Board of Visitors & Governors

Leading the way.

Since George Washington first served on the Board, Washington College has asked its governing body to provide the vision, the philanthropic support, and the leadership needed to strengthen the College’s position among the nation’s best small liberal arts colleges.

Executive Officers

Stephen T. Golding ’72 P’05, Chair

Richard T. Wheeler ’86, Vice Chair

Valarie A. Sheppard ’86, Secretary

Peter Maller '90, Treasurer

 

Board Members

Jim Barossi '05

Jim Barossi is the Chief Operating Officer for Permit Capital. Barossi was a four-year letter winner on the men’s baseball team and was named one of the team’s captains in 2005.  这位前经济学专业的学生曾在另类投资集团工作 SEI Investments Company and Morgan Stanley’s AIP division prior to joining Permit Capital in 2014. Barossi获得了维拉诺瓦大学(Villanova University)和特许银行(Chartered)的工商管理硕士学位 Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. 

Barossi is a member of the Drawbridge Special Opportunities fund RCA Advisory Board for Fortress Capital Management.  He is also a Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Registered Director and serves on the Board of Directors for the Permit Capital Cayman Fund, Ltd. 

He and his wife, Stephanie, reside in Hamilton, New Jersey with their three children. 

Alumni Elected (2023), Term Expires June 2029

Thad Bench

Thad Bench serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Benchworks, Inc., a family of 专门从事医疗保健和制药行业的公司. Headquartered in Chestertown and Cambridge, MD, it also has offices in Boston, Philadelphia, and Miami. Under his leadership, Benchworks has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies for the last 4 years, and has grown sixfold since 2014.

Thad is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in marketing, brand positioning, and product launch management. He was named one of the 2016 ELITE 100 in the Entrepreneur category by PM360 magazine, an honor given to the 100 most influential people in the health care industry. He has managed hundreds of large-scale marketing initiatives for Fortune 500 companies with a particular emphasis in the pharmaceutical industry, including 9 product launches. 
 
Thad has owned and continues to own a number of closely held family businesses, including 制造和分销业务及商业房地产控股. Formerly he held senior corporate marketing positions with St. Louis-based Huttig Building Products and with Jeld-Wen Inc, one of the country’s largest forest product companies. 
 
Thad graduated from Elmira College in 1984 and lives with his wife Renee in Chestertown, MD.

Gubernatorial Appointment (2019), Term Expires June 2024

Rebecca Corbin Loree headshot

Rebecca is founder and CEO of Corbin Advisors, a leading research and advisory firm, and a pioneer in investor relations globally. Over her 20-year career in capital markets, she has architected a proprietary and proven methodology to drive sustained value creation based on extensive and unparalleled Voice of Investor® research and insights-driven 这些策略一直受到全球股市的验证.

As a subject matter expert and renowned capital markets and investor relations strategist with a demonstrated track record of rerating companies, Rebecca is a trusted advisor and partner to boards and executives who continually seek her research-based insights and counsel. She serves a broad range of global clients across sectors, industries, and situations.

Rebecca was in her mid-20s when she founded Corbin Advisors in 2007 and, under her 在领导方面,公司已经建立了一流合作伙伴的声誉. She serves as Editor-in-chief of Inside the Buy-Side®, a leading research publication covered worldwide that identifies and reports on investor sentiment trends globally and best practice. 丽贝卡是一位备受追捧的多产演说家,包括 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and is a recurring guest on CNBC.

Long committed to giving back, Rebecca dedicates significant time and resources to helping advance social services, the arts, humanities, and education. In 2020, she created Corbin for Nonprofits and committed to donating 20% of that practices’ annual operating profits to nonprofit organizations. Rebecca serves on the boards of Washington College and The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and is a past director of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame. She is President of the Jim and Rebecca Loree Foundation, a nonprofit, charitable organization she co-founded with her husband in 2009, which is focused on supporting secondary and higher education.

Rebecca has been a frequent honoree for business and community leadership and most recently received Hartford Business Journal’s Annual Women in Business Award, which recognizes outstanding Connecticut-based female CEOs, entrepreneurs, and senior-level executives who have mastered their industry and are admired by the business community. She holds a B.A. in Business Management from Washington College, the first college chartered in the sovereign United States of America, where she graduated cum laude and with Honors.

丽贝卡和她的丈夫以及他们的四个女儿住在肉豆蔻州.

Board Elected (2015), Term Expires June 2024

Larry Culp

Larry Culp is the Chairman and CEO of General Electric and a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, focusing on leadership, strategy and general management in the MBA and executive education programs. He is also a Senior Advisor at Bain Capital Private Equity and a member of the T. Rowe Price Group Board of Directors.  

