Founded in 1960, Virginia CLE® is the educational arm of the Virginia Law Foundation. Virginia CLE® is the leading provider of continuing education to the Virginia legal community.

Mission

Virginia CLE®’s ultimate responsibility is to meet the continuing education needs of the Virginia legal community and to help Virginia attorneys practice proficiently, competently, professionally, and ethically throughout their careers.

Virginia CLE® serves the legal profession throughout the state with consistent high-quality CLE offerings which are intended to meet the diverse needs of the state’s lawyers and be timely, practical, authoritative, of high quality, and reasonably priced.

Staff

For technical issues, please email distance_ed@vacle.org.

To contact a Virginia CLE® staff member, send an email with the individual’s name in the “Subject” line to vacle@vacle.org.

Administration

Raymond M. WhiteExecutive Director and CEO
Katie ArataSr. Director of Development and Philanthropy
Teresa MooreCorporate Secretary and Senior Director of Operations

Marketing and Communications

Kendra GilreathDirector of Marketing and Communications
Mark GieseckeMarketing Coordinator
Cory ReedCopywriter

Creative

Cara SchneiderSr. Creative Director

Operations

Marcy JarrySenior Director of Strategy, Finance, and Enablement
Melissa GibsonAccounts Receivable Specialist
Kelly SpruillSenior Registrar
Disa WoodlandOffice & Shipping Coordinator

Publications

Valerie Gooch Senior Director of Publications
Peter Roane Editor in Chief
Chris Reilly Senior Coordinating Publications Attorney
Kirsten Yavorosky Senior Publications Editor
Kieren Payne Publications Editor

Seminars

Tanya Morris Senior Director of Seminars
Tanya Hunter Senior Program Attorney
Asha Holloman Program Planner
Merlyn Mayhew Program Planner
John Rotman Program Planner
Suzanne Stinnett Program Planner, Sr. Director of Specialty Programs
Bobby Swackhamer Program Planner
Kim Villio Program Planner
Samantha Fisher Program Specialist
Tiffany Fitzgerald Program Specialist
Deanna McGlothlin Event and Seminars Coordinator

Distance Learning and Customer Support

Mary ForbesSenior Director of Distance Learning
Matt WhisnantWebcast Manager
Tristan GrigsbyCustomer Support Manager
John NelsonVideo Production Specialist
Alyssa HerringCustomer Support Specialist
Sibyl WinnCustomer Support Specialist

Technology

Bobby Swackhamer Sr. Director of Video Production, Web Strategy, and Digital Operations
Johnny Forbes Director of Information Technology
Scott Herman Webmaster