Regional Director for Roanoke, VA.....Tommy Amos
Tommy was appointed as the Regional Director for Roanoke, VA area in the Fall of 2001.
He was born and raised in Franklin County, Virginia. Tommy earned his
Associate of Applied Science degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering
Technology and has continued his studies at Old Dominion University. He
is married and has three daughters.He became interested in the world of the paranormal during his early teens. After discovering that there are few chances to make a comfortable living in the paranormal field, his interest took him into the field of electronics, where he spent twelve years working as a broadcast engineer with Blue Ridge Public Television in Roanoke, VA. His strong interest in computers has ultimately culminated in his current career in computer technology with Virginia Western Community College. He intends to use his background in electronics and computers to pursue his continued interest in paranormal phenomena.
His personal experiences before becoming a member of the CPRI include Poltergeist activity, Astral projection, possession and Angelic intervention. He believes there are intertwining truths between Christian Fundamentalism, Pure Science and Paranormal Phenomena and he intends to continually search for them.
You can email Tommy at
Brian was
appointed as Regional Director for NOVA in 2005.
Brian was born in Westmont, Illinois. In 1971 he moved to the Washington DC metro area. He's been there ever since. After graduation he enrolled in various art
and design classes at Prince George's College. He has been a
telecommunications draftsman since the mid 1980's. He is also an artist - to pursue his artistic side he does
freelance art and design. At an early age Brian remembers his entire family dealing with paranormal activity in their home. These experiences with paranormal activity gave Brian a
strong interest in the paranormal. As a result of his curiosity he decided to
join CPRI to learn more from the professionals (a.k.a CPRI, Inc.) about this subject.
Ladona was
appointed as Regional Director for North Western VA in Fall of 2007.
Ladona became interested in the paranormal at a very young age. Before the age of 10, she was reading every book about the paranormal she could get her hands on. She began searching for the answer to that age old question, “Do ghosts exist?” 
A native of Central Virginia, Freddie had his first experiences becoming acclimated to the
sights, sounds and activity of the paranormal as a young child growing up in an old 1840
era farm house. The house was situated in the middle of a Civil War battlefield where hordes of artifacts
and cannonballs were frequently uncovered in the yard and gardens. 
Thomas Ginther has lived in Alton, VA since 1984 and is a native of Wisconsin. He earned a business degree from a junior collage and works as a plant manager in a plastics manufacturing plant. Thomas has been a member of MUFON since 1999 and was tested and approved as a field investigator. He has investigated a number of crop circles in Virginia for BLT Research and is part of Nancy Talbott’s team of field workers. He is also a member of the American Society of Dowsers and recently became a member of the Rhine Association (part of the Rhine Research Center) Like many people interested in this field he has had many strange and paranormal experiences through out his life. Thomas also has a strong interest in the potential of the human mind as it relates to aspects that lie outside the ordinary bounds of scientific understanding.
Michael was appointed the Regional Director for Eastern VA in 2008.
Michael C. Abess was born and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and currently resides in Norfolk, having spent the majority of his life in the Hampton Roads area. He studied Psychology at Francis Marion University in South Carolina and holds an Associate of Applied Science degree in Legal Studies. An avid student of theology, Michael is also an ordained minister and holds honorary Doctorates in Divinity and Metaphysics. Despite that fact, he approaches the field of paranormal research from a very scientific viewpoint, believing that if phenomena cannot be explained scientifically yet, it will be eventually.