Board of Directors

These brilliant and creative minds make Coastal Virginia Conservancy possible. Their dedication is making an impact for future generations.

Officers

Chair

Mary Ann Saunders
Retired Assistant to the City Manager, Chesapeake, Virginia
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Vice Chair

Edward Wolcott Jr., Esquire
Wolcott Rivers Gates

Treasurer

Steve Jenkins 
Retired Chief of Finance Officer, Norfolk Public Schools

​Secretary

Jennifer K. Cool
Realtor, BHHS Towne Realty
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Immediate Past Chair

Willard M. Robins, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Bay Power Solutions
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Staff

Helen W. Kuhns
Executive Director

Board Members

Audrey Cotnoir
Retired Senior Environmental Specialist,
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers

Lauren C. Rose, Esq.
Poole, Brook Plumlee PC

Christopher A. Pocta , Esq.
Wolcott Rivers Gates, Attorneys at Law

Myles Pocta
President & CEO
MAP Environmental Inc.

Mary-Carson Saunders Stiff
Executive Director
Wetlands Watch

Karen Shaffer
Retired Assistant Planning Director
City of Chesapeake

Joseph J. Thomas, COL. USACE (Ret.),
Former District Engineer
Norfolk District

Jody Wagner
Founder and President
Jody’s Inc.

Board of Directors

2024 Meeting Calendar

February 14, 2024

April 10, 2024

June 12, 2024

August 14, 2024

October 9, 2024

December 11, 2024