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George A. Levicki, DDS, Chair, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Delta Dental of Virginia. Dr. Levicki is the former Chairman for the Delta Dental Plans Association and continues to serve both on their Board of Directors and in other leadership positions. Delta Dental is a national organization of member plans from all 50 states and Puerto Rico, which provide more than $8 billion of dental care services per year to 35 million people.

	Jane Norwood Kusiak, Vice Chair, serves as the Executive Director of the Council on Virginia’s Future, which is chaired by Governor Timothy M. Kaine and is comprised of representatives from the General Assembly and the business community, along with two cabinet officials.   From 1998 through 2003, she served in several roles in the Warner Administration, including Deputy Director of Transition and Director of Policy and Legislation in the Office of the Governor. From September 1984 until July 1998, Ms. Kusiak provided staff support to the Virginia General Assembly. She began her legislative staff career as an analyst for the House Appropriations Committee specializing in health and human resource and finance issues. In 1990, Ms. Kusiak was promoted to Deputy Director of the House Appropriations Committee. In 1992, she was chosen as the first Executive Director of the Joint Commission on Health Care, an agency that conducts analysis of key health policy issues facing the state.   In 1992, the Richmond Metropolitan Area YWCA named Ms. Kusiak "Outstanding Woman in Government".  Ms. Kusiak holds a Bachelor of Science degree in hospital administration from Ithaca College and a Master of Arts degree from St. Louis University.
	LuAnn Bennett is President/Owner of Bennett Group, a real estate service firm in Washington, DC. Bennett Group provides construction and construction management services in the Greater Washington, DC area with a growing emphasis on sustainability. A LEED accredited professional, LuAnn serves on the Governor’s Commission on Climate Change for the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is a partner in Bennett & Owens, a sports management and real estate development firm with a 20-plus year history in Washington, DC.  A long-time advocate for youth and education, she currently serves as a Trustee on the Board of the Good Samaritan Foundation, a non-profit organization serving the needs of inner-city high school students in Washington, DC, is on the Advisory Board of CharityWorks, and, through the I Have a Dream Foundation, was a co-sponsor of Terrell Junior High School in Washington, DC.  Ms. Bennett has also served on the Boards of Kingsbury Center in Washington, DC, and The Potomac School Board in McLean, Virginia, which she chaired for three years. She is married to US Representative Jim Moran (D-VA 8th).
	Donald H. Clark a senior member of the litigation section at Williams Mullen, co-founded Clark & Stant in 1972 and led the firm’s merger with Williams Mullen in 1999. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a permanent member of the Judicial Council of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Sentara Healthcare and has served as Chairman of the Board.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of Bay Primex Insurance Company and former member of the Board of Directors of Priority Healthcare HMO. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Virginia Beach General Hospital and as Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Executive Committee of Tidewater Healthcare, Inc., the parent company of Virginia Beach General Hospital and other healthcare entities, before its merger with Sentara. He was appointed by the Virginia Supreme Court to the Medical Malpractice Review Panel.   Mr. Clark is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and George Washington University School of Law.
	Jean Cunningham, (past Chair), retired from Alcoa in 2001 where she had been Director of Arbitration and then Vice President of Human Resources for the business unit of Alcoa, formerly a part of the Reynolds Metals Company. For years, she served as a labor and personnel attorney for Reynolds Metals Company.   A former member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1986-1998), she was a key figure on both the Health, Welfare & Institutions and Appropriations Committees. Ms. Cunningham has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including Virginia State University’s Board of Visitors, the State Social Services Board, the Virginia Poverty Law Center and the State Council for Higher Education (SCHEV). Currently, she serves as the Chairman of the State Board of Elections and is a member of the Civil Rights Memorial Foundation board. She is also a member of the Links, Inc. and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., public-service organizations. Ms. Cunningham has received numerous awards, including the YWCA Outstanding Woman of the Year Award in Law, the 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, the Dominion Power Strong Men and Women Award, Virginia State Conference of the NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award and the Advocate of the Year Award from the Virginians Against Handgun Violence. Ms. Cunningham is a graduate of Virginia State University and Howard University School of Law.
