Boards of Visitors Orientation ● October 24 – 25, 2017

Biographies - 2017 Boards of Visitors Orientation

Rosa Atkins Dr. Rosa Atkins is superintendent of Charlottesville City Schools, a division that serves economically, ethnically and racially diverse students in nine schools. During Atkins’ tenure, Charlottesville City Schools has become one of the top-performing school divisions in the state with a graduation completion index of 90% and one of the best Advanced Placement programs in the area. In 2011, she was named Virginia Superintendent of the Year by the Virginia Association of School Superintendents, as well as Virginia State University Alumna of the Year for Professional Education. In 2015-16, she served as president of the Virginia Association of School Superintendents.

Atkins was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as one of 100 Future Ready Superintendents in 2014 and invited to the American Association of School Administrators’ Digital Consortium at the White House. In October 2016, she was named as one of two national finalists for the Women in School Leadership Award for Superintendents, presented annually by the School

Superintendents Association (AASA) in cooperation with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She is the president-elect for the Urban Superintendents Association of America.

Atkins demonstrates her commitment to developing future leaders by serving as an executive board member and mentor for aspiring superintendents for AASA/Howard University Superintendents Academy. She is an alumna of Virginia State University and Virginia Tech.

Peter A. Blake Peter Blake joined the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia as interim director in 2011 and became director in January 2012. He previously worked at SCHEV as an associate director, as a fiscal analyst for the Virginia General Assembly, as deputy secretary of education and secretary of education under former Governor Mark Warner, and as vice chancellor of workforce development services for the Virginia Community College System. In 2017, Governor Terry McAuliffe appointed him to the Education Commission of the States. In 2016 he served as chair of the executive committee of State Higher Education Executive Officers.

Jamie Bosket Jamie Bosket began his tenure as 21st president & CEO of the Virginia Historical Society in February 2017. Previously, he served in a number of leadership positions at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Bosket was elected to the board of the Virginia Association of Museums, the leading state museum association in the nation, in 2014. He has also served on the board of the Alexandria Historical Society. He currently sits on the Virginia 2019 commission, American Evolution: Virginia to America 1619 to 2019, as well as the state’s 2020 commission to celebrate the anniversary of women’s suffrage.

Bosket has worked at The George Washington University (Washington, D.C.), Genesee Country Village and Museum (near Rochester, New York), and the Corning-Painted Post Historical Society (Corning, New York). He holds a B.A. in history from the State University of New York at Geneseo and a

master’s in museum studies from The George Washington University. He received the John F. Kennedy Center’s LEAD award for emerging leaders who demonstrate excellence in cultural access, one of two people nationwide to be so honored in 2013.

Boards of Visitors Orientation ● October 24 – 25, 2017

He was elected to the board of the Virginia Association of Museums, the leading state museum association in the nation, in 2014. He has also served on the board of the Alexandria Historical Society.

Justin Brown Justin Brown has nearly 20 years of experience working for organizations with missions to improve government. He currently is the senior associate director at Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC). In that role, he supervises research teams that answer policy questions asked by the Virginia General Assembly.

Prior to joining JLARC, Brown was a strategy consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, where his clients included the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He was also an evaluator at the U.S. General Accounting Office.

Brown has an undergraduate degree in media studies from Radford University and a master’s degree in public policy from Duke University.

Richard “Ric” Brown Ric Brown entered state service in 1971 as an economist with the Division of State Planning and Community Affairs, at which division he served as staff to numerous legislative and executive study commissions. In 1976, Brown moved to the newly created Department of Planning and Budget (DPB). He was promoted in 1986 to budget manager for the Commerce and Resources Section within the Department of Planning and Budget. In this capacity, he coordinated the development of the Governor's budget recommendations to the General Assembly for the agencies Economic Development and Natural Resources.

In 1987, Brown took over the managerial duties of budget operations; in 1990 he was promoted to the position of deputy director for budgeting within the Department of Planning and Budget. In 2001, Governor Jim Gilmore appointed him acting director of the Department of Planning and Budget. He was reappointed as director by Governors Warner and Kaine. As director, Brown was

responsible for both external (other agency) and internal (within DPB) budget development and execution procedures as well as for the development and publication of the governor's budget bill and budget document.

