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 |