May H. Fox is Director of Government Relations for LeClair Ryan and a member of the firm’s Administrative Law & Government Relations team. She specializes in providing legislative representation of health care and other business interests before the Virginia General Assembly. Ms. Fox currently serves on the Board of the Westminster Canterbury Foundation; is a managing director of Advantus Strategies, LLC, a government relations consulting company; and is a gubernatorial appointee to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. She is a former Trustee of the Westminster Canterbury Management Board, a former member of the Board of Directors for Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce (GRCC), Leadership Metro Richmond, GRCC's Youth Matters Advisory Board, and the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood Board of Directors. Ms. Fox was the founding Executive Director of the Virginia Association of Health Plans and also served in Governor L. Douglas Wilder’s cabinet, first as Deputy Secretary of Administration and then as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Resources. She received her bachelor degree at Sweet Briar College and her Master’s from Boston College.
	Kester S Freeman is the founder of Palmetto Health, the largest integrated health care delivery system in South Carolina, where he served as Chief Executive Officer until his retirement in 2007. He also spearheaded the creation of Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC), a health care research collaborative and public-private partnership, and recently completed his term as its first chairman of the board.  Mr. Freeman is the recipient of the South Carolina Hospital Association's 1998 Distinguished Service Award and remains actively involved in health care as a consultant.  He resides in Central Virginia and serves on the American Hospital Association’s Mental Health Task Force.  He is the founding President of the Covering Carolina Collaboration, chair of the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, Interim President of HSSC and a member of the Board of Directors of the Palmetto Health Foundation.  He recently served as a member of the National Committee on Quality Health Care board of directors and as a delegate to the Academy for International Health Studies. As a community leader, Mr. Freeman served as past chairman of the City Center Partnership board of directors and the United Way of the Midlands board of directors. He was a member of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce board of directors the Midlands Business Leadership Group executive committee and board of directors.  He received his B.A. in economics from the College of William and Mary and his Master’s in hospital administration from Duke University.
Richard L. Grier is a stockholder and director in the Richmond, Virginia law firm, Thompson McMullan, P.C. He also serves on the board of directors of Richmond Memorial Health Foundation, SeniorNavigator (Treasurer), Bon Secours Richmond Health System, and Westminster Canterbury Foundation. His affiliations with professional societies include the Richmond and American Bar Associations. Mr. Grier is a graduate of Duke University and the University of North Carolina Law School.
	Ellen McCloy Hall is the former President of the Mobil Foundation and Manager of the Corporate and Community Affairs Department. Before her career at Mobil Corporation, she held the position of Assistant to the President of CBS News. Ms. McCloy Hall also has served on the boards of Wolf Trap and Marymount University. Now in retirement, she is active in various local community and church endeavors. She received her bachelor degree from Smith College.
	Lemuel E. Lewis is Past Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Landmark Communications, a privately held media company located in Norfolk, Virginia, with national interests in newspapers, broadcasting, cable programming and electronic publishing. Mr. Lewis serves on the Board of Trustees of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, on the Board of Directors of Markel Corporation, on the Board of Trustees of Virginia Wesleyan College, and on the Board of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (VFIC). Mr. Lewis holds both a B.A. in economics and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia.
Thom A. Mayer, MD, FACEP, FAAP, is the President and CEO of BestPractices and has been widely recognized as the nation’s foremost expert in leadership and management in emergency medicine and hospital care. He has devised one of the most widely known customer service training courses, the Survival Skills® course. Dr. Mayer chairs the Board of Visitors of Duke Medicine and is the Medical Director of the NFL Players Association. He has also served on the boards of Inova Health Foundation, American Board of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, The Potomac School, The Society for Pediatric Trauma, the Society for Pediatric Emergency Medicine, the Virginia and Florida chapters of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the American Trauma Society. On September 11, 2001, Dr. Mayer served as one of the Command Physicians at the Pentagon Rescue Operation, coordinating medical assets at the site.  Dr. Mayer is a graduate of Hanover College (summa cum laude) and Duke University School of Medicine.
	G. Gilmer Minor, III is Chairman of Owens & Minor, Inc.  Owens & Minor is a $5 billion Fortune 500 distributor of medical and surgical supplies to hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians. He is active on several Boards of Directors, including the Advisory Board of the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond Renaissance and SunTrust Banks, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Minor also is president of the VMI Board of Visitors in Lexington and is on the Advisory Board of the University of Virginia School of Nursing.  In recognition of his civic and charitable involvement, Mr. Minor has received local, state and national awards, including the United Negro College Fund's Flame Bearer of Education Award and the B'nai B'rith National Healthcare Award. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the Colgate Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.

