More changes at Headwaters
On the educational foundation’s board, Aichele and Goodman move up, Comer and Paull join
After voting unanimously to bring aboard Lynnie Genho as Headwaters’ new executive director, effective this past Monday, the group’s board of directors announces other major changes for Rappahannock County’s educational nonprofit in the form of new officers and board members.
Gary Aichele, former vice chair and treasurer, has retained his treasurer's role, but moved up to chair, following Judy DeSarno who retired from the board after six years of dedicated service. Taking Aichele's place as vice chair is Ron Goodman, whose former position as secretary is now filled by board member Carolyn Roth.
In addition to these changes, Donna Comer and Tanya Paull were recently elected to the board.
Moving to Amissville with her family in 2008, Comer is no stranger to Rappahannock public schools. An RCES parent since her son, Mason, started kindergarten there six years ago, she has been active with the PTO, taking on lead roles in several fundraising activities. She and her husband, Allen, have also helped coach and support various Rappahannock youth activities, including recreational athletics and Cub Scouts.
Comer holds a jointly funded position as the Workforce Coordinator for Lord Fairfax Community College and Fauquier County Economic Development Department. She spends much of her time as a liaison between area education, training and business entities. Her work requires interaction with key players in the county school districts served by LFCC, as well as with area businesses to ensure LFCC programs reflect regional needs.
A group fitness instructor for twenty years, Comer currently teaches a variety of classes at the WARF (Warrenton Aquatics Recreation Facility). She also dabbles in antiquing in her spare time, salvaging and repurposing old and tired pieces. Nothing thrills her more than finding something someone has given up on and turning it into something great.
Tanya Paull, a former stream ecologist and environmental educator for Fairfax County, moved to Slate Mills in 2011 with her husband, Steve, who works as a biologist for the Shenandoah National Park. She was a teacher at Belle Meade School for five years, where she also taught horseback riding and ran the vegetable garden — introducing her young students to the benefits of farmto-table living. For the past six years, she's been a real estate agent with Cheri Woodard Realty in Sperryville.
Paull has been the project manager for the Northern Piedmont Community Foundation’s "Give Local Piedmont" campaigns since the first one in 2014. She has also organized the wine tasting and cocktail hour at Headwaters’ annual Taste of Rappahannock fall event.
In her spare time, she enjoys fox hunting with the Thornton Hill Hounds or just taking a morning off to squeeze in a trail ride. An avid naturalist, she's perhaps happiest when immersed in natural surroundings, working in her gardens, or doing anything outdoors.