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 S. Hall
Virginia State University *

Eva Hartmann
Luna Innovations

Cynthia Joyce
Agili–Your Personal CFO*

D. Brennen 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

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110 South 15th Street
Suite B
Richmond, VA 23219

Office: (804) 330-3993
Office Hours: 9am – 5pm
Program Day: 10am – noon

Presenting powerful voices so Richmond can learn. Empowering local voices so Richmond can lead.

The Richmond Forum and its partners are proud to support the Richmond Forum Speech & Debate Initiative, a community initiative to bring speech & debate programs to all of our region’s public schools.

The Richmond Forum is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization.

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