Larry served as the Chief Executive officer and President of Danaher Corporation from 2000 to 2014, during which time the company increased revenues and its market capitalization five-fold to $20 billion and $50 billion, respectively. Investors and analysts alike consistently ranked him as one of the top CEOs in annual Institutional Investor surveys. Harvard Business Review named Mr. Culp one of the Top 50 CEOs in the world. 

Under his leadership, Danaher expanded international sales from 40 percent to 60 percent, and deployed nearly $25 billion for strategic acquisitions. Larry was instrumental in the establishment and growth of their health care, environmental, product identification and test and measurement platforms and in the evolution of the Danaher Business System, the common operating philosophy and model deployed company-wide. 

拉里于1990年加入达纳赫,1993年成为总裁. He was appointed Group Executive and Corporate Officer in 1995, with responsibility for Danaher’s Environmental and Electronic Test and Measurement platforms. During this time, he also served as President of Fluke and Fluke Networks. In 1999, he became Executive Vice President, in 2001 Chief Operating officer, and in 2001 President and CEO. 

Mr. 卡尔普是他的母校访问和管理委员会的前任主席, 他是维克森林大学董事会的成员. Previously, Larry served on the board of GlaxoSmithKline and chaired the board of the Potomac School.

Board Elected (2003), Term Expires June 2026

Ryder Daniels '90

Ryder has spent his career harmonizing complex data to enable transparency and storytelling that make better decisions possible. As Founder & CEO of Capsaicin, he led the team that built next-generation analytics products used by companies like P&G, Disney, Microsoft, Coke, Mattel, Samsung, GM, Bank of America, Nielsen, Honda, and others. Capsaicin was acquired in 2015. Prior to Capsaicin, Ryder was a founder and President of a spend management company acquired by D&B. He was also a partner at a venture consulting firm focused on the creation and management of intellectual property assets, and holds several patents. At Citibank, Ryder led strategic data mining and analytics and worked on early e-commerce initiatives. Prior to Citibank, he co-founded Document Concepts, a pioneer in technology-enabled proposal management. In 2016, Ryder founded Epitage and now advises early-stage startups. Previously, Ryder served as a Trustee 并在新罕布什尔州的高割草学校担任了七年的董事会主席. Ryder received his BA with departmental and thesis honors from Washington College and lives in Londonderry, New Hampshire with his wife Deborah and two daughters.

BOARD ELECTED (2022), TERM EXPIRES JUNE 2026

Myrt Gaines

Myrt Gaines is the vice president of Gaines & Company, a Maryland utility contractor, joined the BVG in 2020. As a student, he majored in psychology, was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, and played varsity lacrosse.  He was inducted into the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015.   

Mr. Gaines also has close family ties with Washington College. His wife, Mary Walsh Gaines ’79, attended WC, as did his brother Thomas Gaines ’86, father-in-law Harry Walsh ’48, brother-in-law Patrick Walsh ’85, nephew Evan Gaines ’22, and niece Sara Walsh ’22. 

A former member of the President’s Leadership Council, Mr. Gaines served on the Johnson Fitness Center Renovation Committee and the Kirby Stadium Committee.  A member of the Athletics Director Circle, he hosts the annual Fish Fry event at his Chestertown home in support of the College’s lacrosse program.   

He and his wife reside in Chestertown Maryland.  

Alumni Elected (2020), Term Expires June 2025

Hilary Harp Falk

Hilary Harp Falk is President and CEO of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. She has spent her career building strong, authentic partnerships, and is a proven expert in large-scale ecosystem restoration and leading organizational change. 

Falk’s national conservation leadership includes several executive roles at the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) culminating in Chief Program Officer. During her time at the Federation, she created and directed the Choose Clean Water Coalition, and led programs including wildlife conservation, coastal resiliency, water policy, greenhouse gas reduction, and environmental education. 

Throughout her career, Falk has championed women’s leadership and advancing equity in the conservation movement. She was a 2016-2017 fellow with the International Women's Forum and co-chaired the National Wildlife Federation’s Women in Conservation Leadership Advisory Council. She led the implementation of NWF’s foundational 2018 strategic plan and was a champion for a more equitable and inclusive workplace. 

Falk began her career in environmental conservation as an intern with CBF in 1997. She earned her undergraduate degree in Environmental Science from Franklin and Marshall College and her Masters of Science in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont.  She holds an honorary degree as Doctor of Science, honoris causa, from Virginia Wesleyan University. 福尔克还在弗吉尼亚理工大学中心的外部顾问委员会任职 for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland with her husband and two children. 

