Board of directors

Officers

Chairman & CEO

Brian K. Jackson*
Partner
Hirschler Fleischer

Vice Chairman & Chairman of Exec. Committee

Mark R. Merhige*
Director of Commercial Brokerage & Strategy
Dodson Property Management

President

Levar Stoney*
Mayor
City of Richmond

Secretary

Dr. Pamela Royal*
CEO
Royal Dermatology

Treasurer

Thomas R. Brown***
Vice Chairman
Rutherfoord

General Counsel

John W. Bates, III, Esq.***
Partner
McGuireWoods, LLP

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Board of Directors

• Makola Abdullah**
  President
  Virginia State University
• Farhad Aghdami*
  Partner
  Williams Mullen
• Neil Amin*
  CEO
  Shamin Hotels, Inc,
• Ken Ampy*
  CEO
  Astyra Corporation
• Robert Angle
  Partner
  Troutman Sanders
• Toni Ardabell*
  CEO
  Bon Secours Richmond Health System
• Phillip Avant*
  Central Virginia Market President
  SunTrust Bank
• John Baker*
  Vice President, Human Resources
  WestRock
• Edward H. Baine*
  Senior Vice President–Distribution
  Dominion Virginia Power
• Stephen E. Baril
  Partner
  Kaplan Voekler
• Jean Boone
  Publisher
  Richmond Free Press
• Margaret Bowen
  Vice President, Human Resources,
  Mergers & Acquisitions
  Rank Group North America, Inc. – M & A Team
• Victor Branch*
  Richmond Market President
  Bank of America
• Aisha Bullard
  Bullard Law
• Gerald Burr, Jr.*
  CEO
  Canterbury Enterprises
• Jonathan Coleman
  The New Y-Capp, Inc.
• Matt Cooper*
  EVP, Legal
  Capital One Financial
• Ronald Crutcher**
  President
  University of Richmond
• Sharon Dabney-Wooldridge*
  President & CEO
  The Klean Kare Team
• Susan Dewey
  Executive Director
  VHDA
• Mary Doswell(+)
  Consultant
• Carmina Drummond*
  Chief Culture Officer
  The Martin Agency
• Candace Formacek*
  Vice President & Treasurer
  Universal Corporation
• Moses Foster*
  President & CEO
  West Cary Group
• Jerry Fox
  Partner
  Cherry Bekaert
• Thomas Goode*
  Regional Private Banking Manager
  Senior Vice President
  Wells Fargo Bank
• Thomas E. Gottwald(+)
  President & CEO
  NewMarket Corporation
• Rick Gregory*
  Founder
  LYNX Ventures, LLC
• Robert J. Grey, Jr., Esq.
  Partner
  Hunton & Williams
• Kym Grinnage*
  General Manager
  WWBT 12
• Brenton S. Halsey
  Chairman Emeritus
  James River Corporation
• Adam Harrell*
  Co-Managing Partner
  Harrell & Chambliss
• Monroe E. Harris, Jr., DMD*
  Principal
  Virginia Oral & Facial Surgery
• Bruce R. Hazelgrove, III(+)
  Vice President – Corporate Resources
  NewMarket Corporation
• Devon Henry*
  CEO & President
  Team Henry Enterprises
• Chris Hilbert*
  President – 3rd District Representative
  Richmond City Council
• C.T. Hill(+)
• Connie Hom
  CEO
  Buckingham Greenery
• Mark Hourigan*
  President
  Hourigan Construction
• Chris Johnson
  Principal
  The Monument Companies, LLC
• Darius Johnson*
  President
  Premier Bank, Consolidated Division
• Johnny Johnson*
  Chairman & CEO
  Johnny on the Spot Services, LLC
  
• Kenneth S. Johnson(+)
  President
  Johnson, Inc.
• Kenneth Jones
  President & CEO
  Prestige Construction
• Michael Jones*
  9th District Representative
  Richmond City Council
• Rob Jones*
  CEO & President
  Alliance Group
• Jason Kamras**
  Superintendent
  Richmond Public Schools
• Bruce Kay*
  Vice President
  Markel Corporation
• Jon King
  CEO
  Exclusive Staffing
• Justin Knight
  President
  Apple REIT
• Otto Konrad
  Partner
  Williams Mullen
• Hakim Lucas**
  President
  Virginia Union University
• Charles Macfarlane*
  Managing Member
  MacFarlane Partners
• Sal Mancuso*
  VP & Treasurer
  Altria Group, Inc.
• Blake Manners
  Managing Partner
  Ernst & Young
• Geoff Marlatt*
  SVP Manufacturer Services
  Owens & Minor
• Rita McClenny*
  President & CEO
  Virginia Tourism Corporation
• Floyd Miller
  Executive Director
  The Metropolitan Business League
• Rumy Mohta
  CEO
  Atlas Branding & Communications
• Jay Moore*
  SVP, Strategy & Business Development
  Altria Client Services
• Thomas Osgood
  EVP, CFO & CAO
  Xenith Bank
• Harold Parker, Jr.*
  Owner
  Old Dominion Electrical Supply
• Leslie Parpart*
  Manager, Community Relations & The CarMax Foundation
  CarMax Foundation
• Angela Patton
  Founder
  Camp Diva
• Burt Pinnock*
  Principal
  Baskervill
• Michael Rao**
  President
  Virginia Commonwealth University
• Gary L. Rhodes**
  President
  Reynolds Community College
• Jeff Ricketts*
  President, VA Market
  Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Doug Roth*
  Market President
  BB&T
• Lisa Ruggles*
  SVP, Research
  CoStar Group
• Kim Scheeler**
  President & CEO
  Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce
• Thomas Silvestri*
  President & Publisher
  Richmond Times Dispatch
• Robert Sledd
  Principal
  Pinnacle Ventures
• Dwight Snead
  President
  Dwight Snead Construction
• John Stallings*
  President
  Union Bank & Trust
• Ronald Stallings
  CEO
  Walker Row Partnership
• Jacquelyn E. Stone
  McGuire Woods, LLP
  Partner
• James Theobald*
  Chairman
  Hirschler Fleischer
• Andrew Thornton*
  President
  LaDifference
• Freda Thornton*
  CEO
  FWL & Sons, Inc.
• Dr. Eugene P. Trani(+)
  President Emeritus
  Virginia Commonwealth University
• Chris Tsui*
  Owner
  EAT Restaurant Partners
• James E. Ukrop(+)*
  Principal
  New Richmond Ventures
• Edward Valentine*
  Managing Director
  Harris Williams
• Massie Valentine*
  SVP – Investments/Director
  Davenport & Co., LLC
• Jason Vickers-Smith
  Principal
  WVS Companies
• Marilyn West*
  President & CEO
  M. H. West & Co.
• Robert Westbrook*
  Partner
  KPMG
• Thomas Winfree
  Vice Chairman Board of Directors
  Retired, President & CEO
  Village Bank
• Brian White
  Principal
  SWA Construction
• Robert Woltz(+)
• Samuel Young*
  President
  Astyra
• Michel Zajur*
  Founder/CEO
  Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

“*” denotes Executive Committee Member
“**” denotes Ex-Officio member
“***” denotes Non-Executive Committee Officers
“(+)” denotes Director Emeritus

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Staff Contacts

• Lisa Sims
  Executive Director
• Lucy Meade
  Director of Marketing & Development
• Renee Gaines
  Executive Assistant