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2008-10

Chairman

G. S. Fitz-Hugh

Senior Advisor

Kaufman & Canoles

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2008-09

Vice Chairman

Kenneth R. Garren

President

Lynchburg College

 

 

 

A more impressive list of trustees would be hard to find!  View the alphabetical listing of our trustees to see which business, corporate and community leaders volunteer to help raise support - both financial and collaborative - for our colleges.

The Board of Trustees of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges includes the following business and community leaders throughout Virginia as well as the Presidents of our 15 member colleges and universities:

A. Marshall Acuff, Jr.; Managing Director, Cary Street Partners

George  F. Albright, Jr.; Managing Director & Virginia Business Head, JPMorgan Private Bank

G. William Beale; President and CEO, Union Bankshares

W. Earle Betts III; Chief Executive Officer, Montague-Betts Company

George Y. Birdsong; Chief Executive Officer, Birdsong Corporation

Ricky K. Brown; Senior Exec. Vice President & Manager of Banking Network, BB&T Corporation

J. Stewart Bryan III; Chairman, Media General, Inc.

Richard C. Burroughs; Vice-Chairman, Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate

John M. Camp III; Managing Director, Southfield Capital

R. Daniel Carson, Jr.; Vice President, Appalachian Power

Theodore L. Chandler, Jr.; Chairman and CEO, LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc.

James C. Cherry; Chairman (Ret.), Wachovia, Mid-Atlantic Bank

C. Lynch Christian III; President, 1000 Church Street, Inc.

William H. W. Crawford IV, Regional President - Eastern Virginia, Wachovia Corporation

Beverley E. Dalton; Chair of the Board, English Construction

Thomas F. Farrell II; Chairman, President and CEO, Dominion

G. S. Fitz-Hugh, Jr.; Senior Advisor, Kaufman & Canoles Consulting

Michael D. Fraizer; Chairman, President and CEO, Genworth Financial

George C. Freeman III, President & CEO, Universal Corporation

Gerard T. Gabrys; President and CEO, Guest Services, Inc.

Palmer P. Garson; Managing Partner, Jefferson Capital Partners, Ltd.

Marie M. Godsey; President, Meriwether's, Inc.

Thomas E. Goode; President, Richmond Market, Bank of America

William M. Gottwald; Chairman of the Board, Albemarle Corporation

H. Hiter Harris III; Partner, Harris Williams & Co.

Anne Barnett Hazel; Civic Leader

Ted Hengst; President, Harris Technical Services Corporation

David J. Hilborn; Principal and Worldwide Partner, Mercer Human Resource Consulting

C. T. Hill; Chairman, President and CEO, SunTrust Bank, Mid-Atlantic

Thomas G. Johnson, Jr., Esq.; Chairman, Willcox & Savage, P. C.

Randy T. Lawrence, Vice President for Human Resources, Altria

John C. Lee IV; Chairman and CEO, Lee Technologies

Lemuel E. Lewis; Director, Landmark Communications

Charles S. Luck III; Chairman of the Board, Luck Stone Corporation

Daniel J. Ludeman; President and CEO, Wachovia Securities, Brokerage Group

Thomas J. Lyons, Jr.; President, Tidewater Hotels & Resorts

Craig L. Massey, Vice Chairman, Evan Energy Investments, LC

Vincent J. Mastracco, Jr., Esq.; Member, Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.

Thurston R. Moore, Esq.; Chairman, Hunton & Williams LLP

Charles W. Moorman IV; Chairman, President and CEO, Norfolk Southern Corporation

Roger H. Mudd; Journalist (Ret.), The History Channel, CBS News, NBC News

William L. Pannill; Chairman, Tacoma Management Inc.

Julien G. Patterson, Chairman, Omniplex World Services

Bittle W. Porterfield III; President, Rice Management Company

Frank W. Roach; CEO, Wolseley - North America

Richard B. Robey; President, Southeast Higher Ed. Region, Sallie Mae

Bob Sasser; President and CEO, Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

Robert C. Sledd; Chairman, Performance Food Group Company

Julious P. Smith, Jr., Esq.; Chairman and CEO, Williams Mullen

Robert H. Spilman, Jr.; President and CEO, Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.

Walker P. Sydnor, Jr.; President, Scott Insurance

Hugh E. Taylor; Corporate Vice President of IT Solutions & CIO, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Martin L. Vaughan III; Chairman and CEO, Hilb Rogal & Hobbs

Margaret G. Warner; Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS

Richard R. Whitt, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Markel Corporation

John B. Williamson III, President and CEO, RGC Resources, Inc.

