Podium RVA Team


Podium RVA Staff


Vicki Yeroian, MSW

she/her Executive Director

Candace Weather

she/her Multi-Regional Programs Director

Atticus Johson

he/him Program Lead

Jean Anderson

she/her Program Lead


Alumni Site Leads


An Alumni Site Lead is a Writing Mentorship Project (WMP) summer intern or a graduated former participant from one of Podium's writing and/or leadership programs. Podium is pleased to offer stipends and paid positions for alumni to run program projects or events throughout the year.


Cindy Montejo

Summer 2023 WMP Intern

Destiny Hall Harper

Summer 2022 Program Lead & Journal 13 Designer

Christine Singleton

Fall 2021 Alumni Site Lead

Daeron Bacon

Spring 2021 Alumni Site Lead

Destiny Brown

Summer 2020 Alumni Site Lead

Savon Thompson

Fall 2019 Alumni Site Lead



2022 - 2023 Volunteers & Interns


Kate Abbott
Heidi Arroyo
Molly Barry
Jennifer Bui
Dr. Nicole Corley
Eilidh Cruickshanks
Markayla Edmonds
Jennifer Fowlkes
Melvisha Hathaway
Aisha Iqbal
Anna Jane Johnson
Barbara Kornhauser
Sophie Kuligowski
Courtney Langford
Sunday Mayer
Amanda Miller
Sadie Nolan
Jordan Oppermann
Varsha Penumalee
Jack Shaw
Dylan Steinert
Camden Thomason
Olivia Vandervelden