shareBoard of Directors
Jeff Merriman - Chairman
Richmond
Member Since: 2009
Current Term: 2012-2014
Merriman is a Richmond-based community affairs manager with Verizon.
Albert Pollard - Vice Chair/Secretary
Lancaster
Member Since: 2012
Current Term: 2012-2014
Pollard is a Democratic lawmaker from Lancaster County. He did not seek re-election in 2011.
William Wilson - Treasurer
Richmond
Member Since: 2013
Current Term: 2013-2015
Wilson is the retired head of the Division of Automated Legislative Systems, the state agency that compiles and publishes online bill information.
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.
William Fralin
Roanoke
Member Since: 2013
Current Term: 2013-2015
Fralin is the president of Medical Facilities of America, a chain of nursing homes, and a former state legislator.
Roland Gunn
Fairfax County
Member Since: 2008
Current Term: 2011-2013
Gunn is a Republican political consultant from Northern Virginia.
Conaway Haskins
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 is a lobbyist with FutureLaw LLC and a former staff lobbyist with the Virginia Association of Realtors.
Paul Liberty
Springfield
Member Since: 2008
Current Term: 2011-2013
Liberty is Vice President for Government and Community Relations at George Mason University.
Steve Nash
Richmond
Member Since: 2012
Current Term: 2012-2014
Nash is an author and retired journalism professor at the University of Richmond.
Nicole Riley
Richmond
Member Since: 2013
Current Term: 2013-2015
Riley is the State Director of the National Federation of Independent Business in Richmond.
Ann Rust
Tysons Corner
Member Since: 2013
Current Term: 2013-2015
Rust is the Deputy State Director for US Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia) and previously worked on the staff of US Rep. Tom Davis (R-Virginia).
Jay Smith
Richmond
Member Since: 2009
Current Term: 2012-2013
Smith is a partner in Capital Results, a Richmond-based public affairs firm.
Cal Whitehead
Richmond
Member Since: 2010
Current Term: 2013-2015
Whitehead runs a Richmond-based lobbying firm.