Meet the team!

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Dianna Howard, Chair

Dianna Howard
​Chair

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• Retired Navy Veteran
• Chaired the USS Emory S Land volunteer committee partnering with local church in Ghent to build the 1st Habitat for Humanity house in Norfolk
• BA in Business Administration from St Leo College
• An avid environmentalist went to work for TFC Recycling for 11 years
• HRTP Volunteer of the Year 2013
• Board member Virginia Beach Taxpayer Alliance
• Member Tidewater Libertarian Party
• Vice Chair VBTP from 2014-2016
• Member of the HRTPO’s Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee

Laura Hughes
Vice-Chair

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Laura Hughes graduated from Regent University with a degree In Law she currently practices family law with Cordell and Cordell.  She was a member of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools At-large. from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2022. 
 
Laura Hughes, Esq.
Regent University School of Law
Phi Alpha Delta International, George Washington Chapter, Member

Laura Hughes, Vice-Chair

Larry Korn, Treasurer

Larry Korn
​Treasurer

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• Batchelor of Business Administration, University of Hawaii.
• Master of Science, Engineering Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
• 11 years active duty USN.
• 10 years production management Global Marine Drilling Co.
• 26 years ship management and repair, Military Sealift Command.
• Retired February 2015.  
• Married; too many grandkids to count.

Judy Payton
​Secretary 

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Judy moved to Virginia Beach in 1967, at the tender age of 18 as a young military bride.  She moved to Richmond for ten years, but is back in Virginia Beach to stay.  She is the mother to four children who all live in Virginia Beach, and grandmother to seven and step-grandmother to six. Judy retired from full-time work in 2005.  From 2006 to 2015 she took care of her physically and mentally handicapped younger sister Patsy. Her hobbies include: Research – Genealogy-Family History; Political-Historical and Current Events; Travel; Reading; International Folk Dancing and Bowling.           ​

Judy Payton, Secretary

Work History
1988 – 2005: College/University Administration.
2010-2012: Church Point Manor Bed & Breakfast - Assistant Business Manager, Events Planner and Breakfast Cook.
2012 -Present: Usher/Events at the Virginia Beach Convention Center.
1993 – Present: Adjunct Faculty at TCC.  Taught at JSRCC from 1996-2005.
1972 – Present: Private Business Owner- Real Estate Investor
Memberships
St John’s Catholic Church; TRIG Tidewater Real Estate Invertors Group; HRCWR Hampton Road Civil War Round Table; UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy; IFDC International Folk Dance Club; VBTP Virginia Beach Tea Party; DAR Daughters of the American Revolution (will be inducted soon); VBGS Virginia Beach Genealogy Society;  and last but not lease; Grandma’s Hutch! 

Teresa Langille, Membership

Teresa Langille
​Membership

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Looking for a place to be heard and actually be able to participate in government? The Tea Party is the place to do that. I know because that's how I got involved in self-government.

As a resident of Virginia Beach for thirty years, I realize the importance of being involved like never before. Being a member of the VBTP has given me the opportunity to personally get to know those that govern us and keep tabs on how are tax dollars are spent and that those that govern us follow our state and federal constitutions. If you would like to be a part of one of the biggest grass root organizations in the country; join us.

"The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight." — Theodore Roosevelt

Mike Barnaby
Parliamentarian and Bylaws Committee Chair

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• ​Kempsville High School Honors Graduate
• Old Dominion University Honors Graduate Bachelors of Science in Business Administration
• Management Information Systems / Decision Sciences
• Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity member & Alumni
• U.S. Army veteran
• 20 years Law Enforcement experience - Served within several divisions including Patrol Divisions, Vice & Narcotics Division, Special Enforcement Division, and the Detective Division.

Mike Barnaby, Vice-Chair

Lorraine Snyder, Event Chair

Lorraine Snyder
​Event Chair

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​I have spent most of my life volunteering in one capacity or another; whether as a room mom, hospitality hostess, poll worker, etc.  Once I retired, I knew volunteerism was my calling.  I knew I wanted to make a difference in my city and my country.   I contacted the membership chair for the Virginia Beach Tea Party and she was so helpful and made it easy for me to share my skills and life experiences with the Tea Party.  With my love for God, my family and friends and for my country, I found my place with the VB Tea Party.  Being involved with this large group of like-minded individuals has been a blessing. 

“The constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” ~Patrick Henry