shareBoard of Directors
Cal Whitehead - Chairman
Richmond
Member Since: 2010
Current Term: 2011-2013
Whitehead runs a Richmond-based lobbying firm.
Paul Liberty - Vice Chair/Secretary
Springfield
Member Since: 2008
Current Term: 2011-2013
Liberty works in administration at George Mason University.
Jeff Merriman - Treasurer
Richmond
Member Since: 2009
Current Term: 2012-2014
Merriman is a Richmond-based community affairs manager with Verizon.
David Foster -
Arlington
Member Since: 2011
Current Term: 2011-2013
Foster is a partner in the Washington law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski. He ran for the GOP nomination for Attorney General in 2005.
Anne Gambardella
Richmond
Member Since: 2007
Current Term: 2010-2012
Gambardella is a director of legislative and legal affairs for the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association.
Roland Gunn
Fairfax County
Member Since: 2008
Current Term: 2011-2013
Gunn is a Republican political consultant from Northern Virginia.
Conaway Hawkins III
Chesterfield
Member Since: 2012
Current Term: 2012-2014
Haskins is an administrator at Virginia State University.
Martin Johnson
Richmond
Member Since: 2009
Current Term: 2012-2014
Johnson ia a lobbyist with FutureLaw LLC and a former staff lobbyist with the Virginia Association of Realtors.
Austin Ligon
Manakin-Sabot
Member Since: 2010
Current Term: 2010-2012
Ligon is the co-founder and retired CEO of CarMax, a publicly traded auto retailer.
Steve Nash
Richmond
Member Since: 2012
Current Term: 2012-2014
Nash is an author and retired journalism professor at the University of Richmond.
Albert Pollard, Jr.
Lancaster
Member Since: 2012
Current Term: 2012-2014
Pollard is a Democratic lawmaker from Lancaster County. He did not seek re-election in 2011.
Jay Smith
Richmond
Member Since: 2009
Current Term: 2012-2013
Smith ia a partner in Capital Results, a Richmond-based public affairs firm.