Alan S. Witt, CPA; Chief Executive Officer, Witt Mares

Robert W. Woltz, Jr.; President - Virginia, Verizon

 

 

 

Edward L. Ayers, Richmond, President, University of Richmond

Walter M. Bortz III, Hampden-Sydney, President, Hampden-Sydney College

James E. Bundschuh, Arlington, President, Marymount University

Tracy Fitzsimmons, Winchester, President, Shenandoah University

Pamela Fox, Staunton, President, Mary Baldwin College

Kenneth R. Garren, Lynchburg, President, Lynchburg College

Nancy O. Gray, Roanoke, President, Hollins University

William T. Greer, Jr., Norfolk, President, Virginia Wesleyan College

John E. Klein, Lynchburg, President-elect, Randolph College

Robert R. Lindgren, Ashland, President, Randolph-Macon College

Michael C. Maxey, Salem, President, Roanoke College

Elisabeth S. Muhlenfeld, Sweet Briar, President, Sweet Briar College

Rosalind Reichard, Emory, President, Emory & Henry College

Kenneth P. Ruscio, Lexington, President, Washington and Lee University

Phillip C. Stone, Bridgewater, President, Bridgewater College

 

John B. Adams, Jr., Fredericksburg, A. Smith Bowman Distillery

John W. Bates III, Esq.; Attorney at Law, McGuireWoods LLP

Jane Parke Batten, Virginia Beach, Civic Leader

William W. Berry, Richmond, Chairman, ISO New England Inc.

William E. Betts, Jr., Lynchburg, Chairman, Montague-Betts Company

Thos. E. Capps, Richmond, Chairman (Ret.), Dominion

Preston C. Caruthers, Arlington, Carfam II Associates, L.P.

Lawrence K. Doll; President, The Lawrence Doll Company &, Chairman, United Bank

Milton L. Drewer, Jr., Arlington, Chairman (Ret.), First American Bank of Virginia

Barry J. Fitzpatrick; Chairman (Ret.), BB&T of Virginia

Robert H. Gammon, Charlottesville, Executive Vice President (Ret.), VFIC

David R. Goode, Norfolk, Chairman (Ret.), Norfolk Southern Corporation

Nancy H. Gottwald, Richmond, Civic Leader

Robert V. Hatcher, Jr., Richmond, President & CEO (Ret.), Johnson & Higgins

Robert E. R. Huntley, Esq.,  Lexington, Hunton & Williams (Ret.)

Charles T. Lindsay, Jr., Alexandria, President, Lindsay Automotive Group

John L. McElroy, Jr., Manakin-Sabot, Chairman Emeritus (Ret.), First Union Securities

Lewis N. Miller, Jr., Richmond, CEO - Virginia Banking, (Ret.), Wachovia Bank, N.A.

John D. Munford, Virginia Beach, Vice Chairman (Ret.), Union Camp Corporation

Lloyd U. Noland, Jr., Newport News, Chairman & CEO, Noland Properties, Inc.

William F. Quillian, Jr., Lynchburg, President Emeritus, Randolph-Macon Woman's College

Gordon F. Rainey, Jr., Esq., Richmond, Chairman Emeritus, Hunton & Williams

Toy D. Savage, Jr., Esq., Norfolk, Willcox & Savage, P.C.

Jeremiah J. Sheehan, Midlothian, Chairman (Ret.), Reynolds Metals Company

Donald G. Smith, Roanoke, Chairman, President & CEO (Ret.), Roanoke Electric Steel Co.

Lawrence N. Smith, Virginia Beach, Chairman of the Board, Resource Bank

Samuel R. Spencer, Jr., Davidson, N.C., President (Ret.), VFIC

Robert H. Spilman, Bassett, Spilman Properties

Robert A. Spivey, Tallahassee, Florida, President (Ret.), VFIC 

Hugh R. Stallard, Midlothian, President & CEO (Ret.), Bell Atlantic - Virginia, Inc.

Suzanne F. Thomas, Civic Leader

Richard G. Tilghman, Richmond, Vice Chairman of the Board (Ret.), SunTrust Bank

The Hon. Mark R. Warner, Alexandria, Governor of Virginia (2002-06)

Richard W. Wiltshire, Richmond, Chairman (Ret.), Home Beneficial Life Insurance Co.