Gubernatorial Appointment (2023), Term Expires June 2029

Michelle Gibbons-Neff, BVG

Michelle Gibbons-Neff is the Executive Vice President of BSC America, a group of companies that offer vehicle auction, finance, appraisal, and insurance services. BSC America is a family business, founded in 1964 by her parents. Ray Nichols, her father, continues to serve as Chairman. Gibbons-Neff earned a degree in political science from Washington College in 1995. As a student, she was a member of the women’s rowing team and Alpha Omicron Pi. She formerly served on the President’s Leadership Council, as well as the 1782 Society Executive Committee.   

Ms. Gibbons-Neff lives in Annapolis with her spouse, Stormy Gibbons-Neff. They have two children, a daughter who attends Elon University and a son who attends Severn School. 她的两个侄子也是九州娱乐官网的毕业生 of her aunts. 

GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT (2022), Term Expires June 2028

Steve Golding

Steve Golding, a member of the BVG since 2003, now serves as Chairman of the Board. He chairs the Executive Committee and is a member of the Financial Affairs, Trustees, and Investment committees.   

史蒂夫退休后担任俄亥俄大学财务和行政副总裁. Before this he was VP for Finance and Administration at Cornell University and the former chief financial officer for the University of Colorado System and the University of Pennsylvania.  He now serves as a Senior Fellow with Association of Governing Boards, a non-profit that works with colleges and universities, and Director of the 1782 Group that provides higher education consulting services.   

In addition to his degree in history and political science from Washington College, 他还拥有特拉华大学政治学硕士学位.   

He and his wife, Cally Golding ’74, live in Stratham, New Hampshire and have a home in Edgartown, Massachusetts.  

Alumni Elected (2003), Term Expires June 2024

Margaret Stevens Jacks is Chief Operating Officer of MNSG Acquisition Company, in addition to maintaining a private business law practice in Baltimore. Previously, she held the position of EVP Legal & Administration for Sandler Systems, a sales and management training firm. A member of the Class of 1979, Jacks earned a degree in political science and then went on to earn her law degree from the University of Maryland. As an undergrad, she was a member of the Volleyball team.  After graduation, she served as co-chair of the Alumni Annual Fund, was a founding member and President of the Sho’Men Club, and assisted in the establishment of the Penny Fall Endowment Fund. 

Jacks’ spouse, Tad Jacks, is also a Washington College graduate.

Board Elected (2021), Term Expires June 2027

portrait of Kirk Johnson

Kirk Johnson was formerly General Counsel for the American Medical Association, and Partner with the law firm of Sidley Austin in Chicago. He also served as Chairman of Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital Research Center for twenty years, where he continues as a Senior Trustee and received the Hospital’s Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Mr. Johnson is the grandson of Benjamin Alvin Johnson, for whom the College’s Fitness Center is named. He is also the son of the late William B. Johnson ’40 H’75, an emeritus member of the BVG and a recipient of both an Alumni Citation Award and an Alumni Service Award. He resides in Lake Forest, Illinois.

On Washington College’s Board, Mr. Johnson is Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee.  

Board Elected (2013), Term Expires June 2025

Jim Lim
Jim
 Lim is a partner at StepStone Group and a member of the private equity team, focusing on venture capital and growth equity investments.

Prior to StepStone, Mr. Lim was a managing general partner with Greenspring Associates, a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that merged with StepStone in 2021. Before that, he held senior investment positions at Commonfund Capital and Pfizer, where he helped lead venture capital manager selection, due diligence, and monitoring.

Mr. Lim graduated cum laude from Washington College where he received his degree in economics. He earned his MBA in finance from Indiana University.

He and his wife Ann reside in Berwyn, PA with their two children.

Alumni  Elected (2015), Term Expires June 2027

Peter Maller, BVG

Peter Maller, a founding partner with Maller Wealth Advisors, joined the BVG in July 2020. He serves on the Financial Affairs and Investments committees.    

A certified financial planner highly regarded in the field, he was named one of Baltimore 《九州娱乐官网》杂志2019年的“五星财富经理”评选10次,最近一次是在2023年. He has 在过去的14年里,我获得了林肯金融规划师奖. Mr. Maller has been named to Barron’s Top 1200 Advisors, most recently in 2023, and has been named to Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors four times, most recently in 2023. He is a qualified member of the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table and has achieved Top of the Table Status. 

A former member of the President’s Leadership Council, Mr. Maller was on the Hillel Campaign Committee and the Gift Planning Advisory Board. He received an Alumni Service Award in 2013, and he was inducted into the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007 for his excellence in tennis. He previously was a member of the Visiting Committee and the Sho’men Board.    

In addition to his degree in business management from the College, he also has an 他曾在佛罗里达州立大学MBA顾问委员会任职.    

He and his wife, Trisha, reside in Owings Mills, Maryland, with their four children. 

