“Over the past three decades numerous nonprofit hospitals, health systems, health plans, and specialty care facilities have ventured into agreements… to sell, lease, merge, or otherwise reconfigure their corporate assets. Nonprofit health care conversions and other sale transactions have resulted in billions of dollars in new charitable wealth… [and are] collectively known as health legacy foundations.”
— According to industry publication Health Affairs (January 2014)
Our History
Williamsburg Health Foundation: A Health Legacy Foundation
The Williamsburg Health Foundation (WHF) began in September 1996 when the Williamsburg Community Hospital (WCH) and Sentara Healthcare developed an affiliation agreement.
As of December 2022, the Williamsburg Health Foundation’s corpus is approximately $135M. The Foundation has distributed over $100M in grants to date.
While the mission, vision, and strategic plan for the Foundation are regularly reviewed and updated by WHF Trustees, the purpose to improve the health of those living in Greater Williamsburg remains unchanged.
Strategic Plan
Vision
Individuals making healthy choices in a community with health opportunities for all.
Mission
Collaborate, innovate, and invest to impact systems that improve the health and well-being of individuals living in Greater Williamsburg.
Goals
- Advance organizations, systems, and public policy crucial to community health and well-being.
- Target behavioral and social risk factors that influence the health of individuals throughout the life span.
- Strengthen the healthcare safety-net for uninsured and underinsured individuals.
Values
- Accountable: steward community values and assets transparently.
- Ethical: work with honesty and integrity.
- Respectful: ensure all voices are heard and recognize those who do the work.
- Engaged: connect and commit to the community.
- Catalytic: instigate change to achieve real, measurable impact.
What goes into your health?
Board of Trustees 2024
M. Anderson Bradshaw
Attorney
M. Anderson Bradshaw, P.C.
Beth F. Davis, Chair
Director, Acquisitions Marketing Operations
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center
Elizabeth DeFalcon, M.D.
Staff Physician
William & Mary
Andrea M. Donnor
Director, Platform Marketing Operations
Capital One Financial, Inc.
Cheri Green
Senior Vice President, Private Wealth Advisor
Old Point National Bank
Nathan R. Green
Williamsburg and James City County Commonwealth's Attorney Office
James City County
Rhiannon Hartman
Attorney
Carrell Blanton Ferris & Associates
Kelli Mansel-Arbuckle
Retired Human Resources Director
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Douglas J. Myers
Senior Vice President
Morgan Stanley
Juanita M. Parks, Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer
Williamsburg Landing, Inc.
Lawrence B. Pulley
Emeritus Dean, Retired
Raymond A. Mason School of Business: The College of William & Mary
Steven R. Staples
School Superintendent/Executive Professor, Retired
School of Education: The College of William & Mary
Felicia A. Stovall, Vice Chair
SVP & Head of Administration, Wealth Management Advisor & Trust Officer
Chesapeake Wealth Management
Glenda H. Turner
Senior Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Adria Vanhoozier
Hospital President
Riverside Doctors’ Hospital Williamsburg
Robert A. Whitehead, Sr.
Pastor
New Zion Baptist Church, Williamsburg
Alfred L. Woods
Former Chairman
Aegion Corporation
Ex-Officio
Deanna Van Hersh
Secretary/President and Chief Executive Officer
Williamsburg Health Foundation
Staff
Deanna Van Hersh
President and Chief Executive Officer
Adriene Bivens
Executive Assistant and Office Manager
Shelby Boltz
Grants Administrator
Karen Burden
Vice President of Finance
Deborah Fisher
Communications Specialist
Alessandra Kozek
Accountant
Valerie Marshall
Analytics and Technology Manager
Kelly Metcalf-Meese
Program Officer
Bill D. Pribble
Vice President of Programs