Meet our Team

Board Chair

Susan is a native of Uniontown, a small town in Southwestern Pennsylvania. She and her husband of 20 years, Shawn, are raising their 6 children in Ashland.

She is currently the Senior Services Specialist and Hanover DASH Manager for Hanover County. Susan is an active leader in the community serving as Planning Commissioner for the town of Ashland, and volunteering for a number of local organizations. Susan is a committed advocate for issues involving equity and diversity, as well as decent and fair housing. She is a graduate of the Circles Ashland program.

Susan received her Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Virginia Commonwealth University and her Associates in Business and Social Science from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.

Board Treasurer

Casey works as a Senior Budget Analyst for the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Virginia Tech and has worked in several private and public sector positions over the years. She also has a history of volunteering with the Hanover County Public Schools in a variety of roles, including literacy programs and PTA boards, and she also serves as a Circles Ally. Casey lives in Ashland, where she moved in 2015 after 18 years in rural Montpelier.

Administrative Support Coordinator

Ashley has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and more than ten years of experience leading in the nonprofit space, most recently at Rise Richmond (formerly Church Hill Activities & Tutoring). There, she carried weight in a variety of administrative lanes, including human resources, finance, operations, and marketing, developing a skillset that spans the gamut of nonprofit administration. In prior roles she also served as a long-term mentor and group leader for middle and high school students, as well as a volunteer manager. No matter what the role, there's a common thread of streamlining processes in efforts to best serve the teams she's a part of. 

The newest addition to our Staff, Ashley began at Circles in the fall of 2024. Her role is to provide administrative and program support in a variety of means and to assist both internal and external channels of engagement. 

Ashley enjoys thrifting, writing, playing a good board game, and crafting (when she has the time, anyway). But more than anything, she enjoys being with her husband and two little ones.

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Board Member

Bill is a local attorney with the general law firm of Lane & Hamner, P.C., having offices in Ashland and Chesterfield. Graduate of the University of Virginia ('74) and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary ('78), Bill has practiced for 38 years in numerous areas of law, including real estate, domestic relations, wills & estates, personal injury, criminal, and other various litigation areas.

Bill has been a member of Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church since 1975, and serves on boards with DMUMC, The Ashland Police Foundation, The Ashland Kiwanis, the Strawberry Faire, and, last but not least, Circles Ashland.

Board Member

Terry relocated to Ashland in 2021 and became a Circles Ally that same year. He has worked for over 25 years with not-for-profits and associations. Terry is President of Association Management Services with Eisenman & Associates, an association management company based in Richmond. In that role, he also serves as Executive Director for the Virginia Society of Association Executives.

Terry holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland and a Master of Public Administration from The George Washington University.