Advocacy Hours

2025 VNA Advocacy Hours

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About VNA's Advocacy Hours
VNA will hold 8 online Advocacy Hours in October. Participants will learn about nursing's 2026 Public Policy Platform, hear from their local legislators and VNA chapter leaders, and virtually network with nurses in their area. You do not need to be a VNA member to attend these free events, but you must register to receive the meeting link. If you don't see your legislators, please check our event calendar for another advocacy hour in your area. Direct any questions to VNA Communications & Advocacy Manager Elle Buck at ebuck@virginianurses.com.

Advocacy Hour Agenda

Welcome and introductions of nursing group leadership & legislators
Presentation on Nursing's Public Policy Platform
Q&A
Adjourn

1 - Southwestern Virginia

Southwestern VA, Hill City, South Hills, Roanoke & NRV Legislative Advocacy Hour
Thursday, October 2 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Travis Hackworth
Tammy Brankley Mulchi
Mark Peake
Todd Pillion
Bill Stanley
Dave Suetterlein

Delegates & Candidates for Delegate
Terry Austin
Sharron Burgess (Candidate - District 37)
Sam Rasoul
Maynard Keller Jr. (Candidate - District 38)
Will Davis
Eric Klotz (Candidate - District 39)
Joe McNamara
Donna Littlepage (Candidate - District 40)
Chris Obenshain
Lily Franklin (Candidate - District 41)
Jason Ballard
Biko Agozino (Candidate - District 42)
Will Morefield
Mary Sumner (Candidate - District 43)
Israel O'Quinn
Cindy Green (Candidate - District 44)
Terry Kilgore
Joshua "Josh" Outsey (Candidate - District 45)
Jed Arnold
Mitchell Cornett (Candidate - District 46)
Jamie Hendry (Candidate - District 46)
Wren Williams
Yvonne Rorrer (Candidate - District 47)
Eric J. Phillips
Melody "Mel" Cartwright (Candidate - District 48)
Barbara Mayhew Hancock (Candidate - District 48)
Danny Marshall
Gary Miller (Candidate - District 49)
Madison Whittle (Candidate - District 49)
Eric Zehr
Joy Powers (Candidate - District 51)
Wendell Walker
Rise Hayes (Candidate - District 52)
Tim Griffin
Samuel Soghor (Candidate - District 53)

2 - Roanoke Valley

Southwestern VA, Hill City, South Hills, Roanoke & NRV Legislative Advocacy Hour
Thursday, October 2 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Travis Hackworth
Tammy Brankley Mulchi
Mark Peake
Todd Pillion
Bill Stanley
Dave Suetterlein

Delegates & Candidates for Delegate
Terry Austin
Sharron Burgess (Candidate - District 37)
Sam Rasoul
Maynard Keller Jr. (Candidate - District 38)
Will Davis
Eric Klotz (Candidate - District 39)
Joe McNamara
Donna Littlepage ( Candidate - District 40)
Chris Obenshain
Lily Franklin ( Candidate - District 41)
Jason Ballard
Biko Agozino ( Candidate - District 42)
Will Morefield
Mary Sumner ( Candidate - District 43)
Israel O'Quinn
Cindy Green ( Candidate - District 44)
Terry Kilgore
Joshua "Josh" Outsey ( Candidate - District 45)
Jed Arnold
Mitchell Cornett (Candidate - District 46)
Jamie Hendry (Candidate - District 46)
Wren Williams
Yvonne Rorrer (Candidate - District 47)
Eric J. Phillips
Melody "Mel" Cartwright (Candidate - District 48)
Barbara Mayhew Hancock (Candidate - District 48)
Danny Marshall
Gary Miller (Candidate - District 49)
Madison Whittle (Candidate - District 49)
Eric Zehr
Joy Powers (Candidate - District 51)
Wendell Walker
Rise Hayes (Candidate - District 52)
Tim Griffin
Samuel Soghor (Candidate - District 53)

3 - Hill City

Southwestern VA, Hill City, South Hills, Roanoke & NRV Legislative Advocacy Hour
Thursday, October 2 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Travis Hackworth
Tammy Brankley Mulchi
Mark Peake
Todd Pillion
Bill Stanley
Dave Suetterlein

4 - Hampton Roads

N. Hampton Roads Legislative Advocacy Hour (1 of 2)
Monday, October 6 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators

Bill DeSteph
Danny Diggs
Mamie Locke
Angelia Williams Graves

Delegates & Candidates for Delegate
Keith Hodges
Elaine Walters (Candidate - District 68)
Shelly Simonds
Cynthia Scaturico (Candidate - District 70)
John Bloom (Candidate - District 70)
Cia Price
A.C. Cordoza
Virgil Thornton Sr. (Candidate - District 86)
Jeion Ward
John Chapman (Candidate - District 87)
Jackie Glass
Phil Hernandez
Andrew "Andy" Pittman (Candidate - District 87)
Anne Ferrell Tata
Cat Porterfield (Candidate - District 99)
Rob Bloxom Jr.
Liz Richardson (Candidate - District 100)

