From Who approved the $3.03 million—and why the accounting still matters
Employment record
- Public institution
- City of Newport News
- Department / office / school
- Communications
- Position / title
- Director - Communications
- Source type
- Roster assignment
- Classification / role type
- Management Schedule
- Record status
- Listed in source roster
- Source date / period
- May 2026
The roster records an assignment at the stated date. It does not establish employment status today.
Original roster wording & label sources
- Name in source
- JODY SAUNDERS
- Department in source
- Department Of Communications
- Position in source
- DIRECTOR-COMMUNICATIONS
Common job-title abbreviations are expanded for readability. Original wording, job levels and compensation matches are preserved.
Official website listings
These separately dated website roles and contacts do not replace the original roster assignment or its compensation match.
Jody Saunders
Director of Communications · Communications
Checked: October 7, 2026
Official City public-contact directory [2]Salary & compensation
Published role rate
$159,000
This annual amount is matched to the department and job classification. The underlying compensation file does not name employees, so it cannot verify Jody Saunders’s individual pay.
September 2026 published dataset; downloaded October 1, 2026. One source pay record matches this department/title. A unique title match is still not direct named-pay evidence.
Compensation source [4]Public records & case history
Dated professional records, case roles and court outcomes. Lawsuit allegations are identified separately from findings.
No verified professional, licensure, certification or case record is attached to this profile.
Notes
The report identifies Jody L. Saunders as Director of Communications and records a request for comment. Its account of a non-response is limited to that report’s publication date.
Source date: September 22, 2026
Who approved the $3.03 million—and why the accounting still matters [7]Being mentioned in a report does not itself establish wrongdoing.
References
- City FOIA Employees by Position
- Official City public-contact directory
- Official City staff directory
- Employee compensation — September 2026
- Official organization name source
- City of Newport News — Communications
- Who approved the $3.03 million—and why the accounting still matters
- Directory sources and verification