VCU School of Business
Office of Development and Alumni Affairs

School of Business Council
Committee Responsibilities

All of the work of the Business Council is done in committees.  There are a total of eight committees.

Committee

Responsibility

Executive

  • H. Graham Woodlief, Chair

Transacts business on behalf of the directors in the absence of the full board.

Academic Programs

  • Thomas L. Mountcastle, Chair
  • Wayne A. Boutwell
  • Lawrence H. Framme III, Esq.
  • Robert J. Grey, Jr.
  • John C. Jacoby
  • J. Robert Mooney
  • Marc B. Moyers
  • John N. Sharood
  • Vicki T. Tambellini
  • Mark Van Roekel
  • Walter A. Varvel
  • Craig H. Weber

Meets with the Dean, faculty and students to learn about our programs and to provide feedback on the ways that our linkage with business can be used to enrich them.

Development

  • Thomas E. Phillips, Jr., Chair
  • Robert E. Henley
  • Allen B. King
  • Steven A. Markel
  • Richard E. Posey
  • Keith A. Reynolds

Works with the School to implement the development plan.

Executive Programs

  • Dean Pope, Chair
  • Gerald F. Barber
  • Jack M. Enoch, Jr.
  • Andrew J. Kohut
  • John P. McCann
  • Donald M. Robelen
  • Paul F. Silver
  • James F. Tucker
  • Charles B. Walker

Assists the School in designing and implementing executive programs that are of interest to the Business community.

Fast Track

  • Miriam Martinez, Chair
  • Josee G. Covington
  • Jean Christophe DuBois
  • David J. Fairchild
  • Richard T. Riley
  • Thomas G. Snead, Jr.
  • Harry R. Thalhimer
  • Kenneth A. Thomas

Assists the School in monitoring the offerings and progress of the Fast Track MBA and helps in the recruitment of students into the program.

Marketing

  • Marshall N. Morton, Chair
  • Janet A. Alpert
  • Robert R. Barber
  • William C. DeRusha
  • Thomas J. Dorsey
  • Nancy C. Everett
  • Frederick G. Kraegel
  • C. Dandridge Massey
  • John R. Seibert
  • Robert C. Sledd

Works with the Dean on marketing the School of Business.  The committee is presently focused on determining how to get a more precise image of the School of Business out to the community. 

Nominations

  • John C. Jacoby, Chair

Helps identify and recruit qualified individuals for nomination to the Business Council.

Strategic Planning

  • James L. Trueheart, Chair
  • Edward L. Flippen
  • Patrick D. Hanley
  • Hans Karras
  • Steven A. Markel
  • James J. Murray
  • David J. Naquin
  • Richard A. Nelson
  • Randolph N. Reynolds, Sr.
  • Gary R. Rogliano
  • Peter J. Schleck, CCM

Works with the Dean in the implementation of the strategic plan.  The present focus is to help determine how best to use the Business Council members to tell the VCU School of Business story to the public.  

Non-Business Council Committee Members

  • Janet A. Alpert
  • Josee G. Covington
  • William C. DeRusha
  • Allen B. King
  • Frederick G. Kraegel
  • C. Dandridge Massey
  • David L. Milby
  • Keith A. Reynolds
  • Randolph N. Reynolds, Sr.
  • Donald M. Robelen
  • James F. Tucker
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