Community is built on character.
Nothing we do is possible without a crew of caring, collaborative people sharing their talent and commitment across the region every day.
Barbara Couto Sipe
President & CEO (804) 771-5820
Meet our President & CEO
Barbara Couto Sipe is the president and CEO at United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg. Barbara has served as the President and CEO of NextUp RVA, a nonprofit that connects Richmond Public School and City teens with high-quality afterschool enrichment programming, and as United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg’s Vice President of Community Impact and Director of Smart Beginnings Greater Richmond. She is a graduate of VCU where she earned her Bachelor of Social Work.
Celeste Anderson
Director of Community Impact (804) 771-5822
Tiffani Beissel
Volunteer Manager (804) 771-5833
Kasey Bradbury
Campaign Manager (804) 771-5855
Frank Cardella
Director of Economic Mobility (804) 771-5831
Cara Cardotti
Director of Tax Assistance Program (804) 775-6433
Jessica Claiborne
Bookkeeper (804) 771-5830
Steph Doan
Campaign Manager (804) 771-5852
Lara Dodd
Payroll & Benefits Manager (804) 771-5865
Heather Farber
Director of Major Gifts (804) 771-5883
Kim Green
Systems Administrator & EnergyShare Coordinator (804) 775-6478
Paul Hunter
Vice President of Finance (804) 771-5888
Terry Nielsen
Grants Director 804-771-5870
Angela Otto
Chief Operations Officer (804) 775-6431
Aliyah Paul
Director of Healthy Community
Shelia Pleasants
Senior Director of Resource Development (804) 771-5837
Lori Rowley-Hurley
Director of Donor Data Operations (804) 775-6487
Chloe Sanders
Executive Assistant (804) 771-5896
Cory Schutter
Community Impact Coordinator
Elena Smith
EnergyShare Assistant (804) 771-5834
Pat Steward-Rogers
Accounts Receivable Manager (804) 771-5895
Emily Watkins
Director of Community Impact (804) 771-5835
Katina Williams
Chief Impact Officer (804) 775-6436
April Wilson
Tax Assistance Program Manager (804) 775-6432
Marek Wojtala
Database Manager (804) 771-5881