Alumni Elected (2020), Term Expires June 2026

Shep Miller

William S. (Shep) Miller III P’14 

Shep Miller is the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia and the president and CEO of Light Tech Fiber Optics. He has been a member of the BVG since 2015. 除了担任发展委员会主席外,他还担任执行委员会成员 Committee and the Admissions & Student Financial Aid Committee.  

In 1997, Miller founded KITCO Fiber Optics, which installs fiber cable on Navy ships. He sold the company to Berkshire Hathaway’s Marmon Aerospace & Defense in 2017.   

Mr. 米勒拥有威廉与玛丽学院的工商管理硕士学位 his alma mater, Hampden-Sydney College. He was formerly Chairman of Hampton Roads Ventures and Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority.   

He and his wife, Gigi, are the parents of Katharine “Trinka” Miller ’14, a psychology major now teaching at St. John’s Parish Day School in Baltimore County. Mr. Miller and his wife served as the inaugural co-chairs of the Washington College Parents Council, remaining in that role for four years. They reside in Norfolk, VA. 

Board Elected (2015), Term Expires June 2029

portrait of Ed Nordberg

The former chair of the College’s Board of Visitors and Governors, Ed Nordberg has served on the BVG since 2004. He currently chairs the Investment Committee and the Real Estate Committee. He is also on the Executive, and Buildings & Grounds committees. He previously chaired the board and co-chaired the Gibson Center for the Arts Committee 并且是JFC委员会和Kirby体育场委员会的成员.

Mr. Nordberg is the executive director of Wakefield Capital Management, a commercial real estate investment firm with a focus on senior living facilities and medical office buildings. He is also a Senior Managing Director of Alex. Brown Realty, Inc. He was previously the CEO of Medical Office Properties, a healthcare REIT sold in 2004.

In addition to his undergraduate degree in economics, Mr. Nordberg holds an MBA from Loyola University of Maryland and a JD from Georgetown Law Center. The former student-athlete is the former chairman of the board of USA Lacrosse Foundation and is former Chairman of Rebuilding Together, USA. He is a recipient of an Alumni Service Award (2017) and a Gold Pentagon Award.

He and his wife, Carolyn, have two children. They live in Potomac and Easton, Maryland.

alumni elected (2003), Term Expires June 2024

Burt Rein

Bert Rein, an attorney renowned for his experience in Constitutional litigation including 自2014年以来,他一直在BVG任职. He serves as Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee and is on the Executive, Academic Affairs, and Financial Affairs Committees. In April 2013, he gave a talk at the College, "Taking it to the Supreme Court: How does that really happen?" as part of the George Washington Leadership Series.

Mr. 雷小山是位于华盛顿特区的律师事务所Wiley Rein的创始合伙人. His areas of expertise include litigation, appellate and antitrust cases, food and drug law, intellectual property, and aviation law. He is a longstanding antitrust counsel to the world’s largest airline trade association. He has also been instrumental in leading tort reform initiatives for major pharmaceutical companies. In 2013 he was named Washington’s Lawyer of the Year in administrative and regulatory law by “Best Lawyers in America” directory. Early in his career he was on the Reagan Administration Transition Team and was on the Key Issues Committee for the Nixon Presidential Campaign.

He is a graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School.

Mr. 雷小山和妻子芭芭拉住在马里兰州的切维蔡斯,他们还在纽约拥有一处房产 Chestertown.

Board Elected (2014), Term Expires June 2025

portrait of Brandon Riker

Brandon Riker, Senior Manager with ProShares, has served on the BVG since 2017. He is on the Advancement and Student Affairs Committees.  

在加入ProShares(一家领先的交易所交易基金提供商)之前,他曾担任董事. Riker was Executive Director for Strategic Planning with Teucrium Trading, a single commodity trade firm in Vermont. In addition to his degree in economics, he holds a master’s degree from the London School of Economics. He was a candidate for Lt. Governor of Vermont. 

Mr. Riker lives in Palm Springs, California. 

alumni Elected (2017), Term Expires June 2028

Rebecca Rimel

Rebecca W. Rimel is an emeritus trustee of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Rimel joined Pew in 1983 as health program manager, became executive director five years later, and served as president and chief executive officer of The Pew Charitable Trusts from 1994 to 2020. 

Prior to joining Pew, Rimel built an exemplary career in health care. She was the first nurse to hold a faculty position at the University of Virginia’s (UVA) medical 担任神经外科助理教授. She was head nurse of the emergency department at the University of Virginia Hospital and has authored numerous scientific articles on head injury. The Rebecca W. Rimel Dean’s Chair in the UVA School of Nursing was established by the Pew Charitable Trusts in 2020 to honor her contributions during her 37-year tenure. She is the recipient of the Distinguished Nursing Alumni Award from UVA and the UVA Women’s Center Distinguished Alumni Award. 她还获得了凯洛格国家奖学金,这是一项为期四年的专业奖学金 enrichment opportunity for emerging leaders.  

