Board

Our volunteer Board of Trustees develops and directs the vision, policies and goals of the MCV Foundation.

By providing fiduciary oversight, managing the endowment and overseeing the disbursement of restricted and unrestricted funds, our board serves to advance the mission of the foundation and the medical center.

Board members are chosen for their exemplary leadership in the community and in business, for their professional expertise and for their devotion to our mission. Members serve a minimum of three years and may choose to renew their terms. 

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About the Chair

Steve Gaidos

Chair

Steve Gaidos joined the MCV Foundation Board of Trustees in 2019.

Steve retired as general manager for the Virginia Market of Terazo, a Richmond-founded software engineering firm. He has more than 30 years of experience planning the strategy and implementation of integrated technology solutions for Fortune 500 and smaller businesses. Steve’s prior rolls with KPMG and CapTech developed his broad understanding of controlling systems and security, building structured compliance programs, managing full lifecycle software architecture and development, and building strategic technology plans.  

Steve has prior board experience through a Community Foundation-sponsored nonprofit and is a former board president of the Firehouse Theatre.

Board of Trustees 2024-2025

Nupa Agarwal

Nupa Agarwal joined the MCV Foundation board in 2023. She is the lead attorney with The Agarwal Law Firm, a Richmond law firm she founded in 2004. 

Danny Avula, M.D., M.P.H.

The Hon. Danny T.K. Avula, M.D., M.P.H., joined the MCV Foundation board in 2023. He was appointed as the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services in February 2022 by Governor Glenn Youngkin. 

Wyatt S. Beazley IV

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

Mike Bisceglia

Chair-elect

Mike is the president and co-founder of Stauer Watch and Jewelry Company and the president and founder of Metrix Media. 

Robert “Bob” C. Canfield

Bob is the retired director of branch development for Ferguson Enterprises, a diverse distributor with operations spanning multiple business groups.

Alex Cecil

Alex is managing director and chief compliance officer for BB&T Securities. He is an active member of the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association's General Counsel/CCO Leadership Group.

I. Lee Chapman IV

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

Sheila Corcoran

Sheila Corcoran's professional experience spans more than 20 years in finance and asset management. Most recently, she was a partner with Empyrean Capital Partners for 13 years.

Paul Croston

Paul is the managing partner of the Richmond and Roanoke offices of KPMG LLP, a global network of professional firms providing audit, tax and advisory services.

Oscarlyn Elder

Oscarlyn is Truist’s wealth investment platform executive. Her work involves the intersection of high and ultra-high net worth clients’ investment experiences, technology, and the experiences of client-facing investment professionals.

Peter Farrell

VCU Board of Visitors Representative

Peter Farrell is a member of the Board of Visitors for Virginia Commonwealth University. He is managing partner of Tuckahoe Holdings and previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Robert L. Findling, M.D.

VCU Health System Authority Board Representative

Robert Findling, M.D., is the chair of the VCU School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry as well as a C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Distinguished Chair in Clinical & Translational Research. 

Jennifer F. Flinchum

Jennifer provides tax compliance and strategic consulting for privately held businesses and their owners, and is the lead partner of Keiter’s Family, Executive, and Entrepreneur Advisory Services Team.

Louis Formica, D.D.S.

Dr. Louis Formica is an assistant professor and general practice group director at the VCU School of Dentistry.

Moses Foster Jr.

Moses Foster Jr. is the founder, president, and CEO of the advertising and marketing firm West Cary Group.

Sheryl Garland

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

Stephen Goddard

Stephen is the founder of The London Company and heads the firm’s investment and management teams. He has more than 30 years of investment experience, beginning his career as an analyst for Scott & Stringfellow.

Jack Hager

Jack Hager is the vice president of global accounts for AVI-SPL, an enterprise audio-visual integration company based in Tampa, Fla. AVI-SPL is the largest audio-visual and unified communication integration company in the world. 

Darius A. Johnson

Immediate Past Chair

Darius is vice president and treasurer for Dominion Energy, after having prior roles in the Power Delivery and Treasury groups. 

Susan G. Kornstein, M.D.

Dr. Kornstein 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.

Susan Learned, M.D., Pharm.D., Ph.D.

Susan Learned, M.D., Pharm.D., Ph.D., is the president and founder of Learned Consulting Group, and currently is chief scientific officer and head of research and development for two biotechnology companies.

Ghulam D. Qureshi, M.D.

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.

Kee Tilghman Rabb

Kee is a partner at Apogem Capital focusing on buyout, growth equity and turnaround manager relationships in North America.

W. Taylor Reveley III

Taylor was the 27th president of William & Mary and previously served as dean of its law school.

Michele Romano, M.D.

Dr. Romano is a retired family practice physician who, before deciding to pursue her medical degree, served as an ICU nurse and opened the first community hospital ICU in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1969, serving as its head nurse.

Arturo Saavedra, M.D., Ph.D.

Arturo P. Saavedra, M.D., Ph.D., has served as dean of the VCU School of Medicine and executive vice president for medical affairs for the VCU Health System since April 2023.

Ernesto Sampson

Treasurer

Ernesto Sampson is a financial Advisor with Ameriprise Financial. His areas of focus are women's financial strategies, executive compensation and benefit strategies, small business, investments, retirement planning strategies, and wealth preservation strategies.

Liza Jarvis Scott

Liza is the director of asset management at Dominion Energy where she manages the pension fund and other trust assets. Before Dominion, Liza spent 10 years as a director at Spider Management Company in Richmond, Virginia.

Hina B. Shah

Hina B. Shah is a public health strategist with nearly 20 years of experience leading transformative public health initiatives and policy advancements. 

Louise Woltz Smith

Louise is a managing director at Apogem Capital focusing on buyout, growth equity and turnaround manager relationships in North America.

Ellen E. Spong

Ellen is a senior vice president and director of institutional advisory services with Atlantic Union Bank. For more than 30 years she has worked with nonprofit organizations, municipalities, foundations, and endowments to support their financial goals through policy development and management of investment assets.

Judith Forehand Starkey

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.

Elizabeth Anne Whalley, RN

Corporate Secretary

Liz is chief legal officer and chief compliance officer at Phlow, an essential medicines impact company that is reimagining essential medicines from start to finish through the use of flow chemistry and other advanced development and manufacturing processes.

Jennifer Wold

Jennifer J. Wold joined the MCV Foundation board in 2024. A certified public accountant, she is the managing rartner of Forvis Mazars’ Virginia practice unit.

Rachel Yost

Rachel is a managing partner 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.

Ex Officio

Marlon F. Levy, M.D.

Senior Vice President, VCU Health Sciences and CEO, VCU Health System

Marlon F. Levy, M.D., is the senior vice president for health sciences at VCU and CEO of the VCU Health System.

Michael Rao, Ph.D.

President of VCU

Michael Rao, Ph.D., became the fifth president of Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Health System in 2009 and has continued to cement VCU’s place among the nation’s premier urban, public research universities.