Pictured: 2018 Board of Directors
Executive Committee & Officers
Chair
Deb Gandy,'12
Managing Director, Chevy Chase Trust Company
Bethesda, MD
Vice Chair
Rick Pervarski,'11
President & CEO, VA811
Roanoke
Secretary
Marcellous Frye, '09
Vice President, Support Services, Washington Gas
Springfield
Treasurer
John Young,'12
Regional President, Western Virginia, Union Bank and Trust
Charlottesville
President & Chief Executive Officer
Susan Horne, ’06
President & CEO, Lead Virginia
Richmond
Past Chair & Nominating Chair
Matt McQueen,'11
Chief Communications Officer, Peraton
Herndon
Scholarship Chair
Myles Louria, '14
Senior Director, Government Affairs, Hunton, Andrews & Kurth
Richmond
Alumni Chair
Heather Gold, '06
President (Retired), Fiber Broadband Association
Leesburg
Communications Chair
Bob Innes, ‘08
Director of Communications (Retired), Columbia Gas
Chester
Development Chair
Andrea Archer, ‘14
Senior Director, Human Resources and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Altria Client Services
Richmond
Personnel Chair
Annie Adams, Ph.D
Vice President, Human Resources, Norfolk Southern Corporation
Norfolk
Program/Curriculum Chair
John Thomas, DPA
Managing Partner, DecideSmart
Richmond
Admissions Chair
Anna Van Buren,'16
Chief Executive Officer, Faneuil, Inc.
Hampton
General Counsel to the Board
Doug McDonald, ‘05
Partner Venable, LLP
Vienna
Finance Chair
Deborah Armstrong, '08
Senior Vice President (Retired), SunTrust
Richmond
At Large
Peter Blake,'08
Director, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
Richmond
At Large
Linda Stanley,'16
Market Executive - Virginia and Market President - Charlottesville
Richmond
Board of Directors
Kevin Allison, Ph.D. '12
Executive Director, Strategy and Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond
Jim Bibbs, ‘15
Chief Human Resource Officer, Port of Virginia
Norfolk
Beth Bortz, '07
President & CEO, Virginia Center for Health Innovation
Henrico
Dexter Gilliam
President & CEO, The Bank of Charlotte County
Phenix
John Dooley, Ph. D
Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Tech Foundation
Blacksburg
Dr. Steve Gladis, '13
President & CEO, Steve Gladis Leadership Partners
Annandale
Mark Heath
President & CEO, Martinsville-Henry Economic Development Corporation
Martinsville
Donna Price Henry, Ph.D.
Chancellor, The University of Virginia's College at Wise
Wise
Susan Jacobs
Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, Newport News Shipbuilding a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Newport News
Ron Jefferson,'12
Manager, External Affairs, Appalachian Power Company
Richmond
Nick Langridge, Ph.D. '09
Vice President for University Advancement, James Madison University
Harrisonburg
Mike Ligon,'09
Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Universal Corporation
Richmond
Chris Lumsden
President/ Administator, Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital
South Boston
Keith Martin,'12
Vice President of Public Policy & General Counsel, Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director, Virginia Chamber Foundation
Richmond
Ned Massee, '07
Principal, Croatan Advisors
Midlothian
Carl Mitchell, ‘10
Director of Major Gifts, Virginia Tech College of Engineering
Radford
William Murray, Ph.D. '15
Vice President, Public Policy, Dominion Energy
Richmond
RADM (Ret.) Ann C. Phillips, '17
Principal, A.C. Phillips, LLC
Norfolk
Kim Scheeler, '14
President & CEO, ChamberRVA
Richmond
Scott Schoenborn, ‘08
Corporate Account Director, Invidior
Henrico
Jen Siciliano, '17
Vice President, Government Relations, Inova Health System
Falls Church
The Honorable Kelly Thomasson
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Virginia
Richmond
Linda Stanley, '16
Senior Vice President and Market Executive, Bank of America
Charlottesville and Richmond
Kathy Strawn, '14
Retired
Glen Allen
Anna Van Buren, '16
President & CEO, Faneuil
Hampton
Jeff Wassmer, ‘05
President & CEO, Spectrum Comm., Inc.
Newport News
Military Liaison to the Board
Bryan Stephens, '15
President & CEO, Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce
Norfolk