Rimel earned a Bachelor of Science degree, with distinction, from the UVA School of 获得詹姆斯麦迪逊大学护理学和工商管理硕士学位. She 担任DWS Mutual Funds和the Bridgespan Group的董事会成员. She also is a fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, along with its prestigious Wistar Association.  

Rebecca and her husband Patrick Caldwell have lived in Kent County since 2001 and enjoy their time on the Bay and being a part of the very special Eastern Shore community. 

Board Elected (2023), Term Expires June 2029

Laurie Salladin
Laurie saladin曾担任All Risks, Ltd .的人力资源总监., a national Specialty Lines insurance underwriting and brokerage company founded by her grandfather in 1964. She retired from All RIsks, Ltd. in 2000 when she and her husband started a family and founded Chesapeake Medical Imaging, an Annapolis based Radiology firm.

Over the past twenty years, Ms. Salladin has been involved in many philanthropic causes and volunteer activities in the Annapolis and Baltimore area. She has served as Chair of the Mitchell Gallery Board of Advisors, since 2020. The Mitchell Gallery is an art museum on the campus of St. John’s College in Annapolis. She is also a member of the St. John 's College Board of Friends,是the Chesapeake Medical的受托人 Imaging Foundation.

She graduated from Washington College with a B.A. in History. Laurie and her family live in Edgewater, MD and Chestertown.


Gubernatorial Appointment (2022), Term Expires June 2027

Nayef Samhat, BVG

Nayef Samhat, Ph.D, is the 11th President of Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC, a position he has held since 2013. Previously he was the Provost and Professor of political science and international studies at Kenyon College. Dr. Samhat holds a B.A. in international affairs from The George Washington University’s School of International and Public Affairs, a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University. 

Dr. Samhat serves on the executive committee of the Annapolis Group of Liberal Arts Colleges, the SACSCOC Board of Directors and IES Board of Directors. His past national service includes the Council of Independent Colleges and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) boards of directors, as well as serving 在NCAA一级董事会和NCAA管理委员会任职. Current Washington College president, Michael Sosulski, most recently served as Provost at Wofford College and was part of Samhat’s Cabinet. 

Dr. Samhat and his spouse, Prema, reside in Spartanburg, SC. 

Board Elected (2022), Term Expires June 2028

Valarie Sheppard

Valarie Sheppard, the Senior Human Resources Consultant for U.S. Immigration and Customs 自2017年以来,国土安全部(ICE)执法部门一直在BVG工作. She is on the Executive, Admissions & Student Financial Aid, Student Affairs, and Trustees committees.  

Ms. Sheppard is the former chair of the Alumni Board and is one of the longest serving officers of the Alumni Association. She has served as a member, vice president, and president of the former Alumni Council. In 2017, she received an Alumni Service Award.  

In addition to her undergraduate degree in psychology, she holds a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Akron. 

Before joining ICE in 2012, Ms. Sheppard worked in HR for SRA International. She has also worked for the U.S. Federal Election Committee, Infotech Research & Development, DC Public Schools, and Human Performance Systems. 

She lives in Owings Mills, Maryland. 

Gubernatorial Appointment (2017), Term Expires June 2025

Hugh Sherman

Hugh Sherman was named the President of Ohio University in May 2021. He was Dean at Ohio University’s College of Business from 2007 until 2021 and joined the BVG in 2020. He holds a master of business administration from Northeastern University, as well as a doctoral degree in strategy from the Fox School of Business at Temple University.  
  
在20年的商业生涯之后,谢尔曼于1995年进入学术界. He subsequently rose into a number of critical leadership positions, including Associate Dean of Operations and Strategy, Associate Director of the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public 事务,以及大学教务长战略规划助理.  

He lives in Athens, Ohio.

Board Elected (2020), term expires June 2024

Lisa F. Smith P'23

Lisa F. 史密斯致力于商业和慈善事业,使其变得更强大 communities and greater opportunities for people living in the greater Annapolis, Maryland area and the District of Columbia.  

A graduate of Virginia Tech, Lisa worked in retail banking in Washington, DC and Northern Virginia before moving to Annapolis to start and raise a family.  

Lisa serves in several volunteer and leadership positions, particularly with Annapolis-area schools. She’s works closely with Indian Creek School, an independent PK-12th school in Crownsville, MD, and is a Board member at The Summit School in Edgewater, MD,它对有阅读障碍和其他学习差异的学生进行教育st through 8th grade.  

Lisa is married to Chris Smith, the chairman and chief executive officer of WC Smith, a leading real estate development and property management firm that has operated in Washington, DC for 55 years. The Smiths have four children.  

Their daughter, Isabella, is a 2023 Washington College graduate, with a Major in Music Performance on the Harp and a minor in Biology.  

