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Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is comprised of an array of hard-working, committed professional and civic leaders who have a true vision for Virginia Western and its connection to the community.

• Russell H. Ellis - President
  President
  Rusty's Best Corporation

• James W. Arend - Vice President
  Retired, CEO
  Atlantic Mutual

• Edwin C. Hall - Secretary
  President & CEO
  Hall Associates, Inc.

• Charles A. Saldarini - Treasurer
  Retired, President of Western Region
  First Union

• Donna L. Mitchell - Immediate Past President
  Vice President - Investments
  UBS Financial Services

Ex Officio Members

• William M. Hackworth - Chair, Virginia Western Local Board
  City Attorney
  City of Roanoke

• Robert H. Sandel
  President
  Virginia Western Western Community College

Ad Hoc Member

• G. Michael Pace, Jr.
  Managing Partner
  Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore

At Large Members

• J. Andrew Archer
  Retired, Vice President Academic and Student Affairs
  Virginia Western Community College

• Thomas R. Bagby
  Woods Rogers PLC

• Barry W. Baird
  President/CEO
  Avis Construction Company, Inc.

• M. Brucie Boggs
  Carilion Health System

• R. Daniel Carson, Jr.
  Vice President
  Appalachian Power

• Dorothy S. Clifton
  Community Volunteer

• Clark M. Cole
  Cole & King, LLC

• Glen C. Combs
  Retired, Vice President
  Acosta Sales

• Katherine Elliott
  Senior Vice President
  Friendship Retirement Community

• Ronald R. Hare
  Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Petroleum Marketers, Inc.

• Barry L. Henderson
  Executive Vice President
  SunTrust Bank

• Stanard F. Lanford
  Retired, President
  Lanford Brothers Company

• Cynthia D. Lawrence
  President
  Design Marketing

• William L. Lee
  Pastor
  Loudon Avenue Christian Church

• Gerald Pace, Sr.
  President
  Pace Management Systems, Inc.

• James W. Thweatt, Jr.
  Retired, CEO
  Lewis-Gale Medical Center

• Michael E. Warner
  Partner
  N & W Investments, LLC

• W. Lee Wilhelm, III
  President
  J.M. Turner & Co. Inc.

• Diane D. Wolff
  Professor, Business Science Division
  Virginia Western Community College

• Douglas R. Wright
  President & CEO
  Richfield Retirement Community

• Danielle H. Yarber
  Vice President/General Manager
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Directors Emeriti

• G. Len Boone
  President
  Boone Homes, Inc.

• G. Franklin Flippin
  Flippin Densmore

• William H. Fralin, Jr.
  Medical Facilities of America

• John R. Francis, Jr.
  Executive Vice President
  First Citizens Bank

• Barbara B. Lemon
  Community Volunteer

• Elizabeth W. Payne, Ed.D.
  Retired, Virginia Western Community College

• Donald G. Smith
  Chairman & CEO
  Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation

• John B. Williamson, III
  President & CEO
  RGC Resources