Staff
Blue Ridge AHEC:
(Telephone) 540-568-6052
(Fax) 540-568-6374
Community Health Interpreter Service:
(Telephone) 540-568-3011
(Fax) 540-568-3172
Promotores de Salud:
(Telephone) 540-568-8029
(Fax) 540-568-6374
Address:
601 University Blvd.
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Mailing address:
JMU/Blue Ridge AHEC
800 South Main St., MSC 9009
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Susannah Lepley joined the Blue Ridge AHEC in July 2009 as Program Director. She had previously worked as the Executive Director of New Bridges Immigrant Resource Center for 8.5 years. Susannah received her Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Goshen College and Master’s Degree in Peace Studies from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, both in Indiana. She also grew up in Brazil as a missionary kid and speaks Spanish and Portuguese, in addition to English.
Natalia Alvarez joined Blue Ridge AHEC in February, 2006 as an Assistant Coordinator for the Community Health Interpreter Service program. She is bi-lingual in Spanish and English. In 2004, Ms. Alvarez successfully completed the Bridging the Gap course, and joined Blue Ridge AHEC as a professional and trained Community Health Interpreter. Before coming to Blue Ridge AHEC, Natalia was employed at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, and PT-1 Communications in New York.
Marcia Chamberlin has been Administrative Coordinator for Blue Ridge AHEC and Virginia Center for Health Outreach at James Madison University since July, 2003. Prior to her employment at Blue Ridge AHEC, she was a Grants Specialist at James Madison University's Office of Sponsored Programs, after working 19 years in the banking industry. She holds Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts, majoring in English Literature, from the State University College of New York at New Paltz.
Julie Gochenour has been affiliated with the Blue Ridge AHEC since May, 2000, and is currently Communications Director for the Virginia Center for Health Outreach at James Madison University. A veteran editor and journalist, Julie holds Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in English, Journalism and Religion from Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, and is an Interdisciplinary Studies Ph.D. candidate in communication and religion at Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio. She and her husband Gary live on the family farm in Shenandoah County.
Joyce Sanchez joined Blue Ridge AHEC in October 2006 as an Interpreter and later acquired the position of Director of the Promotores de Salud Program, a Hispanic Lay Health Program within BRAHEC. She brings 10 years of Human Resource Management and Training experience. She previously worked for Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation. Joyce is bilingual, fluent in Spanish and English and is studying Hebrew. She is pursuing a B.S degree in Christian Education at Life Christian University.
Dawn Williams has been a fiscal technician with Blue Ridge AHEC since February, 2007. A 1989 graduate of Dominion Business School with a concentration in accounting, she has been in the financial services field since 2004 and was an administrative assistant with MassMutual Financial Group before coming to Blue Ridge AHEC. She and her husband, Kerry, were married in 1988 and have two children.
