Jon-Marc Haden
Position within FOCUS: Richmond Area Director
High School: Baltimore Lutheran High School
College: Eastern University
Hometown: Baltimore MD
Currently living in: Richmond VA
Interests: anything outdoors, hiking, kayaking, sailing but only on big schooners, music, guitar, the Beach, the mountains and everything in between.
Unusual Fact: I hold the FOCUS chubby bunny record of 60 marshmallows.
Been on Staff since: 2001
Prior Involvement with FOCUS: Middle school and High school Student and college intern and volunteer.
Tim Hayes
Spouse: Kasey
High School: Radnor High School
College: College of Charleston
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Currently living in: Richmond, VA
Interests: Food, classics, film, geography, architecture, art
Unusual Fact: My mother contemplated naming me Henry Hayes…thankfully she dismissed the thought.
Been on Staff since: 2006
Prior Involvement with FOCUS: twelve years as a student and volunteer.
Sarah Pannell
High School: Chatham Hall
College: Furman University
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Currently living in: Richmond, VA
Interests: Running, sports, horses, traveling
Been on Staff since: 2005
Prior Involvement with FOCUS: I attended summer and winter programs during 8th – 12th grade and also was involved at Chatham Hall.
Mary Clarke Bourgeios
Spouse: John
High School: Faith Christian School
College(s): Meredith College
Hometown: Rocky Mount, NC
Currently living in: Richmond, VA
Interests: "24" marathons, cooking, traveling, perfect pair of jeans,
Unusual Fact: My thumb is smaller than most people's pinkies
Been on Staff since: 2005
Prior Involvement with FOCUS: I attended my first Focus program summer of 2001 doing Pre-College weekend. Focus opened in Raleigh my freshman year at Meredith and I volunteered both regionally and nationally with ski weeks and Vineyard programs. I was accepted into the Focus Fellows Program and started working for Focus June 2005.
John Bourgeois
Spouse: Mary Clarke
High School: Western Albemarle High School
College: Tulane University
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Currently living in: Richmond, VA
Interests: Martin Luther, books, attempting to juggle as many hobbies as possible without mastering a single one.
Unusual Fact: I once lived with a man who worked for a Columbian arms-dealer.
Been on Staff since: 2007
Prior Focus Involvement: Volunteer for 3 years
Alexandra Eagan
Position within FOCUS: Staff Fellow
High School: St. Paul's School for Girls
College: Davidson College
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Currently Living in: Richmond, VA
Interests: Lacrosse, Running, Art (both doing and viewing), Traveling to foreign lands, Rearing aquatic pets
Unusual Fact: I went bungee jumping in New Zealand at the world's original commercial bungee jumping site and went skydiving over the Great Barrier Reef.
Been on Staff since: 2007
Prior FOCUS Involvement: Volunteer at various winter and summer programs since 2003.
