Board of Visitors
2021-2022 members
H. Benson Dendy III, Rector
Term expires 06/30/24
Appointed by Governor McAuliffe in 2016
Reappointed by Governor Northam in 2020
President
Vectre Corporation
Carolina Espinal, Vice Rector
Term expires 06/30/23
Appointed by Governor Northam in 2019
Founding Principal
Mozaic Strategies
Todd P. Haymore, Secretary
Term expires 06/30/25
Appointed by Governor McAuliffe in 2017
Reappointed by Governor Northam in 2021
Managing Director, Global Economic Development, Commerce and Government Relations
Hunton & Williams
Pamela El
Term expires 06/30/23
Appointed by Governor Northam in 2019
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
National Basketball Association
Peter Farrell
Term expires 06/30/22
Appointed by Governor Northam in 2019
Managing Partner
Tuckahoe Holdings
Ellen Fitzsimmons is chief legal officer and head of public affairs at Truist Financial Corporation and a member of the executive leadership team. In her role, Ms. Fitzsimmons oversees the legal, government relations, corporate communications, corporate social responsibility, and philanthropy functions.
Andrew C. Florance
Term expires 06/30/25
Appointed by Governor Northam in 2021
Founder, Director, President and CEO
CoStar Group
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Vernon Dale Jones, Ph.D., is former chancellor and chief academic officer of Pennsylvania State University’s Wilkes Barre Campus. Dr. Jones previously served as the vice president for strategy, administration and board affairs at Hampden-Sydney College and served as associate professor of public administration at VCU from 2006 to 2011.
Carmen Lomellin
Term expires 06/30/24
Appointed by Governor Northam in 2020
Edward L. McCoy
Term expires 06/30/25
Appointed by Governor McAuliffe in 2017
Reappointed by Governor Northam in 2021
President and CEO
Eaheart Industrial Service Inc.
Rev. Tyrone E. Nelson
Term expires 06/30/25
Appointed by Governor McAuliffe in 2017
Reappointed by Governor Northam in 2021
Pastor
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
Keith T. Parker
Term expires 06/30/24
Appointed by Governor McAuliffe in 2016
Reappointed by Governor Northam in 2020
CEO
Goodwill of North Georgia
Tonya Parris-Wilkins
Term expires 06/30/24
Appointed by Governor Northam in 2020
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Clifton Peay, M.D., is the founding medical director of the American Eye Center in Mechanicsville, Va. Dr. Peay previously served as a VCU Board of Visitors member in the 1990s. He is past chair and member of the Board of Trustees of the National Medical Association (NMA), and actively serves in the Medical Society of Virginia and the Old Dominion Medical Society.
Alexis Swann
Term expires 06/30/23
Appointed by Governor Northam in 2019
President
Townebank of the Virginia Peninsula/Williamsburg
Shantaram Talegaonkar, M.D.
Term expires 06/30/23
Appointed by Governor McAuliffe in 2016
Reappointed by Governor Northam in 2019
Board-Certified Ophthalmologist
June 30, 2022
- Undergraduate Student: Jordan Matamoro-Mejias
- Graduate Student: Anne Skelton
- Faculty Representative: Nancy Jallo
- Faculty Representative (alternate): Valerie Robnolt
- Staff Representative: Saher Randhawa
- Staff Represetative (alternate): Christopher McDonald