S. Hampton Roads Legislative Advocacy Hour (2 of 2)
Tuesday, October 7 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Emily Jordan
Louise Lucas
Christie New Craig
Aaron Rouse

Delegates & Candidates for Delegate
Otto Wachsmann
Mary Person (Candidate - District 83)
Nadarius Clark
Felisha Storm (Candidate - District 84)
Don Scott
Baxter Ennis
Michael "Mike" Lamonea (Candidate - District 89)
Karen "Kacey" Carn (Candidate - District 89)
Jay Leftwich
Rodney Nickens Jr. (Candidate - District 90)
Cliff Hayes
Bonita Anthony
W. Nash Bilisoly (Candidate - District 92)
Alex Askew
Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler
Kyle Pasquarella (Candidate - District 96)
Michael Feggans
Timothy Anderson (Candidate - District 97)
Barry Knight
Cheryl Bubeck Smith (Candidate - District 98)

5 - Central Virginia

N. Central VA Legislative Advocacy Hour
Monday, October 20 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Lamont Bagby
Ryan McDougle
Bryce Reeves
Richard Stuart
Schuyler VanValkenburg

Delegates & Candidates for Delegate
David Owen
May Nivar (Candidate - District 57)
Rodney Willett
Milad Mikhail (Candidate - District 58)
Buddy Fowler
Scott Konopasek (Candidate - District 59)
Scott Wyatt
Andrew Ward (Candidate - District 60)
Paul Milde
Stacey Carroll (Candidate - District 64)
Joshua Cole
Sean Steinway (Candidate - District 65)
Bobby Orrock
Nicole Tarlton Cole (Candidate - District 66)
Hillary Pugh Kent
Mario Haggerty (Candidate - District 67)
Richard Kenski (Candidate - District 67)
Chad Green
Mark Downey (Candidate - District 69)
Valerie Beverly (Candidate - District 69)
Amanda Batten
Jessica Anderson (Candidate - District 71)
Betsy Carr
Richard Prado (Candidate - District 78)
Rae Cousins
Kelsey Linnehan (Candidate - District 79)
Destiny LeVere Bolling
Delores McQuinn

S. Central VA (2 of 2) and Farmville Legislative Advocacy Hour
Wednesday, October 1 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators

Senators
Lashrecse Aird
Luther Henry Cifers
Ghazala Hashmi
Glen Sturtevant

Delegates & Candidates for Delegate
Tommy Wright
Earnadette Powell Farrar (Candidate - District 50)
Trudy Bell Berry (Candidate - District 50)
Tom Garrett
Angela Chainer (Candidate - District 56)
Lee Ware
Randolph Critzer Jr. (Candidate - District 72)
Kristin Farry (Candidate - District 72)
Mark Earley Jr.
Leslie Mehta (Candidate - District 73)
Mike Cherry
Jonas Eppert (Candidate - District 74)
Carrie Coyner
Lindsey Dougherty (Candidate - District 75)
Debra Gardner
Richard Thomas (Candidate - District 76)
Mike Jones
Richard Stonage Jr. (Candidate - District 77)
Kim Taylor
Kimberly Pope Adams (Candidate - District 82)

6 - South Hills

Southwestern VA, Hill City, South Hills, Roanoke & NRV Legislative Advocacy Hour
Thursday, October 2 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Travis Hackworth
Tammy Brankley Mulchi
Mark Peake
Todd Pillion
Bill Stanley
Dave Suetterlein

7 - Piedmont

Piedmont, Augusta and N. Shenandoah Valley Legislative Advocacy Hour
Wednesday, October 15 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Deeds, Creigh
French, Timmy
Head, Christopher
Obenshain, Mark

Delegates & Candidates for Delegate
Delores Oates
Shane Boswell (Candidate - District 31)
Bill Wiley
Jon Michael Lucci (Candidate - District 32)
Todd Gilbert
Catherine "Cathy" Rec (Candidate - District 33)
Tony Wilt
Andrew Payton (Candidate - District 34)
Chris Runion
Jena Crisler (Candidate - District 35)
Ellen Campbell
Makayla Venable (Candidate - District 36)
Katrina Callsen
Amy Laufer
Michael Webert
Jacob "Jac" Bennington (Candidate - District 61)
Nick Freitas
Sara Ratcliffe (Candidate - District 62)
Karen Hamilton (Candidate - District 62)
Phil Scott
Forrest Miller (Candidate - District 63)

8 - Northern Virginia

E. Northern VA Legislative Advocacy Hour (1 of 2)
Wednesday, October 8 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Jennifer Carroll Foy
Tara Durant
Adam Ebbin
Barbara Favola
Dave Marsden
Scott Surovell

