New Milestone Achievements by VMN Volunteers – Winter 2025
The VMN State Program office recognizes volunteers who complete 250, 500, 1,000, 2,500, and 5,000 hours of service. These are cumulative volunteer hours starting when a volunteer joins the program. Many of our chapters recognize additional interim milestones and achievements.
Below, we have listed the volunteers (alphabetically, by chapter) who have achieved these milestones between July and December 2024. The list is based on information in our Better Impact volunteer management system.
These volunteers have done extraordinary levels of service and made important impacts that extend well beyond just the number of hours. Read our recent Laurels posts to get a sense for some of the impacts our volunteers have.
We also want to especially congratulate Bob Dinse and Margaret Fisher for becoming our newest members of the VMN Golden Circle!
Thank you to Tiffany Brown, VMN Program Assistant, for compiling these lists.
250 Hours
Mikki Atsatt, Arlington Regional
Leslie Cameron, Arlington Regional
Ruth Ann Castillo, Arlington Regional
Jeanne Lukas-Ross, Arlington Regional
Diane Nielson, Arlington Regional
Alex Sanders, Arlington Regional
Laurie Schoonhoven, Arlington Regional
Suzanne DeSaix, Banshee Reeks
Brendan Donoghue, Banshee Reeks
Rick Entsminger, Banshee Reeks
Nicola Jones, Banshee Reeks
Mark Long, Banshee Reeks
Andrew McCoy, Banshee Reeks
Jessie Pickard, Banshee Reeks
Lenora Kroll, Central Blue Ridge
Judy Oglethorpe, Central Blue Ridge
Wendy McCaig, Central Piedmont
Beverly Martin, Central Virginia
Paul Anderson, Eastern Shore
Joette Borzik, Eastern Shore
Linda Frederick, Eastern Shore
Patty Mclaughlin, Eastern Shore
Avril Garland, Fairfax
Kerry Gilpin, Fairfax
Lea Giovanniello, Fairfax
Bill Moberly, Fairfax
Kathryn Pasternak, Fairfax
Mary Powell, Fairfax
Joe Steiner, Fairfax
Amy Stulman, Fairfax
John Wilson, Fairfax
John Bauman, Headwaters
Tina Dove, Headwaters
Diane Lepkowski, Headwaters
Ben Spory, Headwaters
Robert Ambrose, Historic Rivers
Anne-Marie Castellani, Historic Rivers
Leisa Clark, Historic Rivers
Robert Kaplan, Historic Rivers
Christine Mason, Historic Rivers
Valerie Shostak, Historic Rivers
Dave Watt, Historic Rivers
Jeff Owens, Historic Southside
John Brenner, Holston Rivers
Russ McDaniel, Holston Rivers
Alicia Roland, Holston Rivers
Debbie Rea, James River
Meg Cordes Doppee,
Joy Green, Merrimac Farm
Susan Hunt, Merrimac Farm
Lyn Kennedy, Merrimac Farm
Carolyn Kupec, Merrimac Farm
Lois Montgomery, Merrimac Farm
Robert Diaz, Middle Peninsula
JJ Orth, Middle Peninsula
Rebecca Reed, Middle Peninsula
Mark Barrow, New River Valley
Tonia Moxley, New River Valley
Carole Alexander, Northern Neck
Mike Burns, Northern Neck
Judy Edmunds, Old Rag
George Gardner, Old Rag
Judith Stevens, Old Rag
Joan Townsend, Old Rag
Christine Blackman, Peninsula
Cassandra Dutrey-Ellis,
Virginia McKay, Pocahontas
Vicky Olson, Pocahontas
Jay Perry, Pocahontas
Tom Shearer, Pocahontas
Dawn Shilling, Pocahontas
Katherine Townsend, Pocahontas
Monica Adams, Rivanna
Dorothy Carney, Rivanna
Daphne Elliott, Rivanna
Lara Gastinger, Rivanna
Daria Kiselica, Rivanna
Terry Mayfield, Rivanna
Monica Newby, Rivanna
Ann Regn, Rivanna
Larisa Acevedo, Riverine
Pam Faulkner, Riverine
Kerin James, Riverine
Paige Langdon, Riverine
Denise Alexander, Roanoke Valley
Sheila Vaughn, Roanoke Valley
J. Stephen Bauserman, Shenandoah
Christa Brusen, Shenandoah
Brenda Chapin, Shenandoah
Sue Collins, Shenandoah
Laura Fogle, Shenandoah
Lisa Hinson, Shenandoah
Elise McCabe, Shenandoah
Loretta Michaels, Shenandoah
Zita Zduoba, Shenandoah
Kim Bagby, Southern Piedmont
Sidney Burke, Southern Piedmont
Paul DeLaney, Southern Piedmont
