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W&M 2026 Professional Development Committee

Chair

Carlane Pittman-Hampton
Chief of Staff, W&M President's Office

Members

Roxane Adler Hickey
Director of W&M Washington Center

Virginia Ambler '88, Ph.D. '06
Sr. Vice President for Student Affairs & Public Safety

Peter Atwater
Adjunct Lecturer of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences

Danielle Desjardins
Leadership & Internal Communications Specialist

Emily Gerst
Director of Conflict Resolution & Education, Student Affairs

Andrea Harris
Associate Director of University Events

Libby McDaniel
Head of Cataloging & Metadata, W&M Libraries

Chas Ritinski 
Total Rewards Manager, University Human Resources

Cortney Will
Associate Director of Leadership & Internal Communications

Past Members

2025

Carlane Pittman-Hampton (chair)
Virginia Ambler '88, Ph.D. '06 (Democracy Initiative co-chair)
Carrie L. Cooper (Democracy Initiative co-chair)
Roxanne Adler Hickey
Danielle Desjardins
Emily Gerst
Rick Gressard
Andrea Harris
Windy Hart
Kelly Jones
Libby McDaniel
Cortney Will

2024

Candice Benjes-Small (co-chair)
Carlane Pittman-Hampton (co-chair)
Betty Bailey
Emily Gerst
Tawanda Johnson
Claire McKinney
Catrice Rothe
Steve Tewksbury
Cortney Will