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E. Cabell Brand is Chairman of the Cabell Brand Center for International Poverty and Resource Studies. Mr. Brand served on the Board of Directors of First Virginia Banks and was a member of the State Board of Health for nine years, serving as Chairman for three years. He founded Total Action Against Poverty in the Roanoke Valley and helped start programs for low income people, including Head Start, Virginia CARES, and the Virginia Water Project. Mr. Brand has received numerous awards for his work, including the National VISTA Award (1980), the Lyndon Baines Johnson Humanitarian Award (1990), and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Citation (1992). He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He has received honorary degrees from Roanoke College, Washington and Lee University, Ferrum College, and Virginia Western Community College.

Raymond E. Brann, Jr., is the former Executive Vice President and member of the Senior Management Committee of First Virginia Banks, Inc., (now BB&T) Falls Church, Virginia (retired). He has served on the Boards of numerous civic, community, and educational organizations throughout Virginia, including a term as Chapter Chairman of the Greater Richmond Chapter of the American Red Cross. He is currently serving on the Real Estate Foundation Board of Longwood College. Mr. Brann is a graduate of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and received his M.B.A. from Old Dominion University.

Ben J. Davenport, Jr., serves as chairman of First Piedmont Corporation and Chatham Oil Company. He currently serves on the Board of Visitors of Virginia Tech, Hargrave Military Academy, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, American National Bank and Intertape Polymer Corporation. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech and served in the United States Coast Guard Reserves.

Norwood H. Davis, Jr., is the former Chairman and CEO of Trigon Healthcare Inc (retired). He is a member of the boards of Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs, Company (NYSE); AquaHabiStat; North Star Industries; Harbert Venture Partners; Harren Equity Partners; The Mariner’s Museum; Boys and Girls Club Foundation; Science Museum of Virginia; Schooner Virginia; Volvo Ocean Race (Chesapeake) formerly Whitbread Around the World Race, Board of Trustees; United States Sailing Association, President’s Club; Honorary Chairman, American Heart Association (Virginia) “Save Lives Now” campaign; University of Virginia Law School of Business Advisory Council; Fellow, Society of International Business Fellows.

John H. Hager (Past Chair), is the Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, is a former Assistant Secretary with the US Department of Education, and served as Virginia's Lieutenant Governor from 1998-2002. Prior to entering politics, Mr. Hager was Senior Vice President of Leaf and Specialty Products for American Tobacco Company, from which he retired in 1994 when the corporation was sold. A long-term civic, charity and community leader, he has served as president or chairman of more than 30 boards and commissions in Virginia. He currently serves as Honorary Chairman of the Richmond Convention Center, Vice-chairman of the Aerospace States Association, and as director of the American Red Cross, The Sorensen Institute, Southern Growth Policies Board, The Center for Politics, The Virginia Public Safety Foundation, the Virginia Performing Arts Foundation, the Jamestown Yorktown Foundation and Jamestown 2007. Mr. Hager is a graduate of Purdue University and Harvard Business School.

Michael P. Haley is past President and Chief Executive Officer of MW Manufacturers Inc., a $275+ million window manufacturing facility based in Rocky Mount, Virginia.  He continues to serve on the Board of MW Manufacturers Inc and their parent company, Ply Gem Industries, Inc.  Prior to his joining MW, he was a recognized leader in the contract furniture industry having served as President and Chief Operating Officer of American of Martinsville, a La-Z-Boy company and President of Loewenstein Furniture Group in Florida.  Other boards Mr. Haley serves on include Stanley Furniture Company, American National Bank & Trust Company, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. and Aero Products. He has been actively involved in many civic and community affairs and currently serves as a board member of the Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont, a $160+ million charitable foundation and is a member of the President’s Advisory Board of Roanoke College. Mr. Haley is a graduate of Roanoke College.

