Vice Mayor Cherry
Vice Mayor Saundra Nelson Cherry, D. Min.
South District 3, Seat B | Term Expires December 31, 2022
Contact Information
Vice Mayor Cherry can be contacted by emailing City Council, calling 757-926-8618 or by mailing the address below.
City CouncilCity of Newport News
2400 Washington Avenue
Newport News, VA 23607
Community Connected
- Chair, James A. Fields House, Inc.
- Chair, Downtown Newport News Merchants & Neighbors Association, Inc.
- Member, Heal-thy Generations Coalition, Inc.
- Chair, James A. Fields House Neighborhood Watch Group
- Member, Neighborhood Watch Coalition
- Member, Southeast Cares Coalition
- Sponsor of Adopt-A-Senior Resident Facility (Spratley House)
- Sponsor of Adopt-A-School (John Marshall Elementary, now Early Childhood Center)
- Reader, Mayor's Book Club (John Marshall Early Childhood Center)
Community Focused
- Member, City of Newport News Commemoration Advisory Commission
- Chaplain, Newport News Police Department
- Member, A Clarion Call to the Community Team
- Member, Pastoral Care Committee, Riverside Regional Health System
- Member, Newport News NAACP
- Former Chair, City of Newport News Planning District I Task Force
- Former Vice Chair, LINK Executive Board
- Former Executive Board Member, Lily Housing Corporation
- Former, Facilitator, City of Newport News Juvenile Services YOGI Program
Community Engaged
- 2013: Member, Newport News Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (representing South District)
- 2013: Member, Voices of Freedom Civil War Re-enactors
- 2012: Leadership Institute
- 2010: Sorensen Institute Political Leaders Program
- 2010: Featured photo in Women of the New Tribe Gallery for Newport News – Gallery of Downing Gross Cultural Arts Center
- 2009: YWCA Virginia Peninsula Women of Distinction Award for Human Services/Non-profit
- 2009: Crisis Intervention Training (1st responders)
- 2009: Sorensen Institute Candidate Training Program
- 2009: Leadership Institute of the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
- 1999: Appointed as an Elder in ministry at Living Waters Christian Fellowship, Newport News
- 1999: Recognized by the Old Dominion Dental Society for 20 years of Professional Dental Service
- 1999: Recipient of Honors Award Magna Cum Lauda Graduate degree Samuel D. Proctor School of Theology Virginia Union University
- 1992-1996 (First African-American female) Dental Hygiene Member of the Virginia Board of Dentistry appointed by former Governor L. Douglas Wilder
- 1995-1996: Dental Hygiene Member of the Virginia Board of Health Professions
- 1988: Award recipient of Minority Scholarship, University of Maryland at Baltimore
- Listed in the 1986-1987 National Dean's List Publication, p.457
Education
- 1969–1971: Huntington High School (last sophomore class)
- 1973: High School Diploma - Homer L. Ferguson High School (Class Speaker)
- 1976: Dental Assistant Certificate – Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
- 1981: Associate of Applied Science Degree in Dental Hygiene – Fayetteville Technical Institute (now Community College), Fayetteville, NC
- 1985: Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Education – Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- 1990: Master of Science Degree in Dental Hygiene (Dental Management Concentration) – University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
- 1999: Master of Divinity Degree (Magna Cum Lauda) – Samuel D. Proctor School of Theology Virginia Union University – Richmond, VA
- 2000: Chaplain Residency (Clinical Pastoral Education) – Riverside Regional Medical Center – Newport News, VA
- 2002: Doctorate of Ministry Degree (Clinical Pastoral Education) – Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA
- 2002: Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care (Pastoral Counselor-in-Training) – Richmond, VA