New Rotarian Ed Ware is a walking endorsement for downtown Norfolk. He lives in a new condominium above the Wells Fargo Building and works on Granby Street as director of communications and government relations for Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing. After work hours, you will find him attending productions at Virginia Stage Company and other arts performances. For Ed being part of our Rotary Club fits right into his downtown lifestyle making him wonder why he didn't join our club earlier. Ed became a Rotarian this September and was sponsored by Lisa Sands, who works with Virginia Opera.

 

Ed grew up in Richmond and earned a journalism degree from the University of South Carolina. He started his career in Washington, D.C. working for the American Gas Association as an editor and policy analyst. From there he moved to Denver to work as senior policy analyst with Union Pacific Corp. He returned to Richmond to work with Dominion Resources and its subsidiary Virginia Natural Gas, which led him to Norfolk. He was VNG's director of marketing and public relations before working for Tarmac American and then NRHA.

 

He is active in our community and serves on the board of the Hampton Roads Chapter of the American Marketing Association, Virginia Stage Company's advisory committee and Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce's regional and Norfolk boards. He is a founder of Virginia Clean Cities and is an honorary board member of the Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate where he chairs the Public Relations Committee. 

 

Ed is the proud father of two sons who live in Northern Virginia. The oldest, Edward, works in health care administration. Campbell works as an informational technology account manager. In his spare time Ed enjoys traveling, playing tennis, going to hot yoga classes and attending arts and cultural performances.