Rotary honors Chesapeake's First Citizen
Debra DiCroce, who led Tidewater Community College for 14 years before becoming President and CEO of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation in March, was recently honored as Chesapeake's First Citizen. Dr. DiCroce has an impressive list of honors preceding this most recent award, including Virginia's Lawyers Weekly Influential Woman of Virginia in 2010 and being named No. 21 on Inside Business's 2012 Power List of 75 people in Hampton Roads, to name just a few.
The Chesapeake Rotary Club selects a First Citizen each year and proceeds from the banquet go to the organization's many charities.
Norfolk Academy and William and Mary graduate Heather Ireland and Maury High School student Gabe Loxley
From left: Rotarian Jesse Williams, The Shopper publisher Jean Loxley-Barnard and Rotarian Steve Best
From left: The Shopper CEO Nikki Young, account executive Glenn Fritz and President of TowneBank Chesapeake Dorinda Seddon
Linda Rice from Tidewater Community College and recently retired CEO of Chesapeake Regional Medical Center Wynn Dixon
From left: Recently retired CEO of Chesapeake Regional Medical Center Wynn Dixon, Alvene and Don Buckley
Media personality LeAnne Rains-Benedetto was the Mistress of Ceremonies for the First Citizen banquet
Chesapeake Commissioner of Revenue Ray Conner and The Shopper publisher Jean Loxley-Barnard
Terry Barnard, left, and retired principal of Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School Reverend Monsignor William Pitt
Reverend Monsignor William Pitt and interim CEO of Chesapeake Regional Medical Center Bob Guanci
President Emeritus of the University of Virginia Dr. John Casteen, III was the key note speaker
