Staff Directory
Executive Office
Customer Service
Operations/Procurement/Policy
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Outreach & Technical Assistance
Calvin Thweatt
Director of DBE Outreach and Technical Assistance
Work Phone:
(804) 786-3109
Nina Britton
Transportation Business Development Specialist – Hampton Roads/Eastern Shore Virginia
Work Phone:
(757) 728-5148
Calvin Thweatt
Transportation Business Development Specialist – West/Southwest Virginia
Work Phone:
(804) 786-3109
Richard Gordon
Transportation Business Development Specialist – Northern Virginia
Work Phone:
(571) 315-5010
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Certification
Small, Women-owned and Minority-owned (SWaM) Certification
Sourcing and Compliance
JoWanda Rollins-Fells, Ph.D.
Director of Sourcing and Compliance
Work Phone:
(804) 371-8215
Business Development & Outreach Services
Kathryn Dolan
Director of Business Development & Outreach Services
Work Phone:
(804) 334-1748
Angela Barber
Business Services Manager, Hampton Roads / Eastern Shore
Work Phone:
(757) 385-6407
Ramain Gohar
Business Services Manager, Shenandoah Valley/Blue Ridge
Work Phone:
(276) 274-9740
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority
Joe Shearin
Work Phone:
(804) 371-0008
Sparkle Brown-Cotman
Work Phone:
(804) 371-8132
101 N. 14th Street, 11th floor. Richmond, VA 23219
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