2025 Virginia Brownfields Symposium

Voluntary Remediation Program project manager with over a year of regulator experience at Virginia DEQ, one year of federal and state transportation planning experience at Virginia Department of Transportation, and five years of providing due diligence and risk assessment consulting... Read More →

Timothy leads SGA’s design studio and is a landscape architect and urban designer with expertise in the design of urban environments, public spaces, and riverfronts. Timothy is a Virginia licensed landscape architect with 21-years of experience in area-wide brownfields planning... Read More →

Director of Economic DevelopmentCharles Bennett is currently the Director of Economic Development and Tourism. Charles works to promote the City as a business location for domestic and international companies and organizations and to assist those businesses already located in Hopewell... Read More →

Drew Dayberry, a Hopewell resident, is the Executive Director of the Hopewell Downtown Partnership. With a long history in retail—both big and small, online and off—Drew is focused on strengthening Downtown Hopewell by supporting local businesses and community initiatives. Passionate... Read More →

Dr. Jessica Whitehead is the Joan P. Brock Endowed Executive Director of the Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (ICAR) at Old Dominion University. A nationally recognized expert in climate adaptation and using climate information for resilience policy, Dr. Whitehead served... Read More →