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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.
Jefferson Scholars


Douglas S. Holladay Jr., Chair (Col ‘69, GSBA ’76)
Operating Partner, Meritage Private Equity Funds
Atlanta, Georgia

Lee S. Ainslie (Engr ’86)
Managing Partner, Maverick Capital
New York, New York 

T. Westray Battle III (Col ’98)
Lieutenant, United States Navy
Jacksonville, Florida 

Anson H. Beard (Col ’93)
Director, BlackRock, Inc.
Bedminster, New Jersey 

Joseph W. Brown (Col ’64)
President, Jones Vargas Law Firm
Las Vegas, Nevada 

Luis David Cardenas (Com ’88)
Partner, Olympus Partners
Stamford, Connecticut 

Edward J. Dobbs (Col ’93)
President, Dobbs Management Service, Inc.
Memphis, Tennessee 

Richard W. Durkes (Col ’72)
Managing Director, Sandler, O'Neill & Partners
Chicago, Illinois

Ernest H. Ern
Senior Vice President, University Professor of Environmental Sciences Emeritus
Charlottesville, Virginia 

Hugh McCloskey Evans III (Col ’88)
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Associates
Baltimore, Maryland 

Thomas M. Falcey (Col ’69)
Managing Director, Trustee Management Services LLC
Wilson, Wyoming 

Daniel F. Fisher Jr. (Col ’72)
Associate Professor of Surgery
University Surgical Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee 

Robert P. Green (Col ’69)
Realtor, Venable Minor & Associates, Inc.
Charlottesville, Virginia 

George G. Guthrie (Col ’64)
Managing Director, H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc.
Greenwich, Connecticut 

Frank M. Hamlin (Col ’90)
Senior Vice President of Client Services
Brierley & Partners, Inc.
Dallas, Texas 

Sarah Armstrong Hamlin (Col ’89)
Dallas, Texas 

Allen S. Hardin Jr. (Col ’80)
President, Piedmont Capital Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia 

Howell Hollis III (Col ’70)
Partner, Smith Moore, LLP
Atlanta, Georgia 


Jefferson Scholars


Christy Higgins Hooper (Com ’90)
Vice President, Credit Suisse First Boston
Atlanta, Georgia 

Peter E. Kaplan Jr. (Com ’96)
Managing Director, Managing Director, Angelo, Gordon & Co.
New York, New York 

H. Merritt Lane III (Com ’83)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Canal Barge Company, Inc.
New Orleans, Louisiana 

Travis Lynn Lewis (Com ’91)
Chief Operating Officer, Glencoe Group Holdings Ltd.
Addison, Texas 

Kenneth A. Masotti (Com ’85)
Senior Managing Director, Bear, Stearns & Company, Inc.
New York, New York 

J. Rucker McCarty II (Col ’70)
Senior Partner, Heidrick & Struggles
Atlanta, Georgia 

Thomas O. McNearney III (Col ‘76)
Executive Managing Director
Transwestern Commercial Services
Dallas, Texas 

Jeffrey A. Miller (Col ’73)
President, Lovett Golf Company
Naples, Florida 

Ambrose K. Monell (Col ’76)
Vice President, Harrington & Company
Palm Beach, Florida 

B. H. Rutledge Moore (Col ’59)
Chair, Four Rivers Peterbilt, Inc.
Ridgeland, South Carolina 

Charles H. Morse IV (Com ’64)
Board of Directors, E.B.R. Foundation
Seattle, Washington 

Timothy J. Naughton (Col ’83)
President, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Oakton, Virginia 

Thomas B. Newell (Law ’82)
President, Sunrise Senior Living
McLean, Virginia 

Robert S. Parsley (Col ’76)
Co-Chair/Principal
Colliers International
Houston, Texas 

Richard R. Pollock (Col ’81)
Counsel, Pollock Investments Inc.
Dallas, Texas 

Charlotte B. Robbins
Memphis, Tennessee 

Edward Todd Robbins
Surgeon
Memphis, Tennessee 

Erin Lee Russell (Com ’96)
Vice President, Vestar Capital Partners
New York, New York 


Jefferson Scholars


Todd R. Schnuck (Col ’81)
President, Schnuck Markets, Inc.
St. Louis, Missouri 

Timothy D. Sheehan (Col ’93)
Director, Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois 

William T. Sherman (Com ’76)
Partner, VRH Partners
Atlanta, Georgia 

Andrew David Shiftan (Col ’91)
Director, Morgan Joseph & Company, Inc.
New York, New York 

Gilbert J. Sullivan (Com ’48)
Director Emeritus, University of Virginia Alumni Association
Charlottesville, Virginia 

John B. Syer (Col ’61)
President Emeritus, University of Virginia Alumni Association
Charlottesville, Virginia

Richard D. Tadler (Com ’78)
Managing Director, TA Associates
Boston, Massachusetts 

R. Blair Thomas (Col ’84)
Group Managing Director, The TCW Group
Los Angeles, California 

Susan J. Thomas (Col ’86)
La Canada Flintridge, California 

Elizabeth A. Tilney (Col ’79)
Marketing Consultant
Houston, Texas 

Schuyler M. Tilney (Com ’78)
Principal, Point Clear Energy
Houston, Texas 

Charles H. Turner IV (Com ’79)
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Pier 1 Imports, Inc.
Fort Worth, Texas 

Thomas B. Whelan (Col ‘74, GSBA ’77)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Van Advisors
Greenwich, Connecticut 

George W. Whitlow (Col ’69)
President, Whitlow Chevrolet/Lexus of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia 

Charles R. Williams (Col ’74)
Senior Vice President of Investments
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
New York, New York 

Robert E.L. Wilson V (Col ’74)
Senior Vice President - Investments Financial Consultant
Smith Barney Citigroup
Memphis, Tennessee 






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