Implementing WC Smith community initiatives is one of Lisa’s passions. She played a key role in guiding the company’s Building Bridges to a Better Life program, through which more than 70 homeless families were provided housing at WC Smith properties and offered access to social services.  

Lisa serves on the Building Bridges Advisory Board, the non-profit organization co-founded 他在华盛顿特区的第8区社区运营THEARC. Since March 2020, she has helped coordinate a weekly food distribution program at THEARC, and regularly volunteers at events held on campus.  

Lisa and Chris split their time between Annapolis and Washington, DC.  

 

Gubernatorial Appointment (2023), Term Expires June 2029

portrait of Will Snook

William (Will) Snook is founder & CEO of MUVZ, Inc., the largest privately held distributor of traffic control and safety supplies in the United States. Established in 2002, TrafficSafetyStore.com has 45 employees, 14 distribution centers nationwide, five related business-to-business ecommerce websites and is a six-time winner of the INC 5000 award for fastest growing, privately held, companies in the USA.  
  
Snook is also the president of the Parking Block Store, a company that makes parking curbs and speed bumps from recycled plastic. He previously owned and operated an aircraft acquisition consulting company. He started his career as an airline pilot having earned a BA in English and History from the University of Colorado in 1990. 
 
He and his wife, Amy Koban Snook, are the parents of current student Will Snook, IV '25, who is on the men's lacrosse team.  

BOARD ELECTED (2023), TERM EXPIRES JUNE 2028

Mike Sosulski headshot

Michael J. (Mike) Sosulski, a leader in academic and student affairs, financial stewardship and change management, became Washington College’s 31st president in September 2021. He previously served as Provost at Wofford College in South Carolina. During his tenure at Wofford, the college has redesigned or reconstructed a range of vibrant academic spaces. Sosulski also appointed the first academic Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, created the Diversity Search Advocacy Program to diversity Wofford’s faculty, and led comprehensive work to strengthen shared governance, including the creation of an independent Rank and Tenure committee. In addition to serving as Provost since 2016, he was also a full Professor of German at Wofford College. Prior to that, he was with Kalamazoo College, serving first as an Assistant Professor of German and eventually earning the roles of Associate Professor, Department Chair in German Studies and Associate Provost. Sosulski earned his BS in German from Georgetown University, and went on to receive an M.A. followed by a Ph.D. in Germanic Studies from The University of Chicago.

Daryl Swanstrom
A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Industrial Management, and of Emory University with a M.B.A., Ms. Swanstrom is President, CEO, and owner of Spyraflo, Inc., a manufacturer of specialty miniature bearings.  The firm is headquartered in the Atlanta, Georgia area with national and international clients including Diebold, NCR, Xerox, and Pitney Bowes. 

Ms. Swanstrom是几家上市公司和非营利组织的董事会成员.  She also owns Tourmaline Farms in Idaho. Her 1100-acres in Idaho is participating in several environmental and restoration projects. She is President of the Lawrence and Daryl Swanstrom Foundation. She has served on the Board since 2000. 

Alumni Elected (1999), Term Expires June 2025

John Timken

John Timken, Director of Business Development for Camden Partners, has served on the BVG since 2014. He is Co-Chair of the Advancement Committee and Vice Chair of the Investment Committee. Mr. Timken was a four-year letter winner on the men's lacrosse team and was named one of the team's captains in 2003.  After graduating in 2003, John joined the Stadium Steering Committee, the President's Leadership Council, and has been a consistent member of the 1782 Society.  

这位主修商业管理的前学生曾在布朗咨询公司工作 & Company, as a partner and director with Langford Creek Capital Management, and as a portfolio manager with Cornerstone Advisory, a financial planning firm. 

Mr. 铁姆肯公司是巴尔的摩教育奖学金信托基金的受托人 the U.S. Lacrosse Foundation. He formerly served on the Living Classrooms Foundation Board of Trustees. 

He and his wife, Read, reside in Owings Mills, Maryland, with their two children. 

Gubernatorial Appointment (2008), Term Expires June 2026

Don Tomasso

Don Tomasso, the retired president of NorthStar Healthcare, has served on the BVG since 2008. 他曾在shomen董事会任职,并在Kirby Stadium Committee任职 and the Campaign Committee, and chaired the Parents Council.  

In retirement, Mr. Tomasso serves as a Senior Advisor to Great Point Partners and is a Senior Advisor with Wakefield Capital, a commercial real estate investment management firm where Ed Nordberg '82 is CEO. He serves as Chairman of Metro Offices, a company that provides workspace plans and solutions, Formerly, he was the President of Manor Care Health Services and has held a number of executive management positions at the Marriott Corporation. He has a BS, an MS in Environmental Engineering, and an MBA from Drexel, where he’s also a member of the Alumni Hall of Fame.  

