Team – Coming Together Virginia

Ambassadors Circle

African American “Ambassadors” bring the richness of their personal stories and cultural experience to our table to ensure authentic knowledge-based sharing across the racial divide. Their participation is important and often sheds light on the misconceptions of racial dynamics, historically and currently. Ambassadors represent the unheard and often underserved voices of the community. Ultimately, their participation provides an opportunity to uncover similarities and differences in our shared American narrative, bringing us to a place of greater understanding.

Facilitators Circle

Our CT-VA Facilitators Circle came into being to provide at least one trained facilitator per table at dinner and conversation gatherings. We help strangers from different backgrounds enter into meaningful. transforming conversations. Dr. Bonnie Dowdy and Dr. Shelli Jost Brady share their extensive knowledge and experience in mostly monthly 1.5-hour trainings and in retreats, workshops and training intensives throughout the year. They particularly focus on how we use the Coming to the Table Approach ©, including Touchstones, our guidelines for interacting in community, to draw everyone into deep and meaningful places.. We encourage folks to leave in different and more open place than when they began our gathering.

Leaders Circle

Danita Rountree Green

Danita Rountree Green (pen name, Rachel Satiafa) is an author and trauma healing facilitator, conducting workshops addressing community trauma and race related issues. A trained therapeutic art and restorative language specialist, Danita uses storytelling to unravel self-defeating narratives, helping people move through personal, community and historical trauma. As Co-CEO of Programs for Coming To The … Read more

Marsha Summers

Marsha Summers grew up in Southern California, but has lived in the Southeast for her entire adult life, with the last 20 years being in Richmond, VA. She has degrees in German, Education, and Vocal Performance, and has been employed as a singer, voice teacher, and pre-school director and teacher. Marsha is married to the … Read more

Board of Directors

Zane Robinson

Zane Robinson is a father and a New York native. He is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and began his Public Relations career in the office of the Mayor in 2008 and has since managed premiere programs under the Mayor’s Administration in Richmond, Virginia overseeing the media strategy and marketing for several key aspects … Read more

Rev Amy Starr Redwine

Amy was born at Duke Hospital (destined to be a Duke fan!) and moved to Roanoke, Virginia when she was two years old. Her family attended Second Presbyterian Church, where she was confirmed and where her faith was nurtured and her questions and doubts were openly received. After high school, she attended Middlebury College in … Read more

Tina Slaughter

Tina Slaughter shared her IT and organizational skills with Coming To The Table-RVA, helping us develop our website, our brand and our organizational communication. Additionally, she took our newsletter to a better and more consistent format and trained a volunteer to edit and send it out on a regular schedule. She also began the set-up … Read more

Brian Little, Sr.

Governance Committee Chair – With over 30 years of experience in leadership, public administration, non-profit management and board development, Brian is committed to building and growing communities of support wherever he goes. He has held a trauma-informed leadership role with the Virginia Department of Health’s Crater District, and he has led the Southside Trauma-Informed Community … Read more

Garrett Mushaw

Garrett Mushaw is a 20-year veteran of the financial sector, with a specialty in educational institutions. As a successful business strategist and administrator, Garrett engineered a school budget increase of $8 million in three years through the strategic use of budget, staffing and program management. He’s a team leader with a proven ability to communicate … Read more

George Jennison

I grew up in Alexandria, Virginia and attended Duke University. I’m married to Cal Jennison and we’ve raised our seven kids in Richmond. My career was in financial services, primarily in equity trading, but for the last six years, I have led a management consulting firm. I retired last year. You can find more about … Read more

Barbara Brown , MEd

I have lived in Richmond, VA for the past 70 years. I was born in Farmville, VA where schools were closed rather than be integrated. I was formerly the Movie Circle Convener, a Facilitator and a Member of the Leadership Team. I saw an article in a newspaper about a meeting of CTTT-RVA at a … Read more

Andrew J. Smith

Andy Smith was a teacher, coach, and administrator for 48 years. He was closely involved with a wide variety of endeavors connected to education, from classroom instruction and curriculum development to professional development activities for faculty and supervisors on a local, regional, and national basis. He is now President of Redrock Collaborative, a nonprofit that … Read more

Rev Robin D. Mines MDiv.

Rev Robin D. Mines, MDiv. Is a Richmond native and RPS graduate. She is a United States Air Force Veteran who earned her Master of Divinity Degree from Virginia Union University in 2016. She is an Evangelist and serves as the Executive Director for the Institute for Missions Ministry and Music, A.M.E. Zion Virginia Conference., She served as … Read more