Our Board

Veronica Floyd - With over 10 years of non profit experience, Veronica has dedicated her career and personal life towards serving and empowering her community. Currently, Veronica serves as the Community Outreach Manager for Spectra Credit Union where she collaborates with nonprofits throughout the DMV area to coordinate impactful volunteer service projects and charitable initiatives. Veronica has supported and volunteered for organizations and non profits including the National Honor Society, Midnight Golf Program, AmeriCorps Jumpstart, Big Brother Big Sister, Circle K International, Leadership Center for Excellence and the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance.

Kevin C. Greenlief has over 40 years experience serving in local government. As the retired Tax Director after 34 years with Fairfax County, Kevin has worked the last seven years for the City of Alexandria where he currently serves as the Assistant Director for the Department of Finance.  A resident of the City, his passion is providing quality customer service to City taxpayers in the many tax assessment and collection programs for which he has oversight, including the Tax Relief program for the Elderly and Disabled.

Kevin is a graduate of the University of Virginia, with a Master’s degree from George Mason University.  He also has a long history of supporting various non-profit entities, previously serving as the Board Chair of the Workhouse Arts Center, Leadership Fairfax, and as a Commissioner of the Fairfax County Housing Authority.

“My government experience has been all about public service, and joining Volunteer Alexandria is an extension of that.  The City of Alexandria is a wonderful place to live, work and play, and joining Volunteer Alexandria gives me the opportunity to help serve this wonderful community, particularly those who need a helping hand.” Return to top

Jackie Huelbig, a VP of Client Development for Basis Technologies, delivers the digital media expertise and technology that political and issue marketers need to drive action from key constituents. She leads her team to deliver on Basis Technologies's goal: to improve the lives of the people behind the campaigns by providing a unified, enterprise-class software and services to simplify digital media operations. Prior to joining Basis Technologies in 2011, Ms. Huelbig spent 5 years at Campaign Solutions/Connell Donatelli where she successfully executed paid digital efforts for a variety of races, including John McCain for President and Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s successful 2010 write-in re-election campaign. As a result of her efforts, she was named one of Campaigns & Elections’ Rising Stars in 2011.

Ms. Huelbig has been a resident in the City of Alexandria for 12 years and has volunteered on the Alexandria Jaycees Board of Directors from 2010-2017. She held a wide variety of leadership positions including  President, Chairman of the Board, VP of Membership (twice), VP of Management (twice), and VP of Activation. In 2014 she provided leadership at the state level as the VP of Membership for the Virginia Jaycees. 

Ms. Huelbig's awards include the Alexandria Chamber's 40 over 40 and from the Virginia Jaycees and the Alexandria Jaycees include the VA Jaycees Outstanding Local Officer, VA Jaycees Outstanding Local President, Tucker Watkins Award, Robert "Buz" Schultz Leadership Award, Alexandria Jaycees Life Member and Virginia Jaycees Life Member. Return to top

Irena Laster specializes in cultivating positive relationships both personally and professionally. With 15 years of experience in marketing and event management, she continuously thrives as a relationship builder and connecting with the community in her current role as Marketing Manager at Ting in Alexandria, VA, and Westminster, MD. In this role, she supports local causes, organizations, and initiatives while promoting fiber internet throughout both cities. 

Irena's professional background has allowed her to contribute her marketing and event skills across various industries, including hospitality, real estate development, event and wedding production, and educational consulting. Her diverse experience has equipped her with a broad skill set and a unique perspective on community engagement and marketing strategy.

An Alexandria native, Irena finds great importance in giving back to the community where she grew up. In her spare time, she enjoys flower arranging, spending time with family and friends, traveling, trying new restaurants, attending concerts, exploring museums, and discovering hidden gems while creating lifelong memories. Return to top

Jim Lookabaugh -  Like many, Jim had his initiation in volunteering by filling needed positions, such as race course marshall for Ironman Wisconsin and helping out at his local library. He’s been a blood donor for 35 years and was a licensed, volunteer youth soccer coach. Formerly a member of a Wisconsin Rotary Club chapter, he enjoyed working to support the club’s youth programs and scholarship fund-raisers. Jim served as elected Treasurer and thereafter as elected President of the Mount Horeb Music Parents Association [in Wisconsin], when he helped guide its Board of Directors through revision and modernization efforts and oversaw improvements in growth and in continuity of the Board's membership.

