Leigh Ann Hamlin, Board Chair

Leigh Ann holds a Masters in Counselor Education and has been working as a professional school counselor in the Roanoke Valley for over 10 years, with experience as a high school counselor in Roanoke City Public Schools, a Success Coach at Virginia Western Community College, and later Director of Counseling and Dean of Students at North Cross School. While at North Cross, she also taught “Life Skills” to 9th grade students. Topics of focus included healthy relationships, social media, stress, addiction and sexual health. She was the Director of Development for the West End Center of Youth before transitioning to her current role as the Director of Stewardship & Engagement for North Cross School.

Throughout her years of working with students, Leigh Ann notably loves working with young women and girls. She believes in the importance of teaching girls at a young age to learn how to fully value themselves. In 2019, Leigh Ann became a certified facilitator for Embody Love Movement, an organization that resources everyone to reclaim beauty on their terms. Leigh Ann conducts workshops and camps to girls and young women within the area.

In her free time, you’ll find Leigh Ann riding her road bike up the Blue Ridge Mountains, exercising with friends, or running on the Roanoke greenway. You can also find her roaming the outdoors with her husband Jack and their two children, Grace and John Henry.