Brown was first appointed secretary of finance by Governor Kaine in August 2008 and has been reappointed by Governor McDonnell in 2010 and Governor McAuliffe in 2014. He received a bachelor’s in economics from the College of William and Mary and a master’s of commerce degree from the University of Richmond.

Christine Chmura A thought-leader on labor market data, Chmura is a nationally recognized speaker among site selectors, economic developers, private firms, workforce practitioners and educators. She has served as a keynote speaker for national and international conferences, and is a quoted source on regional and national economic trends in the media throughout the nation. Her forecasts are included in the Blue Chip Financial Forecasts, which are synonymous with the latest in expert opinion on the future performance of the American economy. She is a former board member of the National Association of Business Economists.

Since founding Chmura Economics & Analytics in 1998, Chmura and her team of experts have continued to innovate data solutions such as JobsEQ, LaborEQ, Zonyx, and FedSpendTOP, that help answer critical client questions across the public and private sectors.

Boards of Visitors Orientation ● October 24 – 25, 2017

Deborah DiCroce In March 2012, Deborah DiCroce became president and CEO of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, leaving her position as president of Tidewater Community College and entering what she calls her “second act.”

As stewards of the donors who generously give back to Hampton Roads, the foundation has a robust grant-making program that provides $15 million to various aspects of the community such as art, culture, education, human services and the environment.

Since DiCroce joined, the foundation has been heavily involved with Reinvent Hampton Roads, a regional economic competitiveness initiative designed to produce diversity, higher-paying jobs and support for businesses throughout the region.

The goal has been to embrace the region’s historical sectors, the port, tourism and the military, while diversifying the economic base with new employers, entrepreneurs and industries. She believes that by embracing and recognizing the work of other entities and individuals, the region can move forward in a coordinated, systematic way.

Glenn DuBois Dr. Glenn DuBois was hired in 2001 to serve as the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges; a system of 23 colleges and 40 campuses serving nearly 252,000 people a year. DuBois has led the VCCS through two successful strategic plans and into a third called Complete 2021, which aims to triple the number of credentials the colleges put into Virginia’s economy. Virginia’s recent adoption of the Workforce Credentials Grants program, which funds short-term training programs for the first time, is among his proudest achievements. During DuBois’ tenure, Virginia’s Community Colleges have signed groundbreaking guaranteed transfer agreements with more than 30 public and private universities; become Virginia’s leading provider of workforce development services, helped Virginia close headline-grabbing economic-development deals; diversified community college funding sources; and maintained a tuition rate

that is one-third of the comparable rate at Virginia’s universities. The Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society presented DuBois with its State Community College Award of Distinction in 2008. Prior to coming to Virginia, DuBois served as the commissioner and CEO of the New Hampshire Community Technical College System and director of community colleges for the State University of New York, one of America’s largest networks of community colleges. DuBois earned his doctorate in higher-education administration, research and policy from the University of Massachusetts. He holds a master’s from Eastern Kentucky University, a bachelor’s from Florida Atlantic University and an associate of science degree from the State University of New York in Farmingdale.

W. Heywood Fralin (Chair) Heywood Fralin currently serves as a member of the Virginia Business Higher Education Council, as chair of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, as vice chairman of the Taubman Museum of Art, as a member of the Virginia Business Council, as a member of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Foundation Board, as a member of the Virginia Research Investment Committee, as a member of the Virginia Athletics Foundation Board of Trustees, and as a director of the Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation Board of Directors.

He received his undergraduate degree from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia in 1962 and received his J.D. degree from American University in 1965. Fralin has participated in a variety of civic, educational and charitable organizations. In the field of higher education, he was a member of the board of visitors at the University of Virginia for eight years,

serving as rector for two years. He was a member of the board of visitors at Virginia Tech for seven years. In addition, he served as a member of the Governor’s Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation, and Investment.

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Fralin resides in Roanoke, Virginia, with his wife, Cynthia. They have six children and 12 grandchildren.

