Jefferson Scholars Foundation: About the Foundation

The regional selection committees are charged with the responsibility of investigating and screening all nominees from their regions. Based on the number of schools participating in each region and regional scholarship endowment levels, the regional committees select at least one or as many as four candidates as finalists in the competition.

Each year, over 500 U.Va. alumni serve the Jefferson Scholars Foundation and the University as members of regional selection committees. Also of note are the alumni, friends, and U.Va. staff who serve as readers for the School of Nursing competition and the Commonwealth Competition, in the latter case screening nominees from areas of Virginia outside the regional competitions.

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation is indebted to these committed volunteers for their service and dedication to the University.

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
Kenneth B. Botsford, Chair

ARKANSAS
Robert E.L. Wilson V, Chair

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Allison J. Kean, Co-Chair
Adele B. Stotler, Co-Chair
R. Blair Thomas, Co-Chair
Susan J. Thomas, Co-Chair

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA,
CALIFORNIA
Jason A. Gill, Co-Chair
J. Sanford Miller, Co-Chair

DELAWARE
W. Duncan Patterson, Chair

ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Catherine D. Little, Co-Chair
Stephen A. Opler, Co-Chair

SOUTH GEORGIA/
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
C. Bradford Jackson, Chair

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Lawrence E. Tanner Jr., Chair

KENTUCKY
Merrell W. Grant, Chair

LOUISIANA
Owen J. LaCour III, Chair

MAINE
Jennifer L. Rooks, Chair

MARYLAND
Kirsten Andrews Woelper, Chair

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Robert B. King, Chair

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
John T. O'Connell, Chair

BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Mary M. Owen, Chair

LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
George J. Holland, Chair

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
Robert W. Downes, Chair

FAIRFIELD CO., CONNECTICUT/
WESTCHESTER CO., NEW YORK
L. David Cardenas, Co-Chair
Alison M. Gregory, Co-Chair

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
Samuel E. Farnham, Chair

PIEDMONT TRIAD AREA,
NORTH CAROLINA
McDara P. Folan III, Chair

CINCINNATI, OHIO/
NORTHERN KENTUCKY
Sandra W. Heimann, Chair

NORTHEAST OHIO
James A. McClurg, Chair

PHILADELPHIA, PENNYSLVANIA
Deanna L. Loughnane, Chair

PITTSBURGH/
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Katherine N. McFaden, Chair

CENTRAL AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA
Frank C. Williams III, Chair

LOW COUNTRY
SOUTH CAROLINA/GEORGIA
N. Calhoun Anderson Jr., Co-Chair
Anne H. Blessing, Co-Chair

EASTERN TENNESSEE
Donald E. Morton, Chair

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
W. Reid Sanders, Chair

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Katherine Read Ezell, Chair

DALLAS, TEXAS
Irving M. Groves III, Co-Chair
Thomas O. McNearney III, Co-Chair

FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Charles H. Turner IV, Chair

HOUSTON, TEXAS
C. E. Rhodes Jr., Chair

WYOMING
Thomas M. Falcey, Chair

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
David B. Ern, Chair

COMMONWEALTH, VIRGINIA
Susan M. Rockwell, Chair

DAN RIVER AREA, VIRGINIA
B. R. Ashby, Chair

LOWER PENINSULA, VIRGINIA
Jennifer O. David, Chair

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
James K. Candler, Chair

NORTHERN VIRGINIA
N. Thomas Connally, Co-Chair
Jennifer K. Murrill, Co-Chair

PIEDMONT AREA, VIRGINIA
Gorham (Rory) S. Clark, Chair

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Elizabeth P. Roark, Chair

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
John W. Rader Jr., Chair

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
Rachel D. Fowlkes, Chair

TIDEWATER VIRGINIA
Glen M. Robertson, Chair

WASHINGTON, D.C./
SUBURBAN MARYLAND
Hamilton P. Fox III, Co-Chair
Deidre R. Lee, Co-Chair

WEST VIRGINIA
H. Dill Battle III, Co-Chair
Leslie Clay, Co-Chair