April 2020

Chad Smith

Chad Smith Assistant to Executive Vice President Bro. Chad Smith brings 16years of higher education experience to PGAUF, including athletic administration, coaching, counseling, academic advising, student activities and development. Smith was formerly the Coordinator of Athletics and Intramurals at Thomas Nelson Community College (Hampton, Va.), where he led and coordinated efforts by the college to …

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Justin Gaither

Justin Gaither Grant Writing Chair Justin R. Gaither is the owner & founder of The Chuck4Short Foundation, Inc., a literacy focused 501(c)3 organization based in the DC metro area. He serves as COO & Partner for Synergy Strategic Partnerships, a healthcare company specializing in Ortho medical devices. Justin graduated from Norfolk State University in 2002. …

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Davy Smith III ’02

Davy Smith III ’02 Assistant to Executive Vice President Davy Smith III, native of Portsmouth, VA, is Owner and Managing Member of Smith Consulting and Networking, LLC, providing comprehensive development consulting services to municipalities, universities and private sector entities. Smith has diverse community leadership experience to include: appointment as the youngest African American Chair of …

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Kendall Noble ‘10

Kendall Noble Social Actions Leader Rocky Mount Native. Graduated from Rocky Mount High School in 2007. Upon graduation Kendall earned a full scholarship to Norfolk State University to play football. During his football career, Kendall was a 4-year starter earning All MEAC honors 3 out of 4 seasons, completing his career being honored as a …

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Bro. Leonard W. Jones, Esq ‘85

Bro. Leonard W. Jones Chief Legal Officer Leonard is engaged in private practice within Maryland and New York. With experience in all stages of consulting and litigation from initial engagement, motion practice, negotiated resolutions, bench, jury trials and appeals. Leonard has extensive research and writing experience of appellate issues drafting numerous appeals that were argued …

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Bro. Greg Brown ‘14

Greg Brown Executive Secretary Bro. Greg Brown is from Fredericksburg, VA. He’s an Active Duty Army Engineer officer located at Fort Hood, TX. Greg’s a proud alumni of Norfolk State University ‘14 and holds degrees in A.S in Architectural Drafting and B.S Building Construction Technology. He is currently enrolled at Webster’s University to obtain his …

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Bro. Adrian Dance ‘99

Adrian Dance Chief Financial Officer Adrian T. Dance, Jr., formerly the Chief of Revenue Systems and Analysis within Financial Management, was selected as the Director of Custodial Accounting on May 29, 2017. In this position, Adrian has service-wide responsibility of custodial accounting for $3.6 trillion in federal revenues and $400 billion in federal refunds, production …

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Bro. Mike Wood ‘85

Bro. Michael Wood Asst. to Executive President Dr. Wood holds a Ph.D. in Workforce Education and Development from The Pennsylvania State University he is responsible for supporting the PGAUF model while maintaining high quality operations within our existing services. Michael has a background in Workforce Development and Information Technology Infrastructure. A career educator and entrepreneur, …

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