Chair – Dr. Dorothea Shannon
Dr.
Dorothea Shannon is a retired school superintendent and currently serves as
an education consultant to the Virginia Department of Education and to the
Southern Virginia Higher Education Center. She is also administrator
for the Center for Rural Education and Economic Development (CREED), a
consortium of 22 school divisions across Southern Virginia.
President/Chief Executive Officer
– Paul C. Nichols, III paulnichols@svhed.org or 434.579.0904
Paul
Nichols is former Executive Director of Administration for Halifax County
Public Schools and was chosen by the VASS Board of Directors to lead the
statewide AP initiative due to his strong background in education and his
experience in starting up and leading such innovative endeavors in
Virginia.
Chief
Financial Officer/Project Director – Jennifer Stevens jenniferstevens@svhed.org or
434.572.5447
Jennifer
Stevens was the Research and Development Specialist for the Southern
Virginia Higher Education Center and was part of the proposal team that secured
the NMSI grant for Virginia. She is a former educator and has
extensive experience in administering grant projects and managing budgets
relative to educational programming.
Executive
Assistant – Sue Adams sueadams@svhed.org or 434.572.5474
Director
of Science – Susan Ramsey susanramsey@svhed.org or
434.489.2303
Director of English -- Virginia "Jen Lou" Moore jenloumoore@svhed.org or 434.446.0151
Director of Math -- Gloria Barrett gloriabarrett@svhed.org or 434.446.0377 |