Alan Gernhardt Alan Gernhardt is the executive director of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. He began working with the Council as a staff attorney in 2004, and became executive director of the Council in 2017. He earned a B.S. degree from Indiana University and a J.D. from the University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law. The Council issues formal and informal advisory opinions, publishes educational materials, provides training presentations, and serves as a legislative forum regarding access to public records and meetings under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

William M. Ginther William M. Ginther earned a B.S. in business management in 1969 and an M.S. in business in 1974 from VCU. He began his full-time banking career in 1970 as a management trainee in the United Virginia Services Corp. and went on to perform 37 years of service at SunTrust Bank, formerly Crestar. There he managed several large projects and oversaw the technology team that designed the bank’s customer information system, as well as the Internet Development Team. Before retiring in 2007, he managed the Retail Branches in Maryland, Washington, and Virginia.

Mr. Ginther has given back generously to his alma mater over the years, having served on both the boards of the School of Business Alumni Society and the VCU Alumni Association. He is a founding trustee of the School of Business Foundation and a 2000 recipient of the VCU Alumni Star award. Mr. Ginther has served on the Board of Visitors since 2010 and recently served as rector from 2014-15.

He and his wife, Marsha, support the Ginther Family Merit Scholarship in the School of Business and many other initiatives across the university. Chair of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond from 2002 to 2004, Mr. Ginther also served as a board member of Virginians for the Arts and as a court-appointed special advocate for CASA Richmond, where he spoke for the best interests of children brought before the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court as a result of abuse and/or neglect. He also has received numerous professional awards, including the “Industry Impact Award” from the Greater Richmond Technology Council.

Brian Hemphill Brian O. Hemphill, Ph.D., Radford University’s seventh president, is an unwavering champion for positive change and a true advocate of shared governance.

Hemphill serves on a variety of boards, commissions and committees. He represents Radford University with active involvement in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), including the Committee on Policies and Purpose, and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU).

Hemphill has served as associate vice chancellor and dean of students at the University of Arkansas–Fayetteville; vice president for student affairs and enrollment management and associate professor at Northern Illinois University; and as president and professor at West Virginia State University.

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Hemphill earned a Ph.D. in higher education administration and policy studies from the University of Iowa, a master’s in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University of Science and Technology and a bachelor’s in organizational communication from Saint Augustine’s University.

Richard Legon Richard Legon became AGB’s fourth president in 2006 following several assignments with the association. During his presidency, AGB has enhanced its leadership role in recognition of the heightened focus on board and institutional governance. Legon has led the association in high-profile initiatives, mostly focused on policy issues challenging higher education’s unique form of governance, as well as urging a new level of board and presidential collaboration.

The association’s recent release of the report of its National Commission on The Future of Higher Education Governance calls upon boards to engage in “consequential governance.” AGB’s current strategic plan is committed to advancing the recommendations of that report.

In 2010, he led the launch of AGB Search, which quickly has become a leader in new approaches to selecting and developing higher education leadership. In 2015, along with AGB’s board of directors,

he introduced AGB Institutional Strategies, an AGB auxiliary that focuses exclusively on the business and operational challenges facing universities and colleges.

Legon has written extensively about board governance. He is the author of AGB’s “Margin of Excellence,” which addresses the governance of institution-related foundations. He has led hundreds of board retreats and workshops and is a regularly sought-after voice on higher-education leadership issues.

Legon holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from George Washington University as well as an honorary doctorate from the University of Charleston (West Virginia.). He currently serves on the board of trustees of Spelman College and formerly served on the board of visitors of Virginia State University.

Henry Light Henry Light served for 32 years in the Law Department of Norfolk Southern Corp. and its predecessor Norfolk and Western Railway Company in a variety of roles culminating in that of senior vice president and chief legal officer. After retirement from Norfolk Southern, he served as counsel for nearly eight years with Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, P.L.C., Norfolk, Virginia.

Born in McLean, Virginia, Light attended college at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, on a Navy ROTC scholarship where he was active in swimming, water polo and football. He received a BEE degree in 1962 and served four years in the Navy including serving as platoon leader of the Second Platoon of Underwater Demolition Team 21 in Little Creek, Virginia. Mr. Light entered law school at the University of Virginia, receiving an LLB in 1969.

Light has served on the boards of a number of nonprofit organizations including Norfolk State University (vice rector), The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, WHRO Public Media (board chair), the Virginia Zoological Society (board chair), the Elizabeth River Project (current), The Mental Health Associations of Roanoke (board chair) and of Virginia (board chair), Randolph-Macon Academy (currently vice chair) and the Tidewater Chapter of the American Red Cross. He was awarded the Governor’s Award for Volunteer Excellence in 1986.

