YMCA of South Hampton Roads Management
Chuck Harris
Chuck Harris, CEO & President
Chuck grew up on the south side of Chicago and had an early connection with the 111th Street YMCA through aquatic programs and Indian Guides. Chuck attended Lambuth College in Jackson, Tennessee, and completed his master's degree at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. While a graduate student at Vanderbilt, Chuck began his work with the Nashville YMCA as an outreach worker and counselor at a group home sponsored by the YMCA. He later became Director of Urban Services before becoming Branch Executive for the Brentwood YMCA.

After twelve years in Nashville, Chuck became the Associate General Director of the YMCA of Memphis and Shelby County. The next major career move brought Chuck to Richmond, Virginia, as Vice President of Operations for a rapidly expanding Association. In 1989, Chuck became President/CEO of the YMCA of South Hampton Roads. In twenty-one years the Association has grown from a $2.7 million dollar YMCA serving 18,000 people to a $44 million dollar YMCA serving over 200,000 people.
YMCA of South Hampton Roads
Metropolitan Board 2011
Officers and At-Large Members
  • Walter R. Potter, Chairman
    Partner, Potter & Company
  • James K. Dille, Vice Chair
    Imagine the Possibilities Campaign Vice Chair
    1st Vice President, Wealth Management Group
    Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.
  • Steve Fuschetti, Vice Chair
    President and CEO
    Gannett Media Technologies International
  • William K. Stulb, Treasurer
  • G. Dudley Ware, Assistant Treasurer
    President
    Norfolk Dredging Company
  • Leslie R. Watson, Esquire, Secretary
    Wolcott, Rivers, Gates
  • Kathy Abshire
    Vice President of Finance
    CHKD
  • Clyde H. (Jake) Allison, Jr.
    Vice President and Controller
    Norfolk Southern
  • Jane Batten
    Imagine the Possibilities Campaign Chair
    Community Volunteer
  • Steve Best
  • Sandra F. Birdsong
    Community Volunteer
  • Robert J. Bloxom
    Sr. Vice President/Sr. Credit Officer
    Hampton Roads Bankshares
  • Joseph H. Bushey
    Civil Engineer
    Clark Nexsen
  • Wynn Dixon
    President/CEO
    Chesapeake Regional Medical Center
  • Teresa L. Edwards
    Administrator
    Sentara Leigh Hospital
  • Warren D. Harris
    Director
    Virginia Beach Economic Development
  • Brian Hedgepath
    Bronco Federal Credit Union
  • Thomas C. Hostutler
    Retired, Norfolk Southern
  • Dr. Doug Kennedy, CPRP
    Professor and Associate Dean
    Department of Leisure Studies
    Virginia Wesleyan College
  • Joe Kennedy
    Vice Chairman
    Delta Career Education Corporation
  • Rodney Oliver
    Deputy Executive Director/CFO
    Virginia Port Authority
  • Bryan Olson
    Card Services Site Exchange
    Bank of America
  • S. Paul O'Neal
    Towne Insurance
  • John Padgett
    Norfolk Office Managing Partner
    McGuire Woods LLP
  • Linda Skrip
    Community Volunteer
  • Lisa Smith
    Community Volunteer
  • James V. Strickland, Jr.
    President, Strickland & Jones P.C.
  • Jeff Wagner
  • George "Matt" Wood, Jr.
    George Wood Farms, Inc.