About CVPY

2026 Board Members

 Co-Chairs

Ann Porter, King William County, CSA

Stephan Stark, ncgCARE

Members

Christopher Campbell, Virginia Home for Boys and Girls

Mills Jones, Goochland County, CSA

Shannon Updike, HopeTree Family Services

Nancy Philpy, Jackon-Feild Homes

Alex Sullivan, Elk Hill Farm

Gail Giese, Hallmark Youthcare

Vassi Griffis, Community Alternatives

Angel Young-Gill, Dinwiddie County, CSA

Tracy Johnson, Henrico County, CSA

Lavinia Hopkins, Chesterfield-Colonial Heights, CSA

Kyle McMahon, Intercept Health

Past Training Topics

2025- Preventing Burnout in Helping Professions Antionette Allen, Ph.D.

2024 - Leadership is Not a Title, Dr. Danny Avula & Jon Morris

2023 - Rekindling the Fire, Jack McCall

2022 - Service to Others: Some Things Don't Change, Dr. Dale Henry

2019 - Different Kinds of Minds, Dr. Temple Grandin

2018- Conversations about Addiction, Maia Szalavitz

2017- Supporting Resiliency in Families, William Kellibrew, IV

2016- Rekindling the Fire, Jack McCall

2015- Do it Well, Make it Fun, Ron Culberson

2014- The Best is Yet to Come: New Solutions to Old Problems, Dr. Lonise Bias

2013- No Such Thing as a Bad Kid- the Power of Strength Based Approach in                             Reshaping the Lives of At-risk Children and Youth, Charlie Applestein

2012- Glad to the Bone, Dale Henry

2011- Tattoos on the Heart: Gang Prevention and Rehabilitation, Fr. Greg Boyle

2010- The Evolution of gang, rituals, and the Occult, Don Rimer

2009- Finding Light in the Darkness, Dr. Don Bartlett

2008- Bargains with Chaos, Dr. Patrick Carnes

           Cybersex: Compulsive Sex on the Internet is a problem for Everyone

           Care for the Caregiver: Recovery Zone and the Professional

2007- The Boy Called It, Author, Dave Peltzer

           Bullies, Victims, and bystanders, the Impact on children and Teens, Dr. Peter                 Sheras

2006- What's your Excuse? Making the Most out of What you have,  John Foppe