Board of Visitors
2022 - 2023 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
Anthony R. Bedell
Term expires 06/30/23
Appointed by Governor Youngkin in 2022
Senior Corporate and Government Relations Director
Becker and Poliakoff
Peter Farrell
Term expires 06/30/26
Appointed by Governor Northam in 2019
Managing Partner
Tuckahoe Holdings
Ellen Fitzsimmons
Term expires 06/30/26
Appointed by Governor Youngkin in 2022
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Public Affairs
Truist Financial Corporation
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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Dale Jones, Ph.D.
Term expires 06/30/26
Appointed by Governor Youngkin in 2022
Former Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer
Pennsylvania State University’s Wilkes Barre Campus
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.
Term expires 06/30/26
Appointed by Governor Youngkin in 2022
Founding Clinical Medical Director
American Eye Center
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
2022 - 2023
- Undergraduate Student: Oscar Kemp
- Graduate Student: Jesse Simpson
- Faculty Representative: Nancy Jallo
- Faculty Representative (alternate): Valerie Robnolt
- Staff Representative: Brogan King
- Staff Representative (alternate): Amanda Simmons