He and his wife, Mary Ellen, are parents of Gregory Tomasso ’98, a business management 她现在是全球房地产公司Avison Young的负责人. The 托马索斯住在马里兰州的波托马克,在新泽西州的大洋城有家. 

Gubernatorial Appointment (2007), Term Expires June 2025

Debbie Turner

Debbie Turner is president and owner of DMT Investments, LLC, which concentrates on commercial and residential development and property management. She has served on the BVG since 2009 and is a member of the Buildings & Grounds Committee and the Student Affairs Committee. She previously served as Chair of the 1782 Committee and was on 总统领导委员会和约翰逊健身中心委员会. Ms. Turner is a former trustee with Franklin Square Hospital.  

She lives at Nubbin Ridge Farm in Havre de Grace, Maryland, and has a home in Naples, Florida. 

Gubernatorial Appointment (2008), Term Expires June 2026

Janice Walker

Janice Daue Walker is executive director of Rebuilding Together Boston, a nonprofit with a mission of repairing homes and revitalizing communities.  She previously served as principal of JD Walker Communications, LLC, a boutique communications firm and 担任美国邮政服务公司通讯副总裁. Prior to her tenure with the USPS, Ms. Walker was an officer with Fannie Mae and First Marblehead Corporation. 她的专业公关经验还包括在重建公司担任高级职务 Together and The Enterprise Foundation.   

A member of the Class of 1985, Ms. Walker earned a degree in political science as a Washington College student, and later went on to study at American University.  她还完成了哈佛大学肯尼迪政府学院的课程. As a student, she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi and played lacrosse. She has remained active as an alum as well, including membership in the Alumni Alliance, and serving as chapter chair and reunion chair. She also served on the President's Leadership Council.  

Ms. Walker and her husband, Glenn, reside in Marblehead, MA. 

Alumni Elected (2021), Term Expires June 2027

Beth Warehime, BVG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beth Warehime joined the BVG in 2020. A former business management major with a minor in sociology, she recently earned her MBA from Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business.  She began her career as a Marketing and Research & Development Coordinator for Snyder’s-Lance “Snack Factory” brand in Hanover, Pennsylvania, and 然后在母公司担任了五年的副洞察经理. She now works as Director of Marketing and Research for G&S Foods Inc. in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania.  

In 2019, Ms. Warehime从JHC向九州娱乐官网提供了100万美元的赠款 Foundation, a Warehime family foundation. The gift established the Warehime Fund for Student Excellence in Business, which, when fully matured, will provide the department $50,000 a year to support student research, entrepreneurship, professional networking, 和其他举措,以补充部门的课程设置. In 2021, the JHC Foundation awarded a $5 million grant to Washington College, one of the largest gifts in the institution’s 239-year history. The gift will enhance the overall student experience while accelerating the pursuit of accreditation for its Business Management department, a longtime goal.  

She and her fiancé Stavros live in Hunt Valley, Maryland, with their fur baby, Meli.

Alumni Elected (2020), Term Expires June 2026

Rick Wheeler

Rick Wheeler, a vice president with Oakland Consulting Group, has served on the BVG since 2017. He chairs the Financial Affairs Committee and Trustees Committee. He is a former member of the President’s Leadership Council and was Reunion Chair for his class’s 25th reunion. 

Mr. Wheeler在架构和实现方面拥有超过25年的经验 innovative information technology solutions for state and local government entities. He has worked for Accenture, Cúram Software, and DK Consulting. 

As an international studies major at Washington College, Mr. Wheeler was a member of the rowing team, the SGA, and the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society. He now serves on the board of Annapolis Youth Lacrosse Association 

He and his wife, Kathleen ’86, live in Annapolis, Maryland, and Bethany Beach, Delaware. 

Gubernatorial Appointment (2017), Term Expires June 2027

Rich Wood

Rich Wood, the Director of Government Relations & Sustainability with Wawa, has served on the BVG since 2016. He is Chair of the Buildings & Grounds Committee and he serves on the Executive Committee, Financial Affairs Committee, and the Real Estate Committee.  

他在九州娱乐官网获得美国研究学位. Wood holds a master’s degree in Food Marketing from St. Joseph’s University. Before joining Wawa, he worked for the Coca-Cola Company.  In 2016, he participated in and helped organize an on-campus talk about Wawa through the College’s George Washington Leadership Series.  

He lives in Wawa, Pennsylvania, with his wife and their three children.  