Edward L. Hamm, Jr., is President of E.L. Hamm & Associates, Inc., a management and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Virginia Beach. Mr. Hamm serves on the Industrial Development Services Advisory Board for the State of Virginia, and the Hampton Industrial Development Authority. He received national and state recognition as the Small Business Person of the Year. He serves on the Boards of Hampton University and the Norfolk State University Foundation. Mr. Hamm is a graduate of Hampton University.

Grace E. Harris, PhD, is a distinguished professor in the Center for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University and heads a special leadership institute established in her name. Dr. Harris is well known and respected in the Richmond area. She has served in a variety of positions at VCU, including Dean of the School of Social Work and as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at VCU (1993-1999). Dr. Harris has served on the boards of many key Richmond organizations and businesses, including the Christian Children’s Fund, the Maymont Foundation and Richfood Holdings, and is a Trustee emerita of the University of Richmond. Dr. Harris graduated with highest honors from Hampton University and earned graduate degrees from the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia.

S. Anderson Hughes is a Group/State President of Branch Banking and Trust Company. Mr. Hughes held various positions with First Virginia Banks, Inc. and most recently was President and CEO of First Virginia Bank – Colonial in Richmond, until the bank's merger with BB&T. Mr. Hughes has been involved with many civic and charitable organizations. He is a Director of Junior Achievement of Central Virginia, Inc. and of the Greater Richmond Chapter of the American Red Cross. Mr. Hughes has also been active in numerous professional organizations and is a Past President of the Richmond Group of Robert Morris Associates, a Past Director of the Virginias-Carolinas Chapter of Robert Morris Associates, a Past Director of Management Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Virginia Bankers Association, a Past Director of the Virginia Student Aid Foundation-Richmond Chapter and a former Chairman of the John Tyler Community College Foundation. Mr. Hughes also is a member of the Vestry of St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Mr. Hughes holds a B.S. degree from the University of Virginia and is a graduate of the Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management and the American Bankers Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

Clarion E. Johnson, MD (Past Chair) is Global Medical Director of the Medicine and Occupational Health-Global for Exxon Mobil. A cardiologist and internist, he has received a significant number of awards and fellowships, and has published extensively. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty Cardiovascular Diseases as well as Occupational Medicine. He is also an avid supporter of the Washington Free Clinic in Washington D.C.   Dr. Johnson is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Yale School of Medicine.

Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr., (Past Chair) is a partner in the law firm McGuireWoods, LLP and McGuireWoods Consulting, LLC. Involved in state and local affairs, he is a member of the State Health Planning Board, Chairman of the University of Virginia's Health Sciences Foundation, and a founder of the Virginia Institute of Political Leadership. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Association and chair-elect of the ABA’s Senior Lawyers Division. He is also Chairman of the Medicine and Law Committee of the International Bar Association. Mr. Middleditch is a graduate of the University of Virginia and its law school.

Bruce Randolph Murray is the president of Greenbrier Management, LP in Charlottesville, Virginia. Ms. Murray is the former Chairman of the Charlottesville Free Clinic and continues to sit on its Board. She is active on several Charlottesville area Boards including the Martha Jefferson Hospital Health Services Board, Central Virginia Chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society Advisory Board, and Habitat for Humanity - Greater Charlottesville Area Advisory Board. In addition, Ms. Murray was one of the original founders of the Emily Couric Leadership Forum. Ms. Murray was the co-recipient of the Silver Hope Award in l998, and the Shenandoah Chapter of the National Society Fund Raising Executives (NSFRE) Volunteer Philanthropist of the Year in l999. Ms. Murray as the recipient of the 2005 Emily Couric Community Advocacy Award. In April 2008,  THE American Heart Association honored Ms. Murray for her commitment to community with the William "Billy" Getchell Award. The Junior League of Charlottesville recognized Ms. Murray received her A. A. from Majorie Webster Junior College.

