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Mary C. Haddad, M. A., President
Mary C. Haddad is President and Co-founder of the Louis S. and Mary C. Henninger Haddad Foundation, founded in 1999. She is a member of the Suffolk Foundation and is currently Past-President of this community foundation. She is on the Chesapeake Bay Academy Board (Investment Committee) and the Obici Healthcare Foundation Board (Distribution Committee, Governance Committee, Finance and Investment Committee and serves in the office of Secretary). Previously, Mrs. Haddad was 2021-2022 (first woman) President, 2019-2020 Vice President, and Chair of the Distribution Committee for the Suffolk Foundation. She was Chair of the Suffolk Foundation’s Women’s Impact Fund, on the Chesapeake Bay Academy Governance and Nominating Committee, Chair of the Oakland Christian United Church of Christ’s Strategic Planning Committee, and of Oakland’s Community Life Center Development. Mary has also held the offices of Secretary, Chair of Academic Affairs and Chair of Outstanding Faculty Awards, for the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV). Mrs. Haddad has served as Vice-rector and Chair of Academic Affairs with Old Dominion University’s Board of Visitors, Secretary of Virginia’s Family & Children’s Trust Fund, Chair of Academic Affairs at Virginia Wesleyan University, and on the Virginia Governor’s Task Force on Cervical Cancer. She worked for years on the boards of WHRO Public Broadcasting Stations, ForKids, and ODU’s Women’s Initiative Network (mentoring program). Mary was the General Coordinator of Fun Forest in Chesapeake, VA, which became the largest community-built, ADA-accessible playground on the East Coast at that time. She chaired the Norfolk/Virginia Beach American Heart Association, and co-chaired both the Heart Ball (twice) and the Children’s Hospital Ball with her husband Lou Haddad. Prior to dedicating her career strictly to volunteer and philanthropic work, Mary had been a Senior Marketing Representative at Armada Hoffler and Vice-president of the Armada Hoffler affiliated Virginia Design and Art Center. Mrs. Haddad graduated from Hampton University, summa cum laude, in 2009. She graduated from Gonzaga University earning a master’s degree (M.A.) in Organizational Leadership with a certification in Servant Leadership, in 2014.
Awards include Local Hero from Bank of America, Humanitarian Award from the National Committee for Community and Justice, Safe Harbor Award from Programs and Places for Children, Woman of the Year from Hampton Roads Youth Center, Volunteer Achievement Honorary from Volunteer Hampton Roads, Chairman’s Award from Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, Volunteer and Community Service Award from Outstanding Professional Women of Hampton Roads, and others.
Lou and Mary agree that their most important accomplishment is as parents of four adult children, who they happily reared (with a large assortment of dogs) in their lovely home, Songwood.
Louis S. Haddad, Vice-president and Benefactor
Vice-president, Louis Haddad, is a Co-founder and the Benefactor of the Haddad Foundation. Lou is President and CEO of Armada Hoffler Properties, one of the largest commercial real estate businesses in Virginia. (NYSE Symbol: AHH). The company has participated in more than 25 public-private partnerships including its flagship local project, the Town Center of Virginia Beach. Haddad led the company’s initial public offering and transition to a publicly traded REIT in 2013. Since then, the company has tripled its equity market value to over $1.2 billion and has developed over $800 million of new projects. The company’s holdings include 57 large-scale commercial assets. Its operations span across seven mid-Atlantic states.
Lou Haddad is widely recognized in Hampton Roads for his philanthropy and dedication to special needs children. He helped found the Louis & Mary Haddad Foundation for improving the lives of disadvantaged and at-risk children and is the Haddad Foundation’s main benefactor. Lou has also been active with several youth and medical charities including Big Brothers/Big Sisters, American Heart Association, Governor’s School for the Arts, Special Olympics, United Way and the March of Dimes. Lou was honored to be inducted into the 2019 Greater Hampton Roads Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame and was appointed to the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors by Governor Northam the same year. Due to Mr. Haddad’s influence, Armada Hoffler supported The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, to help fill the gap that Farm Fresh Grocery left when it exited the market. Lou repeatedly receives accolade in Virginia Business’ Power List and CoVaBiz; he has also been recognized by several awards and publications as one of the most influential leaders in Virginia.
Lou and Mary agree that their most important accomplishment is as parents of four adult children, who they happily reared (with a large assortment of dogs) in their lovely home, Songwood.
James Henninger-Voss is Vice-President of the Louis and Mary Haddad Foundation. An economist, James holds the position of Assistant Director of Research for the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA). His areas of expertise include salary, pension, health insurance and financial analysis. James has served on arbitration panels recommending settlements for contract negotiations, and serves as a trustee of the PSEA pension plan. James also donates time to a variety of volunteer and Union leadership activities. He chaired the investment committee of the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg and is currently a member of his PSEA Staff Organization’s investment committee. James has held several union offices, including as the initial President of United Auto Workers Local 2322 representing over 2000 employees and a member of the executive committee of the PSEA Staff Organization.
Prior to joining the PSEA, James taught economics classes at Rider University and the University of Massachusetts and was a Lecturer at Princeton University.