Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for exercising all corporate matters and for managing the business and affairs of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation.
Stephen S. Crawford, Chairman (Col ’86)
Senior Advisor, Capital One Financial Corporation
New York, New York
William L. Polk Jr., Vice Chairman (Col ’78)
Managing Director, Egis Capital Partners
St. Louis, Missouri
Tiffany B. Armstrong (Com ’90)
Managing Director, Harris Williams & Co.
Richmond, 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 Digital Media
Washington, DC
Leonard J. Buck II (Engr ’86)
Founder, Blue Bright Ventures LLC
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Robert G. Byron (Col ’73, Law ’76)
Chairman, Blue Vista Capital Partners
Chicago, Illinois
Allison Cryor DiNardo (Col ’82, GSBA '88) *
President, King Street Wireless
Alexandria, Virginia
Merry W. Dougherty (Col ’90)
Owner, Meridian Capital
Louisville, Kentucky
Robert W. Downes (Com ’85)
Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
New York, New York
Franklin S. Edmonds Jr. (Col ’91, Law ’95, GSBA ’95)
Managing Partner, Panning Capital Management
Charlottesville, Virginia
Kirkman Finlay III (Col ’92)
Co-founder and Chairman, Quick Farm
Columbia, South Carolina
J. Dale Harvey II (Com ’87)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Poplar Forest Capital LLC
Pasadena, California
Tyler S. Henritze (Com ’03)
Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Real Estate Advisors
New York, New York
Landon Hilliard III (Col ’62) ****
Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
New York, New York
Lawrence D. Howell II (Col ’75, Law ’79)
Chairman, Mentice AG
Switzerland
Timothy J. Ingrassia (Col ’86)
Partner and Co-Chairman of Global M&A, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
New York, New York
Paul R. Izlar (Col ’84)
Partner, Prado-C
Atlanta, Georgia
E. Courtney Johnson (Col ’81)
Tucson, Arizona
Richard C. Kellogg Jr. (Col ’74)****
Chair, Basic Management Inc.
Houston, Texas
Jamala K. Massenburg (Engr ’01, GSBA ’09)
Senior Manager of Hardware Programs, Cruise
San Francisco, California
Mark T. Massey (Com ’86)
Founder and Chief Investment Officer, AltaRock Partners LLC
South Hamilton, Massachusetts
Bruce A. Miller (Col ’89)
CEO, Investure LLC
Charlottesville, Virginia
Timothy J. Naughton (Col ’83)
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, AvalonBay Communities Inc.
Oakton, Virginia
Anna M. Nekoranec (Col ’86)
Chief Executive Officer, Align Private Capital
Sarasota, Florida
Robert S. Pitts Jr. (Col ’86)
New York, New York
Anne W. Poole (Col ’90)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Raymond Kennon Poteat III (Com ’01)**
Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP
Washington, D.C.
Linda G. Renner (Col ’86)
Managing Partner, Law Offices of Thomas R. Green
Chairman, Royal Banks of Missouri
Saint Louis, Missouri
James E. Ryan (Law ’92) ***
President, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Deborah H. Valentine (Col ’80)
Richmond, Virginia
* Board of Visitors appointee
** Board of Managers appointee
*** U.Va. President appointee
**** Emeritus member