Board of Directors
2024 – 2025 Board of Directors
The Richmond Forum is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization. Our Board of Directors works to achieve our mission: To present powerful voices so Richmond can learn, and empower local voices so Richmond can lead.
Executive Committee
Teresa Downs
Chair
Altria*
Andrea Lynn White
Vice Chair
Genworth Financial*
William R.B. Hershey
Treasurer
Davenport & Company LLC*
Jonathan Brabrand
Secretary
Professional Restoration Services
Ellen E. Spong
Immediate Past Chair
Atlantic Union Bank*
Kristen Cavallo
Program Committee Chair
Subscriber/Supporter
Steve Humble
Nominating & Governance Committee Chair
VPM*
P. Anand Rao, Ph.D.
Education Committee Chair
University of Mary Washington
Janet Tope
Investment Committee Chair
Subscriber/Supporter
Heather Mullins Crislip
Executive Director, ex officio
The Richmond Forum
Directors
Kevin D. Best
Virginia Commonwealth University*
Jimmy Chou
SingleStone
Anthony Conte
Wells Fargo*
Regina J. Elbert
Dominion Energy*
Tonya Hall
Virginia State University *
Eva Hartmann
Luna Innovations
Cynthia Joyce
Agili–Your Personal CFO*
D. Brennan Keene
McGuireWoods*
A. Brent King
Performance Food Group*
Kelly O’Keefe
Brand Federation*
Rick Palmieri
Williams Mullen*
Celia Rafalko
Cary Street Partners
Daphne Maxwell Reid
Subscriber/Supporter
Rhodes B. Ritenour
Bon Secours Virginia Health System*
Alison Rogish
Deloitte*
Linda V. Schreiner
Subscriber/Supporter
Lisa Sims
Venture Richmond
Zack Smith
PartnerMD*
Greg Stivers
ProfitOptics Inc.*
Sally Tate
Hourigan*
Ashley L. Taylor Jr.
Troutman Pepper*
Maria Tedesco
Atlantic Union Bank*
Pient Tran
Capital One*
Todd Waldo
Hugh Helen, LLC
*Sponsor of The Richmond Forum