VCU Board of Visitors

Office of the President

Executive committee

  • H. Benson Dendy III, Rector
  • Carolina Espinal, Vice Rector and Chair of the Governance and Compensation Committee
  • Todd P. Haymore, Secretary and Chair of the Finance and University Resources Committee
  • Shantaram Talegaonkar, Chair of the Audit, Integrity and Compliance Committee
  • Tyrone Nelson, Chair of the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee
  • Tonya Parris-Wilkins, Chair of the Academic and Health Affairs Committee
  • Andrew Florance, Chair of the Administration Committee
  • Peter Farrell, member-at-large
  • Carmen Lomellin, member-at-large

Senior leadership: Chelsea Gray, Assistant Secretary and Board Liaison and Executive Assistant to the President

Standing committees

Governance and Compensation Committee

  • Carolina Espinal, Chair
  • Carmen Lomellin, Vice Chair
  • Peter F. Farrell
  • Andrew Florance
  • Todd P. Haymore
  • Clifton Peay
  • Alexis N. Swann

Senior leadership

  • Chelsea Gray, Assistant Secretary and Board Liaison and Executive Assistant to the President

Governance and Compensation Committee Charter

Academic and Health Affairs Committee

  • Tonya Parris-Wilkins, Chair
  • Shantaram Talegaonkar, Vice Chair
  • Ellen Fitzsimmons
  • Dale Jones
  • Carmen Lomellin
  • Tyrone E. Nelson
  • Keith Parker

Senior leadership

  • Fotis Sotiropoulos, Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Marlon Levy, M.D., FACS, Interim Senior Vice President for Health Sciences and CEO of VCU Health System
  • Aaron J. Hart, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs
  • Tomikia P. LeGrande, Ed.D., Vice President for Strategy, Enrollment Management and Student Success
  • P. Srirama Rao, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Innovation

Staff support

  • Jamie Stillman, Director of Strategic Communications, Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Academic and Health Affairs Committee Charter

Administration Committee

  • Andrew Florance, Chair
  • Ed McCoy, Vice Chair
  • Dale Jones
  • Tyrone Nelson
  • Tonya Parris-Wilkins
  • Keith Parker
  • Shantaram Talegaonkar

Senior leadership

  • Meredith Weiss, Vice President for Administration

Staff support

  • Jessica Bryant, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives 

Audit, Integrity and Compliance Committee

  • Shantaram Talegaonkar, Chair
  • Peter Farrell, Vice Chair
  • Anthony Bedell
  • Andrew Florance
  • Dale Jones
  • Tonya Parris-Wilkins
  • Alexis Swann

Senior leadership

  • Karen Helderman, Executive Director of Audit and Compliance Services

Staff support

  • Kimberly E. Drew, Administrative Assistant, Audit and Compliance Services

Audit, Integrity and Compliance Committee Charter

 

Finance and University Resources Committee

  • Todd P. Haymore, Chair
  • Andrew Florance, Vice Chair
  • Anthony Bedell
  • Peter Farrell
  • Ellen Fitzsimmons
  • Edward L. McCoy
  • Alexis N. Swann

Senior leadership

  • Karol Kain Gray, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  • Jay Davenport, Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
  • Matt Conrad, Vice President for Government and External Relations for VCU and VCU Health System
  • Karah Gunther, Vice President for External Affairs and Health Policy

Staff support

  • Erin Wilson, Board and Operations Assistant
  • Chelsea Gray, Assistant Secretary and Board Liaison and Executive Assistant to the President

Finance, Budget and Investment Committee Charter

Intercollegiate Athletics Committee

  • Tyrone Nelson, Chair
  • Todd Haymore, Vice Chair
  • Anthony Bedell
  • Carmen Lomellin
  • Ed McCoy
  • Clifton Peay
  • Alexis Swann

Senior leadership

  • Edward McLaughlin, Vice President and Director of Athletics

Staff support

  • Chelsea Gray, Assistant Secretary and Board Liaison and Executive Assistant to the President

Intercollegiate Athletics Committee Charter

Nominating Committee

  • H. Benson Dendy, III, Chair
  • Carolina Espinal, Vice Chair
  • Tyrone Nelson
  • Keith Parker
  • Tonya Parris-Wilkins
  • Clifton Peay
  • Alexis Swann

Senior leadership

  • Chelsea Gray, Assistant Secretary and Board Liaison and Executive Assistant to the President

Strategic Task Force - ad hoc committee

  • Keith Parker, Chair
  • Carolina Espinal, Vice Chair
  • Todd P. Haymore
  • Carmen Lomellin
  • Edward L. McCoy
  • Tyrone Nelson
  • Tonya Parris-Wilkins

Senior leadership

  • Matthew A. Conrad, J.D., Vice President for Government and External Relations for VCU and VCU Health System
  • Karol K. Gray, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  • Fotis Sotiropoulos, Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Grant Heston, Vice President for University Relations
  • Tomikia P. LeGrande, Ed.D., Vice President for Strategy, Enrollment Management and Student Success
  • Aashir Nasim, Ph.D., Vice President for Institutional Equity, Effectiveness and Success
  • Pamela D. Lepley, Senior Advisor to the President
  • Meredith Weiss, Vice President for Administration

Staff support

  • Chelsea Gray, Assistant Secretary and Board Liaison and Executive Assistant to the President

VCU Health System Authority Committee - ad hoc committee

  • Carmen Lomellin, Chair
  • Keith Parker, Vice Chair
  • Anthony Bedell
  • Peter Farrell
  • Ellen Fitzsimmons
  • Todd Haymore
  • Clifton Peay
  • Shantaram Talegaonkar

Senior leadership

Staff support

  • Chelsea Gray, Assistant Secretary and Board Liaison and Executive Assistant to the President