Leadership Southside Alumni Page

Cathy Scolpini

Cathy Scolpini - Leadership Southside XII
Cathy is featured in the national magazine American School. Check out the following link: http://www.asbj.com/MainMenuCategory/Archive/2008/December/ATangledWeb.aspx

Tiffany Foster – Leadership Southside X
Tiffany reports that she is working for Merck as a Pharmaceutical Representative.  She received her MBA from Averett University  in December of 2007.  She is currently active with the Junior Wednesday Club.

Cathy Conner – Leadership Southside III
Cathy works for Danville Community college where she recently received a promotion.  Since graduating from Leadership Southside, she has received her MBA and become a grandmother!  Cathy is active with the SHRM group, where she is the Chair of the Education Committee.  She is also the Director of Mission Friends and the Social Committee with First Cross Roads Baptist Church and the State Representative for Educational Opportunity Centers in Virginia.

Tommy Pearson – Leadership Southside IX
Tommy still works for Abercrombie Oil and keeps busy doing volunteer work at First Pentecostal Holiness church and umpiring baseball games.  He has a daughter who graduated from the University of Virginia and a son who is a recent Virginia Tech graduate.

Inez Pollok – Leadership Southside VIII
Inez works in the Department of Information Technology for the City of Danville where she was recently promoted to IT Director.  She is currently working toward completing her MBA at Averett University and volunteering her time with Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Judy Hodnett, Leadership Southside II, retired from Danville Regional Medical Center in September 2005.  Since that time she has kept busy volunteering as a Master Gardener.  Judy also serves on the Goodwill Board of Directors as Secretary, as the President of the Danville Regional Medical Center Retirees Club, the Treasurer of North Main Baptist Church, secretary of Luncheon Pilot Club, and as Program Chairman for the Seniors and North Main Baptist Church.  Judy enjoys working in her yard and participating in water aerobics at Hargrave.  She is currently planning her high school reunion AND remodeling her home.
She and her husband have traveled to the Mediterranean, across the southern states to California, and on a Caribbean cruise.  Judy says she is staying busy and she LOVES retirement.

Melissa Breaux, Leadership Southside XII, is currently employed at the City of Danville Office of Economic Development as a Project Manager.  Her duties there include Existing Industry Retention and Expansion, Workforce Development, and recruiting companies to the City of Danville. 

Mike Mondul, Leadership Southside XI, writes to say that he works for the Police Department in the Crime Scene Search Unit as a supervisor (CSI Danville!!!).  He returned to school and received his master’s degree form Boston University in September of 2007.  Mike and his wife Mary are currently expecting their fourth child.  Mike volunteers as a coach in the Danville Soccer League, Danville Little League Baseball, and Danville Roller Hockey League (!).  He also volunteers as the youth coordinator at Epiphany Episcopal Church and is the past president of the Danville Fraternal Order of Police.

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