ATD GREATER RICHMOND CHAPTER BOARD MEMBERS

Director of Onboarding and Retention

Anitha Pai is a bridge-builder who is passionate about bringing people together to create meaningful learning experiences and shared purpose. Over the last 10 years, she’s worn many hats, including professional roles as a trainer, curriculum designer, administrator, and project manager. She has supported growing start-ups, large global firms, and education organizations at various stages in their evolution. She holds a MEd with a focus on Learning and Teaching and a BA in Business Administration and Political Science.

Anitha brings a spirit of optimism, authenticity, and purpose to her role as the Onboarding & Retention Director. In her free time, you’ll find her playing with her puppy Suki, eating other people's cooking, or attempting to make something out of clay. 

Director of Community of Practice

Nelly Loyola has over ten years of experience delivering projects and managing talent in different companies and industries. Early in her career, she worked in a boutique talent management consulting firm. There she led talent management projects in the best companies located in Perú, in different industries such as mining, consumer goods, aviation, and mass media. Later, she was in charge for more than four years of the talent strategy and global management of a group that has three business units: Agriculture, aquaculture, and trading. In her last position, she was the Human Development Manager of a consumer goods company in which she was responsible for the improvement of the talent strategy, implementation, and management.

She has a degree in Clinical Psychology from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), a Master’s in Organizational Development from Universidad del Pacífico (UP), and she is a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD). She also has a specialization in Applied Statistics from PUCP and Change Management from Incae Business School.

Director of Virtual Events

Rodney Steppe joins the Board with years of experience in various areas including human resources, instructional design, and technology to name a few. He had his first experience in facilitation years ago and looks forward to doing more in adult learning. Rodney enjoys giving back to the community. He has volunteered for multiple organizations in Richmond and recently began volunteering for a hospice organization. Rodney always welcomes the opportunity to meet new people and try new things.

 Rodney received his Masters of Education - Human Resource Development and a Bachelors of Arts in Spanish from Virginia Commonwealth University. 

Director of Technology

Susan Motley is a seasoned association executive who currently works with physician and provider recruitment professionals and is responsible for certification, education alignment, and strategic planning.

Susan has nearly twenty years of experience leading health care associations, including the Virginia Nurses Association and the Medical Society of Virginia Foundation. While there, one of her most proud achievements was leading those two organizations in collaboration to form an award-winning clinical team leadership program for Virginia's physicians and nurses.

Susan holds the Certified Association Executive credential from the American Society of Association Executives and recently completed ATD’s certificate program in Instructional Design. 

Susan, a history major, proudly holds a liberal arts degree from the College of William and Mary.

Director of External Communication

Shanaye La Beaud is a creative and driven young professional eagerly exploring the learning and development space. She currently serves as the Training & Development Manager at Elephant Insurance. While new to the L&D space, she also has 5 years of experience in people management and call center operations. She is passionate about building strong leaders and making development opportunities available to people at all levels in their career journey.

Shanaye is a graduate of VCU’s Executive MBA program (2019) and holds a SHRM-CP certification (2020). She loves to share knowledge and find unique ways to help others discover new insights. As Director of Live Events, her goal is to create engaging and impactful experiences for members to expand their knowledge, skills, and share best practices with one another. These events you won’t want to miss!

Director of Content Management

Ashley Whitehead is the new director of Content Management. She has been in the financial industry for over 12 years and has been working in a content management role for the past year and a half.  She has played an instrumental role in developing and editing complex and detailed content as well as process documentation, policy and procedures and business development materials. She is a curious and continuous learner and passionate about relationship building and networking. Ashley is excited to contribute and serve as a board member of Richmond ATD.

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Director of Website

Charles Zoffuto creates training for Tridium/Honeywell spearheading the work focused on the Internet of Things. He creates elearning that teaches employees and customers how to use products that allow people and machines to communicate and collaborate. 

Charles has been an instructional designer and elearning developer since 2000. He has built courses on topics that range from soft skills for HR clients to technical skills for engineers in the Nuclear Power industry. 

Charles received a B.S. in Education from The Citadel and a Masters in Educational Psychology from the University of Tennessee.

He enjoys using CAD to design things to 3D print, building in his shop, or cooking for his family. 

Director of Finance

Melissa Farley is the Senior Organizational Development & Training Specialist focused on Leadership Development and Organizational Learning at United Network for Organ Sharing.  In this role, Melissa collaboratively works with the organization to provide development opportunities for individuals as well as teams.  

Melissa has extensive experience in Human Resources and Talent Management and she holds a Bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State University and a Masters of Management and Organizational Behavior from Benedictine University.  

Melissa is passionate about giving back. She empowers others, including employees, family, and friends, to be involved through volunteer projects, non-profit board leadership, advocacy and thought leadership. 

Director of Sponsorship and Partnership

Liz Fillman brings over 15 years of experience in adult education and training development.  She currently serves as the Assistant Director for the Virginia Tech Richmond Center.  She has worked within other higher education institutions including the Community College Workforce Alliance at John Tyler and Reynolds Community Colleges, the Office of Continuing and Professional Education at Virginia Commonwealth University and Continuing and Professional Education at Virginia Tech.

Her passion is helping professionals develop skills that allow them to continuously advance their career and helping organizations develop and engage their employees through valuable training initiatives.

She holds a bachelor’s from Virginia Tech and a MBA from the University of Maryland Global Campus.

Director of Member Engagement

Michael Compton

Director of Internal Communication

Tiffanie Lee