Board of Directors
Makola Abdullah
President
Virginia State University
Chris Accashian
Chief Operating Officer
Bon Secours Richmond Health System
Neil Amin
CEO
Shamin Hotels, Inc.
Sherrie Armstrong
CEO
Community Foundation for a greater Richmond
John Baker
Edward H. Baine
President
Dominion Energy – Virginia
Becky Bareford
First Vice President & COO
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Victor Branch
Richmond Market President
Bank of America
Chandra Briggman
Jon Buckbee
Vice President
Capital One
Gerald Burr, Jr.
CEO
Canterbury Enterprises
Kelly Chopus
President & CEO
Community Collaborations, Inc.
Pat Collins
Richmond President
TowneBank
Sharon Dabney-Wooldridge
President & CEO
The Klean Kare Team
Christine G. Daniels
Senior VP – Commercial Banking Leader
Wells Fargo
Ben Dessart
Vice President, External Affairs
Universal Corporation
Moses Foster
President & CEO
West Cary Group
Lewanda Sims-Gallimore
Director of Community Relations & External Affairs
Genworth
Thomas Gayner
CEO
Markel
Douglas S. Granger
Managing Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Rick Gregory
Founder
Lynx Ventures
Kym D. Grinnage
Regional VP/General Manager
12 On Your Side/CW Richmond/Gray TV
Kevin Hallock
President
University of Richmond
Monroe E. Harris, Jr., DMD
Oral & Facial Surgeon
Virginia Oral & Facial Surgery
Michael Henley
VP Central Virginia
Hourigan
Connie Hom
CEO
Buckingham Greenery
Chris Johnson
Principal
The Monument Companies, LLC
Lester Johnson
Owner & Managing Partner
Mama J’s
Rob Jones
CEO & President
Alliance Group
Jason Kamras
Superintendent
Richmond Public Schools
Hakim Lucas
President
Virginia Union University
Charles Macfarlane
Owner
Macfarlane Partners
Michael Manson
Vice President & General Manager, Marketing
Phillip Morris, USA
Floyd Miller
Executive Director
The Metropolitan Business League
Kristen Nye
4th District Council Representative
Richmond City Council
Shawn O’Brien
Consumer Group Banking Executive
Atlantic Union Bank
Leslie Parpart
Director, Community Relations
CarMax, Inc.
Burt Pinnock
Principal/Chairman
Baskervill
Michael Rao
President
Virginia Commonwealth University
Ellen Robertson
6th District Council Representative
Richmond City Council
Lisa Ruggles
SVP, Global Operations
CoStar Group
Jacquelyn E. Stone
Partner
McGuire Woods, LLP
Chris Tsui
Owner
EAT Restaurant Partners
Ted Ukrop
Principal & Developer
Quirk Hotel
Massie Valentine
SVP-Investment/Director
Davenport & Co., LLC
Ned Valentine
Managing Director - Richmond
Harris Williams & Co.
Marilyn West
President & CEO
M. H. West & Co.
Janet Wiglesworth
Chief Operating Officer
Virginia Housing
Michael Williams
Senior Wealth Advisor
South State Bank
Adrienne Wright
Chief Operating and Culture Officer
The Martin Agency
Samuel Young
President
Astyra
Director Emeritus
John Bates
Thomas E. Gottwald
NewMarket Corporation
Bruce R. Hazelgrove, III
NewMarket Corporation
C. T. Hill
Brian Jackson
Hirschler
Kenneth S. Johnson
Johnson, Inc.
Mark Merhige
Bantry Hill Ventures
Dr. Pamela Royal
Royal Dermatology
Dr. Eugene P. Trani
James E. Ukrop
NRV
Board of Trustees
Robert Angle
Troutman Sanders
Jean Boone
Richmond Free Press
William Cooper
Atlantic Constructors, Inc.
Timothy Davey
Timmons Group
Thomas K. Davis
T. K. Davis Construction
John Gregory
Lynx Ventures
Robert J. Grey, Jr. Esq.
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
Kenneth Jones
Prestige Construction
Justin Knight
Apple REIT
Otto Konrad
Williams Mullin
Owen Matthews
Kings Dominion
Edward McCoy
Eaheart Industrial Service, Inc.
Rumy Mohta
Atlas Ventures
Harold Parker, Jr.
Old Dominion Electrical Supply
Angela Patton
Girls for a Change
Robert Sledd
Pinnacle Ventures
Dwight Snead
Dwight Snead Construction
Andrew Thornton
LaDiff Furniture Store
Jason Vickers-Smith
WVS Companies
Scott Warren
Warren Whitney
Brian White
Main Street Realty
Staff Contacts
Lisa Sims
CEO
Anedra Bourne
Deputy Executive Director
Renee Gaines
Office Administrator