James G. Nuckolls, MD is an internist from Galax, Virginia and Medical Director of the Carilion Medical Group, which is the largest primary care group in Virginia, with more than 200 physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants in 70 offices across western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. Dr. Nuckolls has served as President of the American Society of Internal Medicine and Chair of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Initiatives to Expand Care for Underserved Americans. He is also a faculty member of the University of Virginia and was elected to the Institute of Clinical Medicine in 1992.

Philip M. Reilly (Past Chair) is Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Kol Bio Medical Instruments, Inc. A resident of Fairfax County, he is past Chairman of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce Business Healthcare Task Force; past Vice Chairman of the Northern Region of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce; past Chairman of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce; and winner of the Washington Post Cup as Citizen of the Year. Mr. Reilly graduated from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; and received his MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He has served as Chairman of the Arts Council of Fairfax County and is on the Executive Committee of the Medmarc Insurance Company. As a lieutenant in the Marine Corps, he served as an infantry platoon commander in Vietnam.

Minnis E. Ridenour is retired from Virginia Tech where he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Ridenour continues to serve Virginia Tech as Senior Fellow for Resource Development. His current efforts include teaching graduate courses in Financial Management for Governmental and Non-Profit Organizations and fund-development for the Arts including support for a new Visual and Performing Arts facility. Mr. Ridenour serves as Chairman of the Virginia United Methodist Homes Board, and is a member of the board of Hollins University, the Carilion Foundation Board, and the Blacksburg Partnership. He has served on a number of other non-profit boards over the past several years. He also served as chairman of Rocco, Inc. and on the Board of Petroleum Marketers, Inc. (PMI). In 2001, Mr. Ridenour received the NACUBO Distinguished Business Officers award from his professional association for his work in higher education. He holds both his bachelors and masters degrees from The University of Tennessee.

Thomas G. Snead, Jr. is the retired president and CEO of the Southeast Region for WellPoint, Inc. Prior to the merger of Anthem, Inc. and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. in November 2004, Mr. Snead served as President of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Southeast region. Mr. Snead joined Trigon Healthcare, Inc. (acquired by Anthem in 2002) in 1985 and held several financial manager positions until 1990. Mr. Snead was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1990 and was elected President and Chief Operating Officer in 1997. In 1999, Mr. Snead was elected to the Trigon Board of Directors and named President and Chief Executive Officer. In 2000, he was elected Chairman of the Board. Before joining the company, Mr. Snead served on the staff of public accounting firm KPMG, LLP and was the financial executive for several small firms in the Richmond area. In addition to having served as Chair of the Virginia Health Care Foundation Board of Trustees, Mr. Snead currently serves as Director on the following boards: LandAmerica Corporation, The Blue Healthcare Bank, Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Trustees, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Virginia Historical Society, and Riverside Health System. Mr. Snead earned a B.S. in accounting, with honors, from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1976.

Karla M. Sorensen spent the last 22 years as Vice-President of both Alban Development Corporation and Sorensen Construction Corporation in Woodbridge, Virginia. The companies are residential land developers, homebuilders, and residential marketing specialists. Certified as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Ms. Sorensen has served on numerous community, medical, and educational boards including the Board of Visitors of Marymount University; the Virginia Hospital Centers, Visiting Nurse Home Care, Inc., the Arlington Health Ventures Group, Inc. ; and the University of Virginia, School of Nursing Advisory Board. Ms. Sorensen is a graduate of Marymount University, the University of Virginia, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

James M. Turner, Jr., is Chief Executive Officer and Board Chairman of J.M. Turner & Company, Inc. Mr. Turner represents the second generation in J.M. Turner & Company, Inc., (a general contracting firm). He earned his B.S. in Commerce from Washington and Lee University and received his J.D. from W&L's School of Law. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves from 1967 to 1973. Mr. Turner is a Trustee of both Carilion Health System and Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, is Chairman of the Roanoke Regional Airport Commission, serves on the Advisory Board of BB&T, and is President of the Western Virginia Land Trust. In addition to participating in many other civic activities, he is past President of Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Valley Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Roanoke Valley, the Science Museum of Western Virginia and the Roanoke Chapter of Trout Unlimited. He is past Chairman of the Roanoke Civic Center Commission, the Roanoke Neighborhood Partnership, and the Roanoke City School Board. Other interests include fly fishing, hiking, horseback riding and birding.