Supporting the School of Business
Founded in 2005, the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business Foundation was created to manage private assets and provide meaningful leadership from the corporate community to advance the VCU School of Business. The foundation provides resources to educate students, achieve teaching excellence and promote scholarly research. It owns Snead Hall, which is leased to Virginia Commonwealth University to be used for School of Business classes and activities.
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Trustees
Our School of Business Foundation board is made up of Virginia business leaders who volunteer their time and expertise in support of our programs and people.
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Chair
Thomas G. Snead Jr. (B.S. ’76)
President and CEO (retired)
Southeast Region, Wellpoint, Inc., Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield
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Vice-chair
Robert E. Henley (B.S. ’71)
Managing partner (retired)
Ernst & Young
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Treasurer
Charles F. Phillips III
Richmond office managing partner
Ernst & Young
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Secretary
Laura E. Kottkamp
Executive director
School of Business Foundation and Corporate Relations, VCU School of Business
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Directors
- L. Dans Callans Jr. (B.S. '66)
President (retired)
Sunset Ford
- Eric D. Cevis
President
Verizon Partner Solutions
- Phyllis L. Cothran (B.S. ’71)
President and COO (retired)
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
- Peyton Cox (MBA '03)
Vice president
Investment Properties | Multifamily
CBRE | Capital Markets
- Paul W. Croston
Managing partner
KPMG LLP
- Melina Davis-Martin (MBA '01)
Executive vice president
Medical Society of Virginia
- Thomas J. Dorsey (B.S. '75)
Chief executive officer
Dorsey Holdings, LLC.
- David Gallagher (B.S. '97)
Chief executive officer
Dominion Payroll Services
- Mark M. Gambill
Chairman emeritus
Cary Street Partners
- William F. Gifford Jr. (B.S. '92)
Vice president and chief financial officer
Altria Group, Inc
- William M. Ginther (B.S. ’69, M.S. ’74)
Corporate executive vice president (retired)
SunTrust Bank
- Michelle H. Gluck
Executive vice president, general counsel, and chief risk officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Jeffrey K. Gronning (B.S. ’90)
Founder and partner
Normandy Real Estate Partners
- A. William Hamill
President
H3 Companies LLC
- Allen B. King (B.S. ’77)
Chairman emeritus
Universal Corporation
- Tania Kornblau
Marketing director
MARVA The Galleria of Stone
- Mark Lareau
Chief Procurement Officer
Liberty Mutual
- Juanita B. Leatherberry (B.S. ’73)
Assistant vice president
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare (retired)
Realtor, Keller Williams Realty
- Gail L. Letts
Richmond, Virginia
- Steven A. Markel
Vice chairman
Markel Corporation
- Charles McLane (B.S. '78, MAcc '84)
Executive vice president and chief financial officer (retired)
Alcoa
- Mark J. Newfield (B.S. ’87)
Founder & owner
Newfield Financial Solutions
- John D. O'Neill Jr.
Partner
Hunton & Williams LLP
- John N. Pullen (B.S. ’87, MBA ’04)
Chief growth officer
Luck Companies
- Richard Reinecke (B.S. '96)
Co-founding partner
Farenheit Advisors
- Pamela Kiecker Royall, Ph.D.
Head of research
Enrollment Services, EAB
- Lisa Ruggles
Senior vice president of global research
CoStar Group
- Robert A. Shama
Richmond, Virginia
- Robert C. Sledd
Chairman (retired), Performance Food Group Company
Managing partner, Pinnacle Ventures LLC
- Robert S. Ukrop
President and CEO
Ukrop's Homestyle Foods
- Linda M. Warren (B.S. ’75)
Vice president and controller (retired)
Altria Group, Inc.
- Ting Xu
Founder and president
Evergreen Enterprises
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Ex-officio
- Ed Grier
Dean
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business
- Michael Rao, Ph.D.
President
Virginia Commonwealth University
- Brad Holley
President
VCU Business Alumni Society
- Vann Graves
Executive director
Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter
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Emeritus
- T. Kent Cox (B.S. '78)
Senior vice president
Morgan Stanley
- Michael Dinkins
Chief financial officer
Greatbatch, Inc.
- Charles H. Foster Jr.
Chairman (retired)
LandAmerica Financial Group
- Brenton S. Halsey
Chairman and CEO (retired)
James River Corporation
- Bryan E. Kornblau
President
Markel/Eagle Partners LLC
- W. Austin Ligon
Co-Founder and CEO (retired)
CarMax
- G. Gilmer Minor III
Chairman
Owens & Minor Inc.
- John R. Nelson, Ph.D.
Executive vice president and chief technology officer (retired)
Altria Group Inc.
- Baxter F. Phillips Jr. (B.S. '75, MBA '76)
President and CEO (retired)
Massey Energy Company
- S. Buford Scott
Chairman of the board
Scott & Stringfellow
- F. Dixon Whitworth (M.S. ’69)
Regional president (retired)
BB&T
- Eric P. Whittleton (B.S. ’84)
President
Tychon, Rigaud, LLC