About the Foundation
Apple FCU Education Foundation
Board of Directors
Virgil B. Harris, Jr., President
Virgil Harris has been a member of Apple FCU for over 50 years and now serves as chairman of its board of directors, a position he’s held for over 40 years. His service to Apple FCU expanded in 2006, when he was
named President of the Apple FCU Education Foundation. He started his FCPS career as an industrial arts teacher at Annandale High School. From there, he moved to Director of Maintenance and Plant Operation and
then Director of Safety.
Mr. Harris is a veteran of the US Air Force. He holds a B.S. from West Virginia Institute of Technology.
Robert L. Sowell, Sr., Vice President, Secretary
Robert L. Sowell, Sr. has worked for the members of Apple FCU for over 20 years. Starting his career as a mortgage coordinator, he moved to become a branch manager and is now the Vice-President of Community
Relations. An active member of the northern Virginia community, Mr. Sowell is sergeant of arms for the Fairfax Rotary Club, a member for the George Mason University advisory board, and a member of the
Northern Virginia Community College marketing department advisory board.
Mr. Sowell holds a B.A. from George Mason University.
Larry Byers, Treasurer
Larry Byers was a successful teacher and administrator in Fairfax County Schools for 31 years. His postings in the county included principal at Holmes Middle School, Glasgow Middle School, JEB Stuart High School, Robert E. Lee High School and director of secondary education in Area I. Following his retirement from Fairfax, Dr. Byers spent nine years as the director of the principal preparation program at Virginia Tech. He recently served as the assistant superintendent for human resources in Alexandria City Schools.
Dr. Byers holds a B.A. from West Virginia Wesleyan, an M.B.A. from American University and Ed.D. from Virginia Tech.
Thomas M. Engley, Executive Director
Thomas M. Engley has been an active member of the Fairfax community for 40 years. His career positions in FCPS spanned from classroom teacher to principal to assistant superintendent. He was principal at Lee High School (1993-1998), the school from which he graduated a generation earlier. One of his accomplishments as principal was to establish Apple FCU’s first student-run branch, a program that has since grown to 35 branches. Following his retirement from FCPS, Mr. Engley worked for Apple FCU as a business development consultant and a member of the supervisory committee. He now serves as the Education Foundation Executive Director.
Mr. Engley holds a M.A. from Virginia Tech and a B.A from Salem College (West Virginia).
R.C. Bosley, Director
R.C. Bosley spent the first five years of his career in Fairfax County Public Schools as a math teacher at Whittier Intermediate (now Falls Church High School). From there, he served in many leadership positions in district offices and schools. He was principal at Ft. Hunt Elementary and Kilmer, Franklin and Thoreau middle schools. He was a coordinator of instruction and area administrator.
Following his retirement in 1989, Mr. Bosley was interim principal at two high schools, two middle schools and three elementary schools.
Mr. Bosley holds a B.S. degree from Abilene Christian University (Texas) and a M.Ed. from the University of Virginia. He completed postgraduate work at the University of Virginia, American University, College of William & Mary, Radford University, Vanderbilt University, George Washington University and George Mason University.
Rodney Clemmons, Director
As a career educator, Rodney Clemmons has worked with students and schools as a teacher and administrator for over 30 years. As principal of Atlee High School (Hanover, VA), he was named Administrator of the Year by Virginia Media Educators. He was associate principal at Hayfield Secondary (Fairfax County, VA). From 2002-2005, Mr. Clemmons was Assistant to the Chairman of the House Education Committee in the Virginia House of Delegates. He is currently a senior partner in the Clemmons Group (Lebanon, TN). He is a contributing editor to Virginia and US Government (Pearson Education, 2009).
Mr. Clemmons holds a B.A. and M.A. degrees from Midwestern State University (Texas) and has completed advanced educational leadership work at Oxford University.
Joyce Latimer, Director
Joyce Latimer has been a member of the Apple FCU staff for six years. She currently serves as Member Service Representative and Loan Officer III at the Manassas Branch where she processes consumer loans, opens
new member accounts, provides information, advice and assistance to members on Apple’s products and services.
In addition to her work at Apple, Ms. Latimer is a volunteer financial mentor and presents seminars on money management, credit repair and making sensible credit decisions. She holds a B.S. degree in
Business Administration from Strayer University.
Calanthia Tucker, Director
Calanthia Tucker is a lifetime educator who completed her career in Fairfax County Public schools as a cluster superintendent earning the Point of Excellence award for superintendent leadership from Kappa Delta Pi
fraternity (George Mason University) in 2006. Additional professional honors include being named FCPS Principal of the Year (1996), NAACP Education Award (1997) and the Northern Virginia Urban League, E.L. Patterson
Community Service Award. At Mount Vernon High School, where Dr. Tucker served as principal, the media center is now named in her honor.
Receiving her doctorate in school administration from Vanderbilt University, Dr. Tucker also holds an M.S from Virginia Tech and a B.S. from Tennessee State.
Mark Karangelen, Director
Mark Karangelen joined the Education Foundation Board in 2010. Before coming to Apple FCU in 2008, he worked for a smaller credit union in Alexandria, NARFE Premier. Mark looks forward to the opportunity to serve on the board and making a difference in the Foundation, the credit union and the community.
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Larry Kelly, Ex Officio Director
Larry Kelly has been President & CEO of Apple FCU since 1995. Under his direction and leadership, the Apple FCU Education Foundation was formed in 2006. Prior to coming to Apple FCU, he was President and
CEO of Giant Food FCU. Mr. Kelly is an active member of the northern Virginia community and has served as chairman of the Board of Directors for the Virginia League Shared Branch Network, chairman of the
regulatory affairs committee of the Virginia Credit Union League and a member of the NAFCU regulatory affairs committee.
Mr. Kelly, a certified public accountant, holds and M.B.A. from Loyola College of Maryland and B.A. from University of Maryland, Baltimore County.