Steering Committee
For the Beneath the Surface Initiative Focused on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Hampton Roads
- Chief Larry Boone – Norfolk Police Department
- Mae Breckenridge-Haywood – African American Historical Society of Portsmouth
- Father James Curran – Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception
- Myaah Hayes – Norfolk State University's Robert C. Nusbaum Honors College
- Dr. Lea Lee – Old Dominion University
- Barbara Hamm Lee – WHRV
- Gil Bland – Urban League of Hampton Roads
- Susan Colpitts – Signature Family Wealth Advisors
- Sharon Goodwyn – Hunton & Williams
- Cherise M. Newsome – Hampton Roads Community Foundation
- Helivi Holland – City of Suffolk
- Vice Mayor Lisa Lucas-Burke – Portsmouth City Council
- Khadijah Miller – Norfolk State University
- Emma Morgan – Community volunteer
- Vivian Oden – Hampton Roads Community Foundation
- Dr. Cynthia Romero – Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Dr. Janis Sanchez-Hucles – Old Dominion University
- Chris Smith – Western Tidewater Regional Jail
- Dr. Aaron Spence – Virginia Beach Public Schools
- Hon. Winship Tower (Ret.) – Virginia Beach Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
- Jennifer Vaziralli – Old Dominion University
- Shepelle Watkins-White – Virginia Natural Gas
- Denise Watson – The Virginian-Pilot
- Dr. Michelle Woodhouse – Tidewater Community College