Our village acceptance and support to families and their loved ones who face mental health challenges. caters to caregiving and support for family members who endure mental illness. We are ordinary families, loved ones and friends, and quite possibly people who want to live in a place of acceptance, where understanding and caring for mental health conditions is our top priority. All are welcome!
Lisa R. Thomas – President
Until her retirement, Lisa R. Thomas worked for Child Development Resources, a children’s nonprofit, for over 30 years serving as Deputy Director. When she and her husband became the legal guardians of a young man with mental health issues, they found many gaps in the system of care. Lisa’s focus has always been on how to maximize potential and independence for all individuals and their families. Lisa serves on the Hope Family Village Board and is active in the community with variety of organizations related to children and families.
Carmen M. Andreoli – Co-Founder, Vice President
Carmen is a recently retired regional sales manager for Constellation Energy (a subsidiary of Exelon Energy). For 45 years, he has served the energy industry, often in executive management positions with profit and loss responsibilities. Throughout Carmen’s career he has sought innovation in energy provision. With Hope Family Village, his interest is to trigger a paradigm shift in the status quo of long term care for families coping with mental health issues. Carmen’s motivation stems from a family member’s ongoing challenges associated with mental illness. He also serves as Treasurer of the Williamsburg Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Williamsburg).
Thomas P. Rideout – Secretary, Co-Founder, Director
A former community bank CEO, American Bankers Association president and Savannah (GA) Area Chamber of Commerce Chairman, Tom is inherently community-focused. He is driven by grass roots, innovative solutions to business and social problems, feeling strongly that demonstrable entrepreneurial problem solving often triggers scalable regional and national progress. Tom is currently a Partner in The Invictus Group, a national bank data analytics consultancy and serves as a volunteer Executive Partner at William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business. Tom completed professional development programs at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School (Investment Banking) and Georgetown University (Leadership Coaching), and he is an Honorary Alumnus of The College of William & Mary.
Beth Filegar – Treasurer, Director
Beth is the Controller for Reynolds Holdings, a real estate developer, property manager and real estate investment company. She also has her own accounting business where she provides services to non-profits who help children and families with various challenges and small private businesses. Beth has over 35 years in accounting serving in a variety of management level positions and previously served as the Treasurer for Blooms That Brighten. Beth has family members that have and currently are struggling with mental illness.
John B. Tressler – Board Member
John retired as a Computer Technology Security Specialist, having served the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Information Agency, and the U.S. Department of Education during a career of more than 30 years. After retirement, he and his wife, Beverly, and their adult son, JD, moved to Williamsburg from Northern Virginia. Since his arrival in Williamsburg, John has been a volunteer for The Arc of Greater Williamsburg, and as the part-time Director of Respite Care of Williamsburg United Methodist Church. Most recently, he has served as a teaching assistant working with students with special needs in the Williamsburg James City Public Schools. As a parent of a young adult with Down Syndrome, John is deeply committed to serving the community of adults having the full range of special needs. The goal of his service to this community is to advocate and facilitate the achievement of “a life like yours” for these individuals, who have so much to offer others in so many ways. For more than thirty years, John has devoted countless hours focusing on ways to bring about such a community here in Virginia. His service as a Board member is a privilege and John is excited about the establishment of the Hope Family Village community, as it becomes the first co-housing community in the United States focused on serving adults and families with a variety of needs