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Cardinal Way: Civility Rules invited key General Assembly leaders to Roanoke January 2024 prior to the session to talk about key issues. From left, Del. Israel O’Quinn, R-Washington County; state Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton; state Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Rockingham County answer question from moderator, editor Dwayne Yancey. 
Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna tours the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg in June 2022. Khanna was the first to come in Cardinal’s Speaker Series. He spoke about sharing the tech wealth and jobs beyond his district. 
Gov. Glenn Youngkin in October 2022 poses with students from Bristol following a Cardinal Speaker Series event that brought the governor in to talk about economic development in southwest Virginia. 
Reporter Grace Mamon chats with someone at a Cardinal Connects event. 
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Luanne Rife, executive director: luanne@cardinalnews.org or 540-467-2189
Jeff Schwaner, executive editor: jeffrey@cardinalnews.org or 540-430-0757
Dwayne Yancey, founding editor: dwayne@cardinalnews.org or 540-529-1136
Megan Schnabel, managing editor: megan@cardinalnews.org or 540-819-4969
Reporters
Elizabeth Beyer, politics and policy reporter: elizabeth@cardinalnews.org or 614-499-1434
Matt Busse, business reporter: matt@cardinalnews.org or 434-849-1197
Susan Cameron, Bristol reporter: susan@cardinalnews.org or 276-791-5928
Tad Dickens, technology reporter: tad@cardinalnews.org or 540 293-6018
Grace Mamon, Danville reporter: grace@cardinalnews.org or 540-369-5464
Lisa Rowan, education reporter: lisa@cardinalnews.org, 540-384-1313, or lisa_cardinal.13 (Signal)
Emily Schabacker, health care reporter: emily@cardinalnews.org or 406-690-0456
Markus Schmidt, political reporter: markus@cardinalnews.org or 804-822-1594
Dean-Paul Stephens, Martinsville-Henry County reporter: dean@cardinalnews.org or 276-618-6609
Samantha Verrelli, Roanoke Valley reporter: samantha@cardinalnews.org or 610-312-7980
Development
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Dutchie Jessee, director of development: dutchie@cardinalnews.org or 540-597-2797
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