Light and his wife, Angelica, have been married for 19 years and have five children and seven grandchildren.

Boards of Visitors Orientation ● October 24 – 25, 2017

Michael Maul Michael Maul serves as the associate director of the Education and Transportation Division within the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget (DPB). He advises the governor, the governor’s staff, various cabinet secretaries, and the state budget director on policy, program, legislative and budget issues involving state agencies in the education and transportation secretariats. He and his staff also are responsible for developing and executing the state budget for these agencies, and reviewing related legislation for fiscal impacts. In addition, he is responsible for managing DPB’s capital-outlay budget process. Maul has been an associate director at DPB for 21 years, and has worked with most areas of Virginia’s state government over this time.

Prior to this job, Maul held several budget and policy analyst positions within the Department of Planning and Budget, and an environmental-scientist position with the consulting firm Midwest Research Institute.

He received his bachelor’s in environmental resource management from Allegheny College, and his master’s of environmental management and MBA from Duke University.

Terry McAuliffe Terry McAuliffe is the 72nd governor of Virginia. Governor McAuliffe’s top priority is building a new Virginia economy. He has conducted 30 trade missions, including two to China, personally delivering Virginia’s calling card to business leaders around the globe. As a result, he is bringing thousands of jobs and more than $16 billion in capital investment to communities across the Commonwealth, which is more than any previous governor.

To ensure that Virginia remains competitive, the governor is implementing major economic-development initiatives designed to strengthen the Commonwealth’s pro-business climate, ensure efficient investment in world-class infrastructure and develop a 21st-century workforce capable of meeting the needs of emerging businesses and industries.

Governor McAuliffe has won bipartisan support for historic investments in public education. He also successfully secured passage of a law establishing a pay-for-performance workforce-training program, the first of its kind in the nation.

He has recently served as chairman of the National Governors Association, where he used that leadership position to assist states as they strengthen their cybersecurity policies and infrastructure. He was also appointed by President Obama to the association’s Council of Governors to provide advice on national security matters.

Governor McAuliffe attended Catholic University and Georgetown Law School. He and his wife Dorothy were married in 1988 and have five children.

William L. Murray William L. “Bill” Murray is vice president, state and electric public policy, for Dominion Energy. Murray joined Dominion in 2007. He previously served as management analyst at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; senior staff member for the Virginia General Assembly; and vice president, policy, at the Virginia Hospital Association. He has held positions in the offices of governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine including deputy policy director, policy director and legislative director.

Murray received his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Virginia, his master’s in public administration from Virginia Tech, and his doctorate in public administration and public policy from Virginia Tech.

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He is chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s advocacy task force and a member of a similar task force at the Edison Electric Institute. He serves on numerous community boards in Virginia including the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

Marianne M. Radcliff Marianne Radcliff is president of Kemper Consulting. She represents clients before the Virginia General Assembly, legislative and executive branch agencies, boards and commissions. Her practice centers on transportation, procurement, local government and budget issues.

Radcliff has more than 18 years of private-sector experience. With the Commonwealth, she served in the Office of the Secretary of Transportation and as the legislative liaison for the transportation secretariat during successive administrations. In addition, she was charged with the oversight of a comprehensive regulatory review for all the agencies within the secretariat. She also served in the Office of the Director at the Virginia Department of Aviation.

Radcliff was appointed to the Longwood University board of visitors by Governor Robert F. McDonnell and reappointed by Governor Terry McAuliffe. She currently is rector of the board, a post in which she also served from 2012 to 2014. She served as the vice chairman of the Virginia Aviation Board, to which she was appointed by Governor Mark R. Warner and reappointed by Governor Timothy M. Kaine. She also has served on the boards of numerous nonprofit organizations.

Radcliff earned her master of public administration degree with a specialization in public law from Bowling Green State University and is a graduate of Longwood University. She is a graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia.

Teresa A. Sullivan Teresa A. Sullivan is the University of Virginia’s eighth president. Since taking office in 2010, she has led UVA through a period of significant progress. In fall 2012, she launched a planning effort to provide a road-map for the university’s future, while gathering input from 10,000 alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and others. This effort produced a new strategic plan for the university, the Cornerstone Plan. Sullivan is now leading the effort to plan the University’s bicentennial commemoration, which will begin in 2017.