Delegates & Candidates for Delegate
Patrick Hope
William "Bill" Moher III (Candidate - District 1)
Adele McClure
Wendy Sigley (Candidate - District 2)
Alfonso Lopez
Charniele Herring
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
Marcus Simon
Slywia Oleksy (Candidate - District 13)
Dave Crance Jr. (Candidate - District 13)
Vivian Watts
Eric Johnson (Candidate - District 14)
Paul Krizek
Richard Hayden (Candidate - District 16)
Shelly Arnoldi (Candidate - District 16)
Mark Sickles
Naomi Mesfin (Candidate - District 17)
Kathy Tran
Edward McGovern (Candidate - District 18)
Rozia Henson
Candi King
James Tully (Candidate - District 23)
Luke Torian
Briana Sewell

Northern VA Legislative Advocacy Hour (2 of 2)
Tuesday, October 14 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Jennifer Boysko
Jeremy McPike
Stella Pekarsky
Russet Perry
Danica Roem
Saddam Azlan Salim
Kannan Srinivasan

Delegates & Candidates for Delegate
Rip Sullivan
Kristin Hoffman (Candidate - District 6)
Karen Keys-Gamarra
Cassandra Aucoin (Candidate - District 7)
Irene Shin
Indira Massey (Candidate - District 8)
Karrie Delaney
Nhan Huynh (Candidate - District 9)
Dan Helmer
David Woodrow Guill (Candidate - District 10)
David Bulova
Adam Wise (Candidate - District 11)
Brandon Givens (Candidate - District 11)
Holly Seibold
Nelson Figueroa-Velez (Candidate - District 12)
Laura Jane Cohen
Saundra Davis (Candidate - District 15)
Michelle Maldonado
Christoper Stone (Candidate - District 20)
Josh Thomas
Gregory "Greg" Gorham (Candidate - District 21)
Ian Lovejoy
Elizabeth Guzman (Candidate - District 22)
J.J. Singh
Ommair Butt (Candidate - District 26)
Atoosa Reaser
Junaid Khan (Candidate - District 27)
David Reid
Janet Geisler (Candidate - District 28)
Fernando J. Martinez
Scott Thomas (Candidate - District 29)
Geary Higgins
John McAuliff (Candidate - District 30)

9 - Augusta

Piedmont, Augusta and N. Shenandoah Valley Legislative Advocacy Hour
Wednesday, October 15 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Deeds, Creigh
French, Timmy
Head, Christopher
Obenshain, Mark

Delegates & Candidates for Delegate
Delores Oates
Shane Boswell (Candidate - District 31)
Bill Wiley
Jon Michael Lucci (Candidate - District 32)
Todd Gilbert
Catherine "Cathy" Rec (Candidate - District 33)
Tony Wilt
Andrew Payton (Candidate - District 34)
Chris Runion
Jena Crisler (Candidate - District 35)
Ellen Campbell
Makayla Venable (Candidate - District 36)
Katrina Callsen
Amy Laufer
Michael Webert
Jacob "Jac" Bennington (Candidate - District 61)
Nick Freitas
Sara Ratcliffe (Candidate - District 62)
Karen Hamilton (Candidate - District 62)
Phil Scott
Forrest Miller (Candidate - District 63)

10 - New River Valley

Southwestern VA, Hill City, South Hills, Roanoke & NRV Legislative Advocacy Hour
Thursday, October 2 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Travis Hackworth
Tammy Brankley Mulchi
Mark Peake
Todd Pillion
Bill Stanley
Dave Suetterlein

11 - Farmville

S. Central VA (2 of 2) and Farmville Legislative Advocacy Hour
Wednesday, October 1 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Lashrecse Aird
Luther Henry Cifers
Ghazala Hashmi
Glen Sturtevant

Delegates & Candidates for Delegate
Tommy Wright
Earnadette Powell Farrar (Candidate - District 50)
Trudy Bell Berry (Candidate - District 50)
Tom Garrett
Angela Chainer (Candidate - District 56)
Lee Ware
Randolph Critzer Jr. (Candidate - District 72)
Kristin Farry (Candidate - District 72)
Mark Earley Jr.
Leslie Mehta (Candidate - District 73)
Mike Cherry
Jonas Eppert (Candidate - District 74)
Carrie Coyner
Lindsey Dougherty (Candidate - District 75)
Debra Gardner
Richard Thomas (Candidate - District 76)
Mike Jones
Richard Stonage Jr. (Candidate - District 77)
Kim Taylor
Kimberly Pope Adams (Candidate - District 82)

12 - Northern Shenandoah Valley

Piedmont, Augusta and N. Shenandoah Valley Legislative Advocacy Hour
Wednesday, October 15 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Invited Legislators
Senators
Deeds, Creigh
French, Timmy
Head, Christopher
Obenshain, Mark

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