Garnett Hudson, Southwestern Piedmont
Christine Stewart, Southwestern Piedmont
So Wolen, Southwestern Piedmont
Hank Anderson, Tidewater
Colleen Benoit, Tidewater
Elena Bersani, Tidewater
Mark Gleason, Tidewater
Richard Jeffers, Tidewater
John Murray, Tidewater
Brian Scott, Tidewater
Nickie Wheeler, Tidewater
500 Hours
Jan Smith, Alleghany Highlands
Thomas Arata, Arlington Regional
Lori Brent, Arlington Regional
Herb Bolton, Arlington Regional
Joel Goldman, Arlington Regional
Barbara Hoffheins, Arlington Regional
Janine Howard, Arlington Regional
Eric Weyer, Arlington Regional
Kristin Henderson, Banshee Reeks
Cathy Lemmon, Banshee Reeks
Kara Pascale, Banshee Reeks
Judy McCann, Central Piedmont
Benjamin Hamm, Central Rappahannock
Dwight Schmidt, Central Rappahannock
Rodney Hizy, Central Virginia
Helen Wheelock, Central Virginia
Patricia Skees, Eastern Shore
Robert Suppa, Eastern Shore
Mary Bush, Fairfax
Maryam Dadkhah, Fairfax
Katy Johnson, Fairfax
Kristy Liercke, Fairfax
Debbie McDonald, Fairfax
Stephanie Wright, Fairfax
Debbi Hale, High Knob
James Leech, Historic Rivers
Marie Robertson, Historic Rivers
Karen Barlow, Historic Southside
Tanya Hall, Holston Rivers
Shelly Arthur, James River
Sarah Reilly, James River
Susan Farmer, Merrimac Farm
Ross Johnson, Middle Peninsula
Kammie Lee, Middle Peninsula
Steve Mathews, Middle Peninsula
Reinhard Beatty, New River Valley
David McEwen, New River Valley
Karen Young, New River Valley
Mindy Ashton, Northern Neck
Anne Parker, Northern Neck
Alice Stieve, Northern Neck
Karen Williams, Northern Neck
Robert Bannister, Old Rag
Ann Bowman, Old Rag
Mary O’Meara, Old Rag
Sandra Suty, Old Rag
Lee Hughes, Peninsula
Barbara Waring, Peninsula
Linda Key, Pocahontas
Courtney McLaughlin, Rivanna
Dave Volin, Rivanna
Julie Kelly, Riverine
Mary Mays, Riverine
Catherine Pierce, Riverine
Nancy Van Alstine, Riverine
Carrie Doupnik, Roanoke Valley
Kathy Sink, Roanoke Valley
Robert Steele, Roanoke Valley
Linda Bender, Shenandoah
Juli Bowers, Shenandoah
Sally Neff, Shenandoah
Noel Boaz, Southwestern Piedmont
Valinda Dyer, Southwestern Piedmont
Ivan Hiett, Southwestern Piedmont
Robin Franklin, Tidewater
Nancy Gorry, Tidewater
Darol Wood, Tidewater
1,000 Hours
Kelly Brown, Arlington Regional
Kate Carey, Arlington Regional
Todd Minners, Arlington Regional
Anne Ellis, Banshee Reeks
Sheila Ferguson, Banshee Reeks
Susan Robinson, Banshee Reeks
Warren Rofe, Central Piedmont
William Hartzell, Central Rappahannock
Josefina Doumbia, Fairfax
Kit Sheffield, Fairfax
Christine Bowlen, Headwaters
Troy Boring, High Knob
Linda Hughes, Historic Rivers
Linda Morse, Historic Rivers
Joyce Andrew, Merrimac Farm
Tim Chenault, Merrimac Farm
Ines Nedelcovic, Merrimac Farm
Carol Hopper Brill, Middle Peninsula
Robin Mathews, Middle Peninsula
Terry Skinner, Middle Peninsula
David Yeager, Middle Peninsula
Suzanne Glasson, New River Valley
Ann Raridon, New River Valley
Anne Clewell, Northern Neck
Linda Boone, Peninsula
Jeanne Walter, Pocahontas
Gustavo Colom, Rivanna
William Hamersky, Rivanna
Tim Weber, Rivanna
Catherine Farmer, Riverine
Susan Galbraith, Shenandoah
Rob Lamar, Shenandoah
Nina Howard, Tidewater
David Lauthers, Tidewater
Maria Parker, Tidewater
2,500 Hours
Steve Young, Arlington Regional
Evan Spears, Central Piedmont
Harry Puffenberger, Central Rappahannock
Kathy Fountaine, Eastern Shore
Marguerite Long, Eastern Shore
Mike Bishop, Fairfax
Alan Ford, Fairfax
Dave Jacobson, Fairfax
Alice Kopinitz, Historic Rivers
Kim Cook, James River
Kerry Harlan, Middle Peninsula
Chris Sokol, New River Valley
Bonnie Beers, Old Rag
Charlene Uhl, Old Rag
Shirley Chirch, Peninsula
Ruth Douglas, Rivanna
Diane Jadlowski, Riverine
5,000 Hours
Bob Dinse, Fairfax
Margaret Fisher, Fairfax