Virginia NOW is lead by a team of dedicated volunteers. For information on joining the Virginia NOW leadership team, please contact Lisa Sales. You can reach out to any of our officers via the Contact Us page.
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President: Lisa A. Sales
Lisa Sales has been a management and strategy consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton’s Global Defense Group for the past decade and continues to provide consulting services to a commercial corporation. She was awarded the... -
Executive Vice President: Kobby Hoffman
Kobby Hoffman is a long-time member of the National Organization for Women (NOW) having joined the Charlottesville NOW chapter in 1986. Currently, she serves on local, Virginia and National boards. Ms. Hoffman also serves... -
Legislative Vice President: Tammie Miller Jennings
Tammie Miller Jennings is a wife, daughter, mom, Meme, author, activist, animal lover of dogs and parrots, and amateur genealogist. She cares deeply about the world we live in and wants to ensure all women are heard,... -
Communications Vice President: Juli Briskman
Juli Briskman holds a Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Ohio State University. She lives in the Algonkian District with her two children. She began... -
Treasurer: Connie Cordovilla
Connie Cordovilla serves as the treasurer of Virginia NOW, Inc. She is the organization’s immediate past president. She also serves as the co-president of the Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues. As the Assistant Director of... -
PAC Coordinator: Patricia Blau Reuss
Pat Reuss arrived in Virginia in 1979 as the single mother of 3 sons then aged 8, 9 and 10 and has been a model for balancing work and family life. She is currently “semi-retired” and is serving as a policy advisor to the... -
Advocacy Coordinator: Marj Signer
Marj Signer has been an activist and leader of Virginia NOW since the mid-1990s when she became determined to fight back against oppressive abortion restrictions being imposed on the women of the state. Trained as a... -
Events, Outreach & Communications Coordinator: Shannon Fisher
Shannon Fisher has spent more than a decade providing leadership in the pursuit of equal rights for women in America. She is the host of Our Lives with Shannon Fisher on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network and among a... -
VLAP Committee Chair, Family Law & Education: Shanelle H. Jones
Shanelle H. Jones is the Committee Chair for the Virginia Law Audit Project Family Law & Education Committees and is responsible for establishing and regularly convening committees to identify misogyny and other forms of... -
VLAP Committee Chair, Employment & Labor Law: Julie Strandlie
Julie M. Strandlie is a government relations and grassroots advocacy consultant at her firm, Strandlie Advocacy, LLC. Over the course of her career, Strandlie has worked on Capitol Hill, for large law firms, small law firms... -
VLAP Committee Chair, Judiciary & Justice Reform: Marni Pilafian
Of Armenian descent, Marni Pilafian is a native Floridian and attended Interlochen Arts Academy, majoring in French horn, piano, and creative writing; she earned a Bachelor's in English literature, a Juris Doctorate, a... -
VLAP Committee Chair, Health, Consumer & Economic Justice: Kaitlin Cooke
Kaitlin (Guarascio) Cooke is a seasoned (health care) public policy analyst with a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University. An early advocate for change, Ms. Cooke formerly served on the Senate Finance Committee,... -
Intern: Abby McCusker
Abby McCusker is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Roanoke College with a double major in International Relations and Religious Studies; her concentration is Peace and Justice Studies and she is on the NCAA,...