Sullivan is a respected scholar in labor-force demography. The author or coauthor of six books and many scholarly articles, her most recent research has focused on measuring productivity in higher education. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Sullivan came to UVA from the University of Michigan, where she was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. Prior to her work at Michigan, Ms. Sullivan was executive vice chancellor for academic affairs for the University of Texas System, a position she held from 2002 until May 2006.

Kelly Thomasson Kelly Thomasson has served as the deputy secretary of the Commonwealth for Governor Terry McAuliffe since January 2014. Before joining the administration, she worked for Senator Mark Warner for more than 13 years in a various capacities including projects director in his Senate office and Director of Scheduling in the Office of the Governor. Kelly is a native of Richmond and received her bachelor of arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Dietra Trent Dietra Trent was appointed secretary of education for the Commonwealth of Virginia by Governor Terry McAuliffe. Previously, she served as deputy secretary of education. She joined the administration of Governor McAuliffe in January 2014.

As secretary of education, Trent is tasked with promoting and implementing the governor’s education agenda. This includes eradicating the achievement gap, promoting great teaching and learning, and working with agencies, stakeholders and other partners to strengthen educational pathways to the new Virginia economy.

Prior to joining the McAuliffe administration, she served as deputy state director for Senator Mark Warner, in the administrations of Governors Warner and Kaine, in the office of Congressman Bobby Scott and in the president’s office at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Trent currently serves as chair of the advisory board for Minority Political Leadership Institute, a program that supports leadership development for individuals focused on addressing and studying issues of importance to minority populations. She also serves on the board of Higher Achievement, a nonprofit that aims to close the opportunity gap for middle school youth in at-risk communities through the promotion of rigorous afterschool and summer programs.

A native of Halifax County, Trent earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and criminal justice from Hampton University, and received her master’s and Ph.D. in public administration and policy from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Katharine Webb Katharine “Katie” Webb is a member of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. She was appointed by Governor McAuliffe in 2015 after having served previously from 2009 to 2013. Webb has worked in health care for over 42 years, spending the majority of her career as senior vice president of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association. Prior to her service at VHHA, she worked at the Virginia Department of Health and at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital; she has also served on the faculty of the University of Virginia Medical Center. Web has played an integral role in making health care available for more Virginia children and in making opportunities for health care careers more available for all Virginians. She has worked to ensure that health care information is available and transparent through the Patient Level and All-Payer Claims Database, and has worked to improve the safety and quality of care delivered to patients in Virginia hospitals. She has served as treasurer of the Rx Partnership Board, as chair of Senior Connections, as a

member of the VCU Foundation and the Advisory Board of the VCU School of Social Work, and as chair of the Virginia Public Access Project. Webb matriculated at Sweet Briar College in American Studies and received her master’s in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Al Wilson Allen T. Wilson is a senior assistant attorney general to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and Radford University. Wilson provides legal advice and representation on a wide variety of legal matters related to higher education including conflicts of interest, contract and procurement matters, legislative and regulatory review, requests for records, personnel matters, and student issues. Prior to joining the Office of the Attorney General in 2002, Wilson worked in the Roanoke City Attorney’s Office and was in private practice. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech and the University of Dayton School of Law.

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Belle Wheelan Dr. Belle S. Wheelan is president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is the first African American and the first woman to serve in this capacity. Her career spans 40 years and includes the roles of faculty member, chief student services officer, campus provost, college president and secretary of education. In several of those roles she was the first African-American and/or woman to serve in those capacities. Wheelan received her bachelor’s from Trinity University in Texas with a double major in psychology and sociology, her master’s from Louisiana State University in developmental educational psychology, and her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin in educational administration with a special concentration in community college leadership. She has received numerous awards and recognition including six honorary degrees. She holds and

has held membership in local, state and national organizations including Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; the American College Testing Inc., board of directors; American Association of Community Colleges, board of directors; the Lumina Foundation for Education, board of directors; the President’s Round Table of the National Council on Black American Affairs; the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame, board of directors; Excelencia in Education, board of directors; National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Community College Honorary Board; Next Generation Learning Challenges, advisory panel; Project GOALS (Gaining Online Accessible Learning Through Self-Study); and the National Student Clearinghouse, board of directors.