School of Business

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.

Thank you to our donors for the difference you make. 

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Financials and Foundation bylaws

• VCU School of Business Foundation Financial Statements
• Income Tax Form 990
• School of Business Foundation Articles of Incorporation
• School of Business Foundation Bylaws

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.  

• Chair

  Thomas G. Snead Jr. (B.S. ’76)
  President and CEO (retired)
  Southeast Region, Wellpoint, Inc., Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield

• Vice-chair

  Robert E. Henley (B.S. ’71)
  Managing partner (retired)
  Ernst & Young

• Treasurer

  Charles F. Phillips III
  Richmond office managing partner
  Ernst & Young

• Secretary

  Laura E. Kottkamp
  Executive director
  School of Business Foundation and Corporate Relations, VCU School of Business

• Directors

  L. Dans Callans Jr. (B.S. '66)
  President (retired)
  Sunset Ford
• Eric D. Cevis
  President
  Verizon Global Wholesale
• Phyllis L. Cothran (B.S. ’71)
  President and COO (retired)
  Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
• T. Kent Cox (B.S. ’78)
  Senior vice president
  Morgan Stanley
• Peyton Cox (MBA '03)
  Commercial real estate advisor
  CBRE 
• 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)
  Founder, president & CEO
  Dorsey, Wright & Associates
• Mark M. Gambill
  Chairman
  Cary Street Partners
• William F. Gifford Jr. (B.S. '92)
  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
  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
• Mark Lareau
  Vice president of global procurement services
  Capital One
• Juanita B. Leatherberry (B.S. ’73)
  Assistant vice president
  Pfizer Consumer Healthcare (retired)
  Realtor, Keller Williams Realty
• Gail L. Letts
  Virginia market executive
  First Tennessee Bank
• Steven A. Markel
  Vice chairman
  Markel Corporation
• John P. McCann
  Chairman (retired)
  McCann Realty Partners LLC
• Charles McLane (B.S. '78, MAcc '84)
  Executive vice president and chief financial officer (retired)
  Alcoa
• John R. Nelson, Ph.D.
  Executive vice president and chief technology officer (retired)
  Altria Group Inc.
• Mark J. Newfield (B.S. ’87)
  Wealth management advisor
  Newfield Financial Solutions
• John D. O'Neill Jr.
  Partner
  Hunton & Williams LLP
• Baxter F. Phillips Jr. (B.S. ’75, MBA ’76)
  President and CEO (retired)
  Massey Energy Company
• John N. Pullen (B.S. ’87, MBA ’04)
  President and chief growth officer
  Luck Companies
• Pamela Kiecker Royall, Ph.D.
  Head of research
  Royall & Company
• Lisa Ruggles
  Senior vice president
  CoStar Group
• Robert A. Shama
  President
  Afton Chemical
• Robert C. Sledd
  Chairman (retired), Performance Food Group Company
  Managing partner, Pinnacle Ventures LLC
• Harry R. Thalhimer
  President
  Thalhimer Headwear
• 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

• Ex-officio

• Ed Grier
  Dean
  Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business
• Michael Rao, Ph.D.
  President
  Virginia Commonwealth University
• Dan Walsh (MBA '02)
  President
  VCU Business Alumni Society
• Helayne Spivak
  Director
  Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter

• Emeritus

  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.
• 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
  Rigaud LLC