TSS Board - Triangle Stepping Stones Board of Directors
TIM MEYER
Board Chair
Tim was one of the original board members and also located the current facility for the club. He has served as President, Vice President, and Treasurer and is currently serving as Chairman of the Board. Tim has helped start and manage clubs in other areas of the country. Tim is retired from the US Air Force after 23 years in the Comptroller Field. He is also serving as Past President and CEO of the York County Chamber of Commerce, a 501(c) 3 entity. Tim is a volunteer and is involved in the community through Kiwanis International. He is professionally employed as a Managing Partner with Chantel Ray Real Estate, and has worked in real estate for more than 20 years.
Tim has two degrees one in Instructional Technology and the other in Resources Management. Tim is married to his sweetheart, Cindy, formerly of Wildwood, Ohio, for more than 40 years. Tim and Cindy have three sons, Adam, Tim Jr. and Jonathan. They have two grandchildren.
DOUG WISNIEWSKI
Secretary
By-laws Chair
Doug started his sobriety journey by walking in the front door of Triangle Stepping Stones in January 2000. He has a service position in his home group and a service position at the Historic Triangle District 38 level.
Doug served a 34-year active duty career in the Coast Guard at posts all over the country in a variety of at-sea and shore positions. After retiring from the Coast Guard, Doug was named Principal in a national defense consulting firm in Alexandria, VA working 12 years primarily with the U.S. Navy’s nuclear deterrent mission.
Doug has been married 44 years to his high school sweetie, and they have two daughters and three grandkids. His hobbies include flying, fitness, travel to far flung places, and one day he hopes to learn to play harmonica and how to type.
BRANDON WALTRIP
Brandon has been a resident of the Historic Triangle for most of his life. He has been involved in the recovery community since 2017 and is employed as the managing attorney of a law firm located in Williamsburg, Virginia. Brandon's practice areas include Civil Litigation and Business Development. He has also served on the Board of a number of non-profit organizations. Brandon is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute ('03), and Mississippi College School of Law ('10).
In his free time, Brandon volunteers as a youth wrestling coach. He enjoys reading, sailing and gardening.
DOUG BEVELACQUA
Doug Bevelacqua has been serving people with substance abuse problems in Virginia for 35 years. He served on the Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board (CSB), the Virginia’s State Board for Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Virginia’s Substance Abuse Services Council, SAMPSA’s National Advisory Council for Substance Abuse Prevention, the Board of Serenity House (a half-way house for recovering alcoholics), and numerous other boards and commissions.
Prior to serving as Virginia’s Inspector General for Behavioral Health and Developmental Services system under then Governor Bob McDonnell, he founded, operated, and sold several large companies specializing in constructing buildings for DoD and other public-sector agencies in the mid-Atlantic. Doug holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Religious Studies and an M.Ed. in Community and Addictions Counseling from W&M. Doug Bevelacqua is a native of Newport News. He has been living in Williamsburg with his wife Robynn since 2003 – where they have two grandchildren living down the street. He has been active in the recovering community since 1982.
CHRISTOPHER HAAS
Dr. Christopher Haas, MD (AKA Chris) is new to the board at Triangle Stepping Stones but he has been associated with the recovery community since 1985 while living in his home town of New Orleans. Since moving to Virginia in 1999 however, he has served on the “front line” as an emergency physician in several ERs within southeast Virginia. He has also worked as an EMS physician since 2005 and been involved with the Williamsburg recovery community since 2009.
When life is not so serious, Chris enjoys cycling in James City County and Charles City County first and foremost. He is also an accomplished triathlete, having completed 7 ironmans with a personal best of 9:54. His current goal is get his daughter Natalie (12) and son Connor (13) into triathlons as the designated swimmer and runner, while his wife Nicole, serves as coach, team manager and training partner. Lastly, the Haases always welcome anyone who is interested to join them for church at Water’s Edge in Yorktown, Williamsburg or online.
DAN SYRJALA
Dan is a resident of Williamsburg and has been a part of the local recovery community since February, 5th 2018. He participates in multiple fellowships. He has filled out a term of service as an intergroup representative for his homegroup, serves as a residential live-in peer leader for a local recovery house, and has helped to start and maintain a meeting/fellowship which was new to the Williamsburg area. He spends his free time reading and learning as well as enjoying meditation, hiking, kayaking, amateur photography, animals, music and art festivals. He is employed as an arborist and team leader in the field of arboriculture around the greater Williamsburg area.