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Virginia Commonwealth University, Board of Visitors

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Purpose

The Board of Visitors shall appoint all teachers, staff members, and agents, fix their salaries, and prescribe their duties. The Board shall generally direct the affairs and business of the University. The Board may confer degrees, including honorary degrees. The Board may take, hold, receive, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise, or bequest to the University or its predecessors for the uses and purposes designated by the donor, or if not so designated, for the general purposes of the corporation, whether given directly or indirectly, and accept, execute, and administer any trust in which it may have an interest under the terms of the instrument creating the trust.

Term

Four years; no more than two consecutive terms

Composition

The Board shall be composed of sixteen members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. Notwithstanding § 23.1-1300, members are eligible to serve for a total of two four-year terms which may be served consecutively; however, a member appointed by the Governor to serve an unexpired term is eligible to serve two additional four-year terms.

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Current Board Members

Member:Dr. Vernon D. Jones
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2026
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Member:Dr. Clifton Peay
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2026
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Member:Hon. Peter Farrell
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2026
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Member:Ellen Fitzsimmons
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2026
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Member:Mr Anthony Ro Bedell
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2027
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Member:Rooz Dadabhoy
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2027
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Member:Mr. Steven A. Deluca
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2027
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Member:Gurpreet S. Sandhu
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2027
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Member:Senator Siobhan Dunnavant
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2028
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Member:Dr. Kenneth Lipstock
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2028
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Member:Mr Randolph N. Reynolds
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2028
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Member:C.J. Sailor
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2028
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Member:Heidi Schlicher
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2029
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Member:Harry Thalhimer
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2029
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Member:Alexis Swann
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2029
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Member:Mr. Neil Amin
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2029
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