Board Elected (2016), Term Expires June 2027

Michael Woodfolk, BVG

Michael J. Woodfolk is President of the Darden School Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization responsible for raising and stewarding philanthropic funds for the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. In addition to fundraising, the Darden School Foundation operates top-ranked executive education programs, and a world-class boutique hotel and events center for the School’s benefit. On top of leading the Foundation's day-to-day operations, Woodfolk liaises with the School's leadership boards, including the Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees. In this position, Woodfolk plays an integral role in managing relationships with stakeholders across the Darden community, including alumni, corporate leaders, and government officials.

Woodfolk has nearly 30 years of experience in educational advancement in both higher education and independent schools. Throughout his career, he has a proven track record of inspiring high levels of alumni engagement — leading to record-breaking fundraising success and needle-moving changes in institutional sentiment.

Since starting as Darden's Director of Alumni Affairs in 2000, Woodfolk has served four deans. He rose to become the School's first Vice President of Alumni Affairs and then Senior Executive Director of Engagement before becoming President of the Darden School Foundation in 2017. Through Woodfolk's leadership, Darden continually boasts one of the most engaged MBA alumni bases in the world — a global network of 18,000 alumni in more than 90 countries.

Before Darden, Woodfolk worked for a decade at St. Anne's-Belfield School, an independent school in Charlottesville, Va., serving students from preschool through 12th grade, which he attended growing up. There, he grew St. Anne’s stature among independent schools, working as a history teacher, three-sport coach, and head of a summer lacrosse camp that attracted talent from around the country. Woodfolk eventually served as the School's first head of alumni engagement — jump-starting meaningful outreach to 学院原有的两所学院的校友,这两所学院在20世纪70年代合并.

Woodfolk is passionate about volunteer service. He is an advisor to Harlem Lacrosse, a New York City-based nonprofit, and The House Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit. He currently serves on the Board of Visitors & Governors of his undergraduate alma mater, Washington College, in Chestertown, Md. Previously, he served on the Board of Trustees at St. Anne's-Belfield and the Board of Directors of the Boy & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia.

Woodfolk graduated from Washington College with a bachelor's in American History. He also graduated from The Executive Program, the flagship advanced management program for top leaders offered by Darden Executive Education & Lifelong Learning. Woodfolk resides in the greater Charlottesville area with his wife, Dr. Judith A. Woodfolk, 弗吉尼亚大学医学院医学教授. They have three children.

Alumni Elected (2022), Term Expires June 2028

Caryn York '06

Caryn York is the youngest, first Black woman President and CEO of the Women's Prison Association (WPA), the nation's oldest institution to prioritize the needs of women and mothers impacted by incarceration and homelessness. As the former CEO of Baltimore's Job Opportunities Task Force (JOTF), Caryn brings over a decade of leadership and experience working with state and local government and community-based organizations in Maryland. 在联合特遣部队工作期间,她在政策上的成功主要集中在非犯罪化上 of poverty and race including, but not limited to pretrial "cash bail" reforms, eliminating punitive driver's license suspensions, debtors' prisons and court-mandated fees, and expanding access to criminal record expungement for workers struggling to secure employment with a criminal background. Now, at the helm of WPA, Caryn's vision is clear: making 投资于涉及妇女及其子女的系统是一种社会规范. 

Caryn holds a BA in International Studies from Washington College and currently resides in Manhattan, NY. 

Alumni Elected (2023), Term Expires June 2029


Emeritus Members

Jeannie P. Baliles ’62, Richmond, Virginia - Civic Leader

Margaret R. Bennett, Washington, DC - Civic Leader

Barbara T. Cromwell ’55, Arnold, Maryland - Civic Leader

Jack S. Griswold P’94 H’07, Cockeysville, Maryland -  Director, Black Oak Associates

Christian Havemeyer, Chestertown, Maryland - Historic Preservationist

Ann Horner ’80 - Director, Bourne Leisure (retired), Charlottesville, Virginia

Charles Lewis Lea, Easton, Maryland - Managing Director, Dillon, Read & Company, Inc. (retired)

Craig Lewis P’79 GP’05他是马里兰州Cockeysville的投资顾问公司总裁. (retired)

Thomas J. Maher P’83 P’85, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania - CEO, Wachovia/Maher Partners

John A. Moag, Jr. ’77, Baltimore, Maryland - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Moag and Company

Zung Nguyen ’77, 莫里斯敦,新泽西州- ZTN资本咨询有限责任公司创始人兼总裁

Geoffrey M. Rogers ’80 P’06, Managing Director, Glenmede Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware

B. Francis Saul II H’08, Chevy Chase, Maryland - Chairman and President, B.F. Saul Company

Dr. Mark A. Schulman ’67, Ft. Myers, Florida - Founding Partner, Abt SRBI (retired)

Linda J. Spire, Willow Street, Pennsylvania - Vice President, Seraph Foundation

Dr. W. Jackson Stenger ’49, Chestertown, Maryland - Assistant to the President (retired), University of Maryland System