Board of Directors
Virginia BioTechnology Research Partnership Authority Board
Michael Rao, Ph.D., Chairman
President, Virginia Commonwealth University
The Honorable Jim Cheng
Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Commonwealth of Virginia
Samuel B. Hunter, MD, Secretary
Pathologist and Director of Laboratories
Bons Secours Richmond Community Hospital
The Honorable Dwight C. Jones
Mayor, City of Richmond
The Honorable Benjamin J. Lambert, Vice Chairman
Craig R. Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer, Owens & Minor, Inc.
Ronald D. Wright, Treasurer
President & CEO, JNETDirect Inc.
Aiguo Wu, MD, PhD
Medical Team Lead, DTRA Reachback
Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH, FACP, FACG
Executive Director of Research, Inova Health System
Executive Director, Center for Liver Diseases, Inova Fairfax Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University-Inova Campus
Affiliate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, George Mason University
Robert T. Skunda, Executive Director
Virginia BioTechnology Research Partnership Authority
Virginia BioTechnology Research Park Corporation Board
Michael Rao, Ph.D., Chairman
President, Virginia Commonwealth University
Robert T. Skunda, President and CEO
Virginia BioTechnology Research Park
The Honorable Jim Cheng
Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Commonwealth of Virginia
Donna Owens Cox
Vice President, Communications, MeadWestvaco
Charles H. Foster, Jr., Vice Chairman
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc.
Ed A. Grier
Dean, VCU School of Business
Cecil R. “Rhu” Harris, Jr.
County Administrator, Hanover County
Douglas E. Harvey
Chief Financial Officer, United Network for Organ Sharing
Virgil R. Hazelett
County Manager, Henrico County
G. Scott Hetzer
Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Dominion Resources
The Honorable Dwight C. Jones
Mayor, City of Richmond
Francis L. Macrina, Ph.D.
VP for Research, Virginia Commonwealth University
Carlton E. Miller, MD
President, AMDC Arthritis & Osteoporosis Clinic
Brandon J. Price, Ph.D.
Falcon Ridge Associates, Inc.
James J. L. Stegmaier
County Administrator, Chesterfield County
James A. Strickland, Ph.D.
VP, Product, Design & Technology of Smokeless Tobacco, Altria
William H. Weirich, Treasurer*
Managing Director, Markel Ventures
William S. “Sandy” White
CEO, Icon Biosciences, Inc.
Patricia M. Woolsey
President and CEO, Woolsey Consulting


