Paratransit Advisory Committee – Hampton Roads Transit
Winter Storm Service Update: Suspension of Service: Friday, February 21, 2025
For updates on HRT service, please click here.

Paratransit Advisory Committee

The Paratransit Advisory Committee was formed in 2002 and provides a communication link between the TDCHR, persons with disabilities who use or may use HRT’s services, and service providers to the disabled community on matters related to Paratransit service within HRT’s service area.

For information on membership and responsibilities, please read the Committee Guidelines.

  • A “consumer” is an individual, or parent, guardian or caregiver of an individual with a disability, who is certified eligible for ADA Paratransit services and has been using the Paratransit services of the Commission during the past six months.
  • A “provider” is an agency, organization, member jurisdiction, or company that has been providing services to persons with disabilities during the past six months.

To contact a Committee Member:
E-mail paratransitdept@hrtransit.org and indicate the Committee Member.

For more information:
Call (757) 222-6087
Or e-mail paratransitdept@hrtransit.org.

For alternate communication services:
Contact Barry Bland at (757) 222-6100.

Subcommittee meetings begin at 12:00 p.m. Regular meetings begin at 1:00 p.m.

Committee Members

  • Alicia Griffin (Committee Chair), Newport News, Consumer
  • Annie Ascher (Vice-Chair) (Extra Member), Virginia Beach, Consumer
  • Hon. Amelia Ross-Hammond, TDCHR Chair & Commission Liaison
  • Wanda Boykin, Chesapeake, Consumer
  • Thomas Bryan, Chesapeake, Consumer
  • Joann Mancuso, Chesapeake, Provider
  • Keith Ferguson, Hampton, Consumer
  • Catherine Tyler-Northan, Hampton, Consumer
  • Courtney Stovall, Hampton, Provider
  • Troy Bowser, Newport News, Consumer
  • Patricia Harvey, Newport News, Provider
  • Kathalene (Rene`) Rogers, Norfolk, Consumer
  • Thomas Vann, Norfolk, Consumer
  • Sherry Moltamore-Mallory, Norfolk, Provider
  • (Open), Portsmouth, Consumer
  • (Open), Portsmouth, Consumer
  • Paul Atkinson Jr., Portsmouth, Provider
  • Mary Mathena, Virginia Beach, Consumer
  • Meltonie Brooks, Virginia Beach, Consumer
  • Janice Taylor, Virginia Beach, Provider
  • Tyrell Mullen, (Extra Member), Hampton, Consumer
  • (Open), (Extra Member)
  • Jeff Raliski, HRTPO
  • Barry Bland, HRT, Liaison

Upcoming Meetings

Past Meetings

  • Jan 2025
    SMTWTFS
       
     
  • Feb 2025
    SMTWTFS
          
    12
     
  • Mar 2025
    SMTWTFS
          
         
  • Apr 2025
    SMTWTFS
      
       
  • May 2025
    SMTWTFS
        
     
  • Jun 2025
    SMTWTFS
    11
         
  • Jul 2025
    SMTWTFS
      
      
  • Aug 2025
    SMTWTFS
         
    13
          
  • Sep 2025
    SMTWTFS
     
        
  • Oct 2025
    SMTWTFS
       
     
  • Nov 2025
    SMTWTFS
          
          
  • Dec 2025
    SMTWTFS
     
    10