Jim and his dog Loki are happy residents of Alexandria as of 2024, in light of Jim’s new role in business development for Internet2, a non-profit provider of carrier-grade networking with a research and education mission. He splits his time between Alexandria and Miami. Jim holds a bachelors in physics from the University of Wisconsin, and he relishes visits from his kids and shamelessly geeking out about them and - well - about lots of stuff! Return to top

Georgina Malloy is a digital strategist based in Brunswick’s Washington, D.C. office. Working across sectors, she brings deep experience in public affairs, corporate reputation and profile raising, and employee engagement to advise clients on integrated digital communications strategies to address business critical challenges.  A specialist in digital executive communications, Georgina has helped executives at some of the world’s leading companies and organizations effectively utilize digital channels to build and sustain online leadership platforms to engage their most important stakeholders. Since joining Brunswick in 2019, she has helped lead Brunswick’s Connected Leadership platform.

Prior to Brunswick, Georgina worked at DDC Public Affairs. During this time, she supported Fortune 100 corporations and trade associations by developing integrated and data-driven campaigns to advance a range of public affairs objectives, from growing award-winning PACs and building employee grassroots programs to achieving successful ballot and legislative outcomes.

Georgina is a graduate of the University of Akron, where she received a B.A. in Political Science. "I feel fortunate to have called Alexandria my home since 2019 and am thrilled to partner with Volunteer Alexandria to strengthen our vibrant, heartfelt community and make Alexandria an even better place to live and work for all." Return to top

Nicole McNally is a Communications professional with 11 years of marketing and events expertise. Her background has encompassed several types of organizations to include the nonprofit, not for profit, technology and SaaS sectors. She’s a goal-oriented Marketer with a desire to drive positive change with the events that she produces. In her last role as Marketing Manager for Ting Internet, Nicole was able to connect with the community and has been inspired by the enthusiasm of her neighbors to give back. 

Currently, she is working as the Marketing Operations Manager for Accenture Federal Services. Prior to that she worked for Ting Internet.

Originally from Alaska, Nicole has lived in Alexandria since 2016. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, attending music festivals and spending quality time with her husband and 13 year old Australian cattle dog, Laney. Return to top

Emmanuel Obe is the Business Development Manager for CommonWealth One Federal Credit Union. He has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry and currently leads CommonWealth One’s business development, financial education and community impact programs.  His banking experience expands retail banking, small business banking from roles at PNC Bank, Bank of America, Citibank, M & T Bank and Apple Federal Credit Union.

Emmanuel regularly facilitates webinars and seminars both for work and private interests through non-profit organizations in the community he resides. He is married with two teenage children. He enjoys reading, traveling and relaxing with his family and friends. Born in Washington DC, Emmanuel is of Nigerian descent. He has a BA in Cultural Anthropology and is a Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Certified Financial Counselor.

"I have been a witness to the important and neccessary work that Volunteer Alexandria has been doing in the community over the past few years. I would like to join in these efforts and contribute in any way that I am able". Return to top

Taneika Taylor Tukan serves as the Executive Director of the School Engagement and Community Partnerships at Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS). Tukan previously served as the school engagement and community outreach manager. She joined ACPS in 2016 as a community outreach specialist and helped design and implement traditional and innovative outreach strategies to increase two-way communication with linguistically and culturally diverse families. Prior to joining ACPS, Tukan served as executive director of the Literacy Council of Prince George’s County in Maryland. She also was the director of parenting and communications for Gender Public Advocacy Coalition in Washington, D.C., and has worked as a classroom instructor through Teach for America at District of Columbia Public Schools’ Plummer Elementary School.

Tukan earned a Bachelor of Arts in African American studies with a concentration in sociology from Yale University. She received an Award of Excellence from the Chesapeake School Public Relations Association in 2022 for developing a crisis communication campaign. Tukan also played a pivotal role in The Identity Project, which earned a Gold Medallion Award from the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) in 2021, and she helped create a strategic plan for the Department of School and Community Relations, which earned an NSPRA Golden Achievement Award in 2022. Tukan also was a past recipient of the “Forty Under 40” Award from Prince George’s County Social Innovation Fund. Return to top

Task Force Members

Janelle Hope currently works at Capital One as the Learning and Development lead for the Card Technology team. In this role, Janelle develops strategies to engage and promote enterprise-wide learning strategies on a local level. Prior to joining Capital One, Janelle worked at MGM Resorts where she created and managed multiple learning and development initiatives, including company-wide internship and management training programs. Outside of work, Janelle volunteers her time as a member of the Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals, the Howard University Alumni Association, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Janelle earned her BBA in Hospitality Management at Howard University. She is pursuing her Master of Professional Studies in Applied Industrial and Organizational Psychology at George Mason University where she sits on the MPS Student Advisory Board, and is a member of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and Blacks in I/O. Return to top