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Meet Our Leadership Team

Johnnie Lloyd

President

Jennifer Einolf

Immediate Past President

Emilie Davis

President-Elect

Dawne Brooks Gulla

Member-at-Large

Chapter History

The origins of NSA Virginia (formerly known as the Virginia Speakers Association) can be traced back to a group of women who all shared a seminar platform for a program held in Norfolk, Virginia in 1991. Desiring to network with other professional speakers, the group expanded their circle to include a few men.

By spring 1992, ten to fifteen professional and aspiring speakers were meeting regularly over lunch at Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant in Norfolk, Virginia. Hope Mihalap and David Meinz served as co-chairs of the group. In 1993, they recognized a need for broader educational opportunities for members. Therefore, they began to work toward qualification as an official chapter of the National Speakers Association.

In 1994, NSA Virginia offered three full-day quarterly meetings featuring national speakers. In January 1995, David Meinz was elected to serve as the first president. Members currently come from all parts of Virginia (and some from as far away as North Carolina) to attend monthly meetings and special events.

Past Presidents, Awardees
& Members

NSA Virginia Past Presidents
Year Name
2023 Jennifer Einolf
2022-2023 Johnnie Lloyd
2021-2022 Dawne Brooks Gulla
2020-2021 Cory Mosley
2018-2020 Mary Foley
2017-2018 Ron Chapman
2016-2017 Joan Bowling
2015-2016 Shirley T. Burke
2014-2015 Nancy Giere
2013-2014 Captain Jim Gordon
2012-2013 Pam Rambo
2011-2012 Coleen Kenny
2010-2011 Cathy Lewis
2009-2010 Tom Davidson
2008-2009 Dorothy Erlanger
2007-2008 Sandy Dumont
2006-2007 Will Turner
2005-2006 Gloria Thomas
2004-2005 Renee Cobb
2003-2004 Rick Chess
2002-2003 Kristin Arnold, CSP
2001-2002 Doris Young
2000-2001 Pat Moore
1999-2000 Harold Wood
1998-1999 Harold Wood
1997-1998 Harold Wood
1996-1997 Steve Kissell, CSP
1995-1996 David Meinz, CSP
Chapter Member of the Year
Year Name
2020-2021 Cory Mosley
2019-2020 Mary Foley
2018-2019 Mary Foley
2017-2018 Ron Chapman
2016-2017 Sheryl Buckner
2015-2016 Angela Edwards
2014-2015 Tom Davidson
2013-2014 Joan Bowling
2012-2013 Captain Jim Gordon
2011-2012 Cathy Lewis
2010-2011 Pam Rambo
2009-2010 Ron Chapman
2008-2009 Tom Davidson
2007-2008 Pat Raymond
2006-2007 Gloria Thomas
2005-2006 Sandy Dumont
2004-2005 Lois Gallo
2003-2004 Lois Gallo
2002-2003 Doris Young
2001-2002 Kristin Arnold
2000-2001 Kristin Arnold
1999-2000 Harold Wood
1998-1999 Harold Wood
1997-1998 David Meinz, CSP
President's Award
Year Name
2009-2010 Dorothy Erlanger and Coleen Kenny
2008-2009 Lois Gallo, Nhat Pham, and Mary Lee Hardcastle
2007-2008 Tom Davidson, Terrie Glass, and Laura Cardone
2006-2007 Tom Davidson, Sandy Dumont, and Dorothy Erlanger
2005-2006 Will Turner and Steve Philbrick
2004-2005 Gloria Thomas, Will Turner and Sandy Dumont
2003-2004 Rich Chess, Doris Young, Lois Gallo and Gloria Thomas
2001-2002 Rick Chess, Hayley Foster, Julia OConnor, Milt Saunders, and Harold Wood
2000-2001 Gloria Thomas, Jim Meisner, and Harold Wood
1999-2000 Kristin Arnold, Roger and Kathy Cawthon, William Persinger
1998-1999 Patrice Carlock, Steve Kissell, Pat Moore