Our Team
Gary Thomson
CHAIR
Managing Partner of
Thomson Consulting
Edmond E. Hughes
VICE CHAIR
Executive Vice President and
Chief Human Resources Officer of
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Bergen Nelson, MD
TREASURER
Pediatrician
Children's Hospital of Richmond
Sonya Waddell
SECRETARY
Vice President and Economist,
Regional and Community Analysis,
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Carrie Chenery, Secretary of Commerce and Trade (ex-officio)
- Mike Chinn, Partner, Endicott Capital
- Nick Conte, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Carilion Clinic
- David Doré, Chancellor, Virginia Community College System
- Alexis Ehrhardt, Ed.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
- Regina Elbert, Dominion Energy
- Jason El Koubi, President and CEO, Virginia Economic Development Partnership
- Marvin Figueroa, Secretary of Health and Human Resources (ex-officio)
- Amanda Litchfield, Regional Market Executive, Charlottesville, C&F Bank
- Emily MacCartney, Community Affairs Manager, Virginia Natural Gas
- Paula Masters, Chief Health Disparities Officer, Ballad Health
- Jeffery Smith, Secretary of Education (ex-officio)
- Dietra Trent, Virginia HBCU Alliance
Chair Emeriti
- Richard Bynum, The PNC Financial Services Group (retired)
- Thomas N. Chewning, Dominion Energy (retired)
- Ben J. Davenport, Jr., First Piedmont Corporation
- William R. Ermatinger, Huntington Ingalls Industries (retired)
- Robert Hurt, 4C Digital Health
- Reginald N. Jones, Williams Mullen (retired)
- Ned W. Massee, Croatan Advisors