Leadership
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for exercising all corporate matters and for managing the business and affairs of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation.
William L. Polk Jr., Chair (Col ’78)
Managing Partner
Egis Capital Partners
St. Louis, Missouri
Franklin S. Edmonds Jr., Vice-Chair (Col ’91, GSBA ‘95, Law ‘95)
Partner
Covey Hill Capital Management
Charlottesville, Virginia
Karen Clarke Barnes (Col ’87)
Principal
North View Landscape Design LLC
Alexandria, Virginia
Shahnaz Batmanghelidj
Mill Neck, New York
T. Westray Battle III (Col ’98)
Senior Vice President
CRAFT Media/Digital
Washington, DC
Leonard J. Buck II (Engr ’86)
Founder
Blue Bright Ventures LLC
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Stephen S. Crawford (Col ’86)
Senior Advisor
Capital One Financial Corporation
Moultonborough, New Hampshire
Allison Cryor DiNardo (Col ’82, GSBA ‘88) *
President
King Street Wireless LP
Alexandria, Virginia
Merry W. Dougherty (Col ’90)
Owner
Meridian Capital LLC
Louisville, Kentucky
Robert W. Downes (Com ’85)
Partner
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
New York, New York
Matthew S. Erskine (Col ‘92) **
Executive Advisor
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Arlington, Virginia
Kirkman Finlay III (Col ’92)
President
Office Services of Columbia Millwood
Columbia, South Carolina
Raynelle Deans Grace (Engr ’03)
Head of Investment Stewardship
Vanguard Group Inc.
Herndon, Virginia
Jennifer Brown Gwilliam (Col ’91)
Evanston, Illinois
J. Dale Harvey II (Com ‘87)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Poplar Forest Capital LLC
Santa Rosa, California
Tyler S. Henritze (Com ’03)
Founder and Managing Partner
Town Lane
Greenwich, Connecticut
Landon Hilliard III (Col ’62) ****
Limited Partner
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Paul R. Izlar (Col ’84)
Partner
Prado-C
Atlanta, Georgia
E. Courtney Johnson (Col ’81)
Chicago, Illinois
Peter E. Kaplan Jr. (Com ’96)
Managing Director
New Mountain Capital LLC
Washington, DC
Richard C. Kellogg Jr. (Col ’74) ****
Chair
Basic Management Inc. Suite 500
Houston, Texas
Mark T. Massey (Com ’86)
Founder and CIO
AltaRock Partners LLC
Palm Beach, Florida
Bruce A. Miller (Col ’89)
CEO
Investure LLC
Charlottesville, Virginia
Timothy J. Naughton (Col ’83)
Chairman
AvalonBay Communities Inc.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Robert S. Pitts Jr. (Col ‘86)
President and Chief Investment Officer
Steadfast Capital Management LP
New York, New York
Anne W. Poole (Col ’90)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Linda G. Renner (Col ‘86)
Chairman
Royal Banks of Missouri Law Offices of Thomas R. Green
Saint Louis, Missouri
James E. Ryan (Law ‘92) ***
President
University of Virginia
Dave Stevens (Engr ’85, Engr ’87)
Senior Operating Partner
Francisco Partners
Atherton, California
Deborah H. Valentine (Col ’80)
Richmond, Virginia
Robert M. Wadsworth (Engr ’82)
Managing Director
HarbourVest Partners LLC
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Shan Wu (Engr ‘04)
Chief Business Officer
Viridian Therapeutics
Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Board of Visitors appointee
** Board of Managers appointee
*** UVA President appointee
**** Emeritus member
National Advisory Board
Appointed annually by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Board of Directors, the National Advisory Board provides ongoing support and counsel and meets once a year with the Foundation Board.
Andrew C. Blair (Col ’82)
Alexandria, Virginia
J. Tyler Blue (Col ’83)
Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC
Bethesda, Maryland
James L. Carlson (Engr ’03)
Managing Member, Kinwell LLC
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Thomas P. Duke (Com ’68, GSBA ’71, GSBA ’78)
Visiting Executive Lecturer, Darden School of Business
Greenwood, Virginia
William B. Dunavant III (Col ’82)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Dunavant Enterprises Inc.
Memphis, Tennessee
R. Foster Duncan (Col ’76)
Operating Partner, Bernhard Capital Partners
New Orleans, Louisiana
David B. Ern (Com ’86)
Media Consultant, Self-Employed
Charlottesville, Virginia
Daniel F. Fisher Jr. (Col ’72)
Associate Professor of Surgery, Univ. of Tennessee, College of Medicine
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
Suhrid S. Gajendragadkar (Col ’97)
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co.
Arlington, Virginia
Jaye S. Gamble III (Com ’81)
Co-Founder, Blu Venture Investors
Alexandria, Virginia
Eli T. Green (Col ’98)
Managing Partner, Pinebloom Enterprises
Atlanta, Georgia
Celie S. Harris (Educ ’70)
Millwood, Virginia
Sujal J. Kapadia (Col ’90)
Oscar Health Insurance
New York, New York
Peter E. Kaplan Jr. (Com ’96)
Managing Director, New Mountain Capital LLC
Washington, DC
William H. Lyon (Col ’91, GSBA ’00)
Vice President, Private Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley
Belvedere Tiburon, California
Henry H. McVey (Col ’91)
Partner and Head of Global Macro, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
New York, New York
R. Brand Morgan (Col ’98)
CEO, Brand Properties, LLC
Atlanta, Georgia
Thomas F. Preston (Col ’78)
Attorney, Sparkman-Zummach P.C.
Memphis, Tennessee
D. Alan Quarterman (Col ’78, GSBA ’82, Law ’82)
Partner, Five Paces Ventures LP
Atlanta, Georgia
Carole M. Rogin (Col ’71)
Founder and President, Clarion Management Resources Inc.
Delray Beach, Florida
Charles T. Rose III (Col ’98)
Portfolio Manager, Morgan Stanley
Greenwich, Connecticut
Schuyler Sweeney (Col ’09)
Head of Broker Relations, Surveyor Capital, Citadel
Chicago, Illinois
William L. Tyson (Com ’84, GSBA ’03)
Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of Investment Banking, Truist Financial Corp., BB&T Capital Markets
Richmond, Virginia
Carter V. Whisnand (Col ’94, GSBA ’01)
Managing Director, Silvercrest Asset Management Group Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
Robert E. L. Wilson V (Col ’74)
Senior Vice President, Investments Financial Consultant, Morgan Stanley
Charlottesville, Virginia
Sarah F. Wilson (Com ’03)
Partner & Director of Business Development, INDABA Capital Management LLC
Belvedere Tiburon, California
