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

Mike Barnaby
Vice-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

Don Roby, Treasurer

Don Roby
​Treasurer

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Don Roby is the treasurer for the Virginia Beach Tea Party. He is a 10-1/2-year Navy veteran, political consultant, campaign manager, business owner, foster parent and foster care taker for dogs.

Don is a big supporter of our constitution and constantly pushing for limited government. He's always keeping a watchful eye on how our local, state and federal governments is spending the taxpayers dollars and if they are reaching beyond their legal framework and not afraid to challenge them when they do.

Don encourages people to become more active in local politics and educational organizations, especially in the Virginia Beach Tea Party and other political organizations. If you don't get involved, you can make a change.

Michelle Rilee
​Secretary 

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Michelle Rilee is a life-long resident of Tidewater and a business owner. She has lived in Virginia Beach since 1999. Michelle is a mother of three, one currently in college and two still attending school. Michelle has been actively involved in supporting education and has been a frequent volunteer assisting at the Virginia Beach Public Schools her daughters attended. Michelle is the former Chair of a local grassroots activist organization created to serve as a Conservative watch dog group to monitor and influence our city’s School Board. Michelle joined the

Michelle Rilee, Secretary

Virginia Beach TEA Party as an opportunity to serve our city and help educate our residents about the actions of our City Council and local government. She is a frequent speaker at both City Council and School Board meetings. As a strong supporter of our Second Amendment, Michelle joined the NRA and the VCDL. She travelled to several Tidewater City Council meetings and spoke in defense of our gun rights. Michelle attended the historic VCDL rally on Lobby Day 2019 in Richmond. With an estimated 50,000 activists gathered around our insanely guarded General Assembly building, it was largest rally in the history of Virginia. Michelle offers her skills as a florist to support our many VBTP events, making table settings and creating aesthetic decorations that increase the festivity and professionalism of our VBTP events. She handcrafts the large floral wreath the VBTP dedicates to our city’s veterans each Memorial Day. Michelle is a hard working campaigner who walks neighbors and door knocks, as well as works polling places during elections. She attends a busy schedule of political events and is well known for her active role as social media influencer. Michelle attends the VBTP’s annual Engage Norfolk event, a true act of courage as it is the most anti-TEA Party venue within our region. Her patriotic decorations of our VBTP booth are legendary. Michelle is currently serving as the Secretary of the VBTP and is a member of the Virginia Beach Taxpayer’s Alliance. Michelle embodies the true spirit of citizen governance and activism.

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

Ron Aksel
Co-chair Communications Committee

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"We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path."

Ron Aksel's bio and accomplishments include:

• ​Retired Navy Chief Submariner.
• Earned a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Troy State University.
• Worked for Concerned Veterans for America and Freedom Partners/Stand Together for six years in various roles.
• Member of the Tidewater Libertarian Party.
• Member of the Virginia Beach Tax Payers Alliance.
• Experienced data analyst.

Ron Aksel, At-Large

Reid Greenmum, Transportation Committee Chair

Reid Greenmum
​Transportation Committee Chair

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​Reid Greenmun was a founding member of the Hampton Roads TEA Party. A Virginia Beach resident, he has been serving Virginia Beach as a grassroots activist since 1998, when he first began opposing Light Rail. He is a former Officer of the Virginia Beach Council of Civic Organizations (CCO) and the Virginia Beach Taxpayer’s Alliance (VBTA) and has served as a former Chairman of the Tidewater Libertarian Party (TLP).

Greenmum first came to our city as a member of the US Navy. Since leaving the Navy in 1982, he has been employed as a Business Analyst and technologist for several IT related firms. He was the visionary who lead the team tasked with creating of Auto Trader Online, the world’s largest source of online vehicles for sale at the time. 

He has decades of experience reviewing the Virginia Beach City Operating Budget and CIP and is a frequent speaker at our city’s City Council, School Board, and regional organizations such as the HRTC, HRTPO, and TDCHR. Reid serves the statewide-TEA Party Federation as a member of the CoLA team. There he reviews all Transportation-related legislation being considered by the Virginia General Assembly and lobbies for, or against, Transportation bills. Reid serves a Heritage Action For America Sentinel. There is monitors and lobbies for, or against, Federal legislation. In 2016 Reid lead the Virginia Beach TEA Party effort to design and build the “Please Vote No Light Rail” sand sculpture that was vandalized by an Officer of the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival. This sand sculpture contributed to the defeat of the Light Rail referendum A true ‘David and Goliath’ grassroots victory that saved Beach taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

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