Governor McDonnell Announces Board Appointments and Appointments to Administration
RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell today announced appointments to 19 boards and commissions. Further announcements regarding additional appointments in the McDonnell administration will continue to be made in the months ahead.
Board Appointments
A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership Board of Trustees
- B. Carlyle Ramsey, PhD of Alton, President of Danville Community College
Advisory Board on Midwifery
- Kim Pekin, CPM of Purcelville, Co-founder of the Virginia School of Traditional Midwifery and the NOVA Natural Birth Center
- Bettie Sheets of Gloucester, Owner and Senior Midwife ad Full of Grace Birth Services
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission
- Nick Faraone of Henrico, Vice President of Senior Solutions of Richmond
- Valerie Hopson-Bell of Fredericksburg, Owner and Geriatric Advisory with Elder Care Connections
- Lynne Kytle Seward* of Richmond, CEO of A Grace Place Adult Care Center
- Patricia Slattum* of Charles City, Associate Professor of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University
Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Board
- Sandra Hermann of Virginia Beach, Community Resource Coordinator for Care Connection for Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
- Thomas J. Kirkup of Richmond
- Paula Mitchell of Roanoke, Vice President of Behavioral Health Services at LewisGale Regional Health System
- Anthony W. Soltys of Hampton, Retired Colonel in the United States Army
Board of Directors of the Small Business Financing Authority
- James S. Thomas of Richmond, Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer of Eastern Virginia Bankshares
Board of Medical Assistance Services
- Brian H. Ewald of Glen Allen, Regional Sales Manager of Medical Devices
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Commission
- Christopher G. Stuart of Hampton, Vice President of Top Guard Security and Councilman for the City of Hampton
Hampton Roads Sanitation District Commission
- Steve Rodriguez of Chesapeake, Owner of Cruco, Inc.
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board of Trustees
- H. Benson Dendy, III* of Richmond, President of The Vectre Corporation
- Judy Ford Wason of Williamsburg, Retired
State Air Pollution Control Board
- Robert Esteban Martinez of Norfolk, Vice President of Business Development with Norfolk Southern Corporation
Virginia Beef Industry Board
- Seth Umbarger of Marion, Owner and Manager of Laurel Springs Dairy, Inc. and Laurel Springs Cattle Company, Inc.
Virginia Board of Social Services
- Deborah White of Windsor, 4th Grade Teacher at Isle of Wight Academy
Virginia Outdoors Foundation
- Peter C. Bance of Manakin Sabot, Thoroughbred breeder and employed with Louisville, KY based insurance company Sterling Thompson
- Childs F. Burden of Middleburg, self-employed financial analyst
Virginia Beef Industry Board
- Seth Umbarger of Marion, Owner and Manager of Laurel Springs Dairy, Inc. and Laurel Springs Cattle Company, Inc.
Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council
- Dr. Corey Herd Cassidy* of Radford, Associate Professor at Radford University
- Angela Leonard* of Blue Ridge, Executive Director of Blue Ridge Autism and Achievement Center
Virginia Museum of Natural History
- Dr. Brian D. Bates of Dillwyn, Professor of Anthropology and Department Chair at Longwood University
- Christina S. Draper* of Richmond, Program Coordinator with the University of Richmond School of Professional and Continuing Studies
- Dr. Mervyn King* of Martinsville, Retired
- Sammy Redd* of Martinsville, Coordinator of College Access at New College Institute
- R. Gene Smith of Brookneal, Retired Army
- Mary M. Voigt of Barhamsville, Chancellor Professor of Anthropology Emeritas
- Lisa Lyle Wu* of Arlington, Teacher and Lab Director of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Virginia Pork Industry Board
- Jesse Austin of Portsmouth, Director of Japanese Sales with Smithfield Foods International Group
- Jessica Pittman Cunningham of Elberon, Associate Trade Manager with Smithfield Packing Company
- Page Wilkerson of Alton, Farmer
Virginia Small Grains Board
- Gerry L. Underwood* of Chesapeake
State Water Control Board
- Joseph H. Nash of Fairfax Station, Consultant
*Denotes re-appointment
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