Who We Are
Board of Directors
Officers
Chairman and CEO
Robert W. Woltz, Jr.*
President and CEO
Verizon
Vice chairman and chairman of Executive Committee
Jacqueline McClenney-Wallace
President
McClenney Wall, PC
President
Dwight C. Jones**
Mayor
City of Richmond
Immediate past chairman and CEO
C.T. Hill*
Chairman, President and CEO
SunTrust Bank
Secretary
Mark R. Merhige*
President
Mark Merhige Real Estate Brokerage & Dev.
Treasurer
G. Slaughter (Sandy) Fitz-Hugh***
Senior adviser
Kaufman & Canoles Consulting
General Counsel
John W. Bates, III, Esq.***
Partner
McGuireWoods, LLP
Assistant Secretary
Jacquelyn E. Stone
Partner
McGuireWoods, LLP
Board of Directors
John B. Adams
Chairman and CEO
The Martin Agency
Ken Ampy*
CEO
Astyra Corporation
Lynda Sharp Anderson
Edward L. Ayers*
President
University of Richmond
Stephen E. Baril*
Partner
Williams Mullen
Viola O. Baskerville
Secretary of Administration
Commonwealth of Virginia
David R. Beran*
Executive vice president and CFO
Altria Group
Peter Bernard*
CEO
Bon Secours Richmond Health System
Guenet Beshah*
Vice president, Executive Coaching
Capital One Financial
Jean Boone
Advertising director
Richmond Free Press
Bryan Bostic
Managing director
Spanish Moss Holdings, LLC
Margaret Bowen*
Vice president, Human Resources
Reynolds Packaging Group
A. Hugo Bowers
President
Bowers Family Enterprises, LLC
Yvonne Brandon**
Superintendent
Richmond Public Schools
J. Alfred Broaddus
Retired president
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Thomas Brown*
CEO
Rutherfoord
Gina Burgin*
Attorney
Meridian Legal Advisors
Stacy Burrs
Owner/President
Capacity Development, LLC
Tim Butturini*
Regional president
Wachovia/Wells Fargo
Ronald Carey
Vice president, Targeted Solutions
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Bill Chapman
President
Bill Chapman Enterprises
Tim Davey*
Vice president, Economic Development
Corporate Business Development
Mary Doswell*
Senior vice president, Alternative Energy Solutions
Dominion Resources Services Co.
Robert Englander
President
The Cathford Group, Inc.
Jacqueline G. Epps, Esq.,
Partner
Morris & Morris
Patrick Farrell*
President
HCA – Central Atlantic Division
Gary Gore*
Managing Director of U.S. Trust/BofA Private Wealth Management/
Richmond Market President
Bank of America
Thomas E. Gottwald*
President and CEO
NewMarket Corporation
Rev. Dr. Patricia Gould-Champ
Pastor
Faith Community Baptist Church
Kathy Graziano**
President
Richmond City Council
Harold T. Green, M.D.
CEO
Green Medical Center
Robert J. Grey Jr., Esq.
Partner
Hunton & Williams
Brenton S. Halsey
Chairman emeritus
James River Corporation
Monroe E. Harris Jr., DMD
Plastic surgeon/reconstructive surgeon
Niamtu Alexander Kenney Harris
Bruce R. Hazelgrove, III*
Vice president, Corporate Resources
NewMarket Corporation
Brian K. Jackson*
General Counsel
Ukrop’s Super Markets, Inc.
Adele Johnson
Executive director
Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation
Darius Johnson*
President
Consolidated Bank and Trust Co.
Kenneth S. Johnson*
President
Johnson, Inc.
Rev. Michael J. Jones*
Senior pastor
Village of Faith Ministries
Jon King*
CEO
Exclusive Staffing
Jeffrey M. Lacker*
President
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Richard Lambert
Vice president/general manager
Scott’s Funeral Home
Michael Laming*
Director, Human Resources
Genworth Financial
Willie Lanier
Chairman and CEO
TDS Us
Nico de Leon*
President
NXL
H. Michael Ligon*
Vice president
The Universal Leaf Foundation
Charles Macfarlane*
Managing member
Macfarlane Partners
Henry L. Marsh, Esq.
Senator, 16th District
Commonwealth of Virginia
Hill, Tucker & Marsh
Earl H. McClenney, Jr., Ph.D.*
Professor
Virginia State University
Edward McCoy
President
Eaheart Industrial Service, Inc.
John Molster*
Managing director
Scott & Stringfellow
Thurston R. Moore*
Chairman, Executive Committee
Hunton & Williams
Harold Parker, Jr.*
Owner
Old Dominion Electrical Supply
Sarah Paxton
Owner
LaDifference
Claude G. Perkins, Ph.D.*
President
Virginia Union University
Tinh duc Phan*
Chairman
Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce
Burt Pinnock
Architect
BAM Architects
John W. Pretlow
CEO
John W. Pretlow Insurance
Michael Rao, Ph.D.*
President
Virginia Commonwealth University
Gary L. Rhodes, Ph.D.*
President
J.Sargeant Reynolds
Community College
Pamela Royal, Ph.D.*
CEO
Royal Dermatology
Lisa Schaffner*
Director of Public Relations and Marketing
United Network for Organ Sharing
Linda Schreiner*
Senior vice president, Human Resources and Communications
MeadWestvaco
Ranjit Sen
CEO
Code-X, Inc.
Robert W. Shinn
President
Capital Results
Stuart Siegel
Chairman
S&K Famous Brands, Inc
Oliver Singleton*
President/CEO
The Metropolitan Business League
Robert C. Sledd*
CEO
Pinnacle Venture, LLC
Craig R. Smith
President and CEO
Owens & Minor
Dwight Snead
CEO
Dwight Snead Construction, Inc.
James Theobald
Chairman
Hirschler Fleischer
Philip Thompson
President and CEO
Cantebury Enterprises, LLC
Andrew Thornton*
President
LaDifference
Eugene P. Trani, Ph.D.*
President emeritus
Virginia Commonwealth University
Albert W. Thweatt, Sr.
CEO
Alrod Enterprises
James E. Ukrop*
Chairman
First Market Bank
Leonard Venter*
Managing partner
LAV & Associates
Matt Williams*
Executive vice president and CEO
The Martin Agency
Michael Zajur*
President and CEO
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
*Executive committee member
**Ex-officio member
***Non-executive committee officers