Karen Legato, Executive Director of the Fan Free Clinic, has served 30 years in the not-for-profit sector in both direct services and administration. Her passion and leadership is shaped by working with those most vulnerable in society with the least resources. Her service background includes medical social work, administration, child and family work, education, program development, project management, facilitation, public speaking and community coalitions and partnership work. Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Virginia Tech, Master of Pastoral Studies from Loyola University, and a Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Prior to coming to Fan Free Clinic, Karen was the Director of Service Programs at Friends Association for Children, a non-profit organization that has served vulnerable children and families since the Civil War. She has also served as an organizational consultant, adjunct professor, social work field supervisor, director of medical social work services, youth minister, pastoral administrator and hospital chaplain. A person of heart with a passion for social justice, Karen is most noted for her enthusiasm and ability to seize creative opportunities to “make things happen.”
Roger Neathawk, Chairman
Neathawk Dubuque and Packett
Bev Koerin, PhD, Vice-Chair
Retired Professor/Community Volunteer
Ken Gunn, Jr, CPA, Treasurer
Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
Laura Windsor, Esq, Secretary
Williams Mullen
Andree Aboite, RN, MSN
VCU Health System
Caitlin Bailey Feller
Community Health Solutions
Jennifer I. Curtis, APR
CarMax, Inc.
Nakeina E. Douglas-Glenn, PhD
The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU
Kim Farlow, APR
Kim Farlow Communications
Melanie Green, PhD, RN, CNE
Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing
Jason Hatcher
Dominion
June Henderson, MD
Retired Physician/Community Volunteer
Brenda Hicks
Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia
Bonita Hogue, MSW, LCSW
VCU Care Coordination Manager
Riguey King
American Cancer Society, Inc.
Kristina Perry Stoney
Senior Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia
Cecily Rodriguez
Office of Cultural & Linguistic Competency, VA Department of Behavioral Health & Development Services
Chet Wade
Corporate Communications, Dominion
James Wasilewski
VCU Massey Cancer Center
Susan Brock Wilkes, PhD
Wilkes Consulting
Ali Woodworth, PE
CarMax, Inc.