Board

Farhad is Williams Mullen’s Richmond Managing Partner. He focuses his practice on business succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, entity formation and structuring, and wealth transfer planning and preservation.

Wyatt Beazley, J.D., joined Williams Mullen in 1992 and is co-chair of the Williams Mullen Health Care Team.

Roger co-founded Performance Food Group, a $16 billion food distribution company, in 1988.

Elizabeth is the vice president for global quality, regulatory and external affairs at WestRock/MWV Healthcare and the practice group head for process and innovation management at Kinexum.

Rachel is a principal at SIR, a strategic management consulting firm in Richmond, where she leads quantitative market research and helps clients uncover insights to help change their futures.

George joined the VCU School of Medicine Pulmonary Division as an assistant professor in 1977, then in 1979 entered private practice with Pulmonary Associates of Richmond where he worked until his retirement in 2014.

Ellen is the senior associate dean/academic dean and a professor of endodontics in the VCU School of Dentistry.

I. Lee Chapman IV, CFA, is president and chief executive officer at Davenport & Company LLC. 

Hobie has served as general counsel and secretary at Carpenter Co. since 1988. Previously, he was an associate in the business department of McGuireWoods.

Judy retired in 2000 after more than 30 years with VCU. She is founding director of the comprehensive VCU Women’s Health Center at Stony Point Park (1993-2000) and associate professor emeritus at the VCU schools of nursing and medicine.

William has practiced general dentistry in Richmond for more than 50 years and is a part-time full professor in the VCU School of Dentistry as well as a member of its board of advisors.

Charles retired as vice president of Williamsburg Pottery in 1990 after 30 years with the company. He and his wife Ginny have been involved with the MCV Campus since 1986.

Darius is assistant treasurer and director of cash management for Dominion, coming from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch in October 2016, where he was senior vice president and senior client manager.

George founded Emerson Companies LLC, which focuses on commercial, industrial and institutional development projects.

Sheryl Garland joined the VCU Health System in 1988 after completing an administrative residency at MCV Hospitals.

Jeffrey is vice chairman of Gumenick Properties, an award-winning real estate development and management company.

Preston designed and developed in the late 1970s the Compute-Rx Pharmacy System, which was one of the first PC-based pharmacy automation systems.

Susan is a professor of psychiatry and obstetrics & gynecology at VCU School of Medicine, executive director of the VCU Institute for Women’s Health, and director of clinical research for the VCU department of psychiatry.

David serves as managing director and chief operating officer of Lowe, Brockenbrough & Co. and is a member of the firm’s executive committee.

Ron served as group president of specialty infusion services for Diplomat Pharmacy until his retirement on Dec. 31, 2016.

Keith is a founding partner of The Fahrenheit Group.

Fred is president and chief executive officer at Big River Advertising, LLC.

John is a retired investment and financial consultant focused on advising healthcare professionals.

A 1964 graduate of King Edward Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan, Ghulam came to Richmond in 1965 to complete an internship at Johnston-Willis Hospital and a residency in internal medicine at the Medical College of Virginia.

Jim is director of planned giving for the VCU School of Dentistry. He has served on the faculty at the school in a wide variety of positions for 40 years, including admissions dean, clinic dean and interim dean.

John is an audit partner in the Richmond office of Deloitte & Touche LLP and has more than 25 years of public accounting experience.

T.K. is the chief executive officer of Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, which serves more than 20,000 residents through affordable housing programs.

Ellen is senior vice president of Wells Fargo Philanthropic Services. For more than 27 years she has worked with nonprofit organizations, individuals and families to support their philanthropic goals.

Tracy joined the MCV Foundation board in summer 2016, and also serves on the VCU Foundation board.

Jim is the president of Starkey Consulting, which advises government and business clients on international, agricultural, trade and development issues.

Judi, who attended Marymount and George Mason University, was before her retirement a licensed social worker, president/CEO of a large business association and an executive with a national healthcare company.

Kit is a practicing general dentist and senior partner with Virginia Family Dentistry of Richmond and a member of the Board of Virginia Family Dentistry.

Richard is one of the leading infectious diseases epidemiologists in the world, having established his reputation in the field of infection control in hospitals.

Michelle is the senior associate dean for admissions and associate professor of family medicine and population health at the VCU School of Medicine.

Steve Worley is the former president/CEO of LCMC Health and Children’s Hospital.