Robert Powell, III// February 21, 2014//
Tina Gill has been named president and CEO of The Up Center, a nonprofit Norfolk-based social services agency.
Gill’s tenure will become effective April 1. She will succeed Ed Welp, who is retiring after 24 years as head of the organization.
Gill was vice president of external relations operations for Wellpoint/Amerigroup and executive director of the Amerigroup Foundation.
She also served as general manager of Landmark Communications’ Interactive Media Group and steered the National Advisory Board on Improving Healthcare Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities.
The Up Center, founded in 1883, has seven locations in the Hampton Roads region serving more than 10,000 people a year.