Lewis has lived in Charlottesville for over 15 years, with three college-age children in school in Virginia. He is a 2000 graduate (BA History) from Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN, where he was a football player and threw javelin on the track & field team. He’s also a 2017 MBA graduate of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. A US Army combat veteran and former federal civilian employee, Lewis is now a global director for Enerpac Tool Group and also the owner of a local small business, Bodhisattva Trading Company, where he imports and sells authentic, hand-made Himalayan singing bowls, gongs, and mala prayer beads. Lewis currently chairs the CWS Development Committee and has experience in nonprofit management, global marketing, sales operations, and product management. He also serves on the Augsburg University alumni board and as a Darden class agent.

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