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Class of 2009
Update
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Class members
toured the USS Truman aircraft carrier at Norfolk Naval Station
The
class of 2009 visited the Hampton Roads region of Virginia
October 15-17. During their session, they met regional leaders and
visited local landmarks that are vital to Hampton Roads.
They visited the Casemate Museum and the Chamberlain Hotel at Ft.
Monroe, the Virginia Port Authority, Virginia Beach Convention Center
Modeling Simulation Conference, Norfolk Naval Station, the Chrysler
Museum, a River and Port Cruise onboard the Carrie B, and
participated in a model General Assembly at Virginia Beach Oceanfront
Hilton Hotel. The group heard from John Quarstein, Historian; Dana Dickens, Hampton
Roads Partnership; Jeff
Keever, Virginia Port Authority, LEAD VIRGINIA
Board of Directorsand Class
of '05; Jeff
Heller, Norfolk Southern Corporation; Stephen Porter,
Sentara Princess Anne health campus; Michael Kerner, Bon Secours
Hampton Roads Health System, LEAD
VIRGINIA '06; Dr.
Cynthia Keppel, Hampton University, Proton Therapy
Institute; Madeline
Dunstan, Glennan Center for Geriatrics and
Gerontology; Dr.
Michael Summers, Tidewater Community College,
Virginia Beach Campus, and Jim Ricketts, Virginia Beach
Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
The
Curriculum Co-chairs were Angela
Blackwell, Vice President of Leadership Programs,
Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, LEAD
VIRGINIA '07, Dana
Dickens, President & CEO, Hampton Roads
Partnership, and Jeff
Keever, Deputy Executive Director, Virginia Port
Authority, LEAD
VIRGINIA '05 and Board of Directors. LEAD VIRGINIA thanks
them for organizing another successful visit to Hampton Roads.
LEAD
VIRGINIA would
like to extend a special thanks to Captain Casey Collins, LEAD VIRGINIA '06, for
his generous involvement during the Hampton Roads session. His
assitance with the class's visits to Ft. Monroe and Norfolk
Naval Station is greatly appreciated.
Katie Cook sits in
the navigator's chair aboard the USS Truman aircraft carrier.
David Dickerson, Anne Frazier,
Greg Matt Cobb, Tedd
Povar, Lisa Murphy,
Edwards, and Tim Hall discuss the day's and Mark Shuford
create a
activities at a roof-top reception at
The transportation plan during the model
Chamberlain
Hotel. General
Assembly.
Marcellous
Frye, Pat DeConcini, and Ted Henifin aboard the Carrie B
Mermaid statues are
local landmark signatures of Hampton Roads. This statue sits outside
the Half Moon Cruise Terminal at Nauticus.
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Save-the-Date:
November 20
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Save the date, Friday, November 20.
Make note of these two important events:
- As
the Class of 2009's expedition of economic development,
education and healthcare through Virginia's rich regions closes,
we will celebrate the completion of the participants' experience
with a graduation
ceremony. On Friday,
November 20, the graduation reception will
begin at 6:00 p.m. and will be followed by dinner
and program. Please join us at The Jefferson Hotel on
West Franklin Street in Richmond in congratulating the
Class of 2009.
Class
graduation speaker will be Liz
Povar, '09
and Director of Business Development for Virginia
Economic Development Partnership.
Invitations
have been mailed. Please R.S.V.P. by November 13th.
- Also
on
Friday, November 20, alumni are invited to join
the class for an afternoon panel on healthcare. The speakers
include: Dr.
William Hazel, Jr., member of the Board of
Trustees, American Medical Association; Andrew Webber,
President & CEO, National Business Coalition on Health; Bill Kallio,
State Director, AARP and Peter Marmerstein, CEO,
HCA CJW Hospital.
R.S.V.P.
cards to this event have been mailed with the graduation
invitations.
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Good News to Share
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LEAD VIRGINIA alumni
are invited to The Atlantic Monthly Panel
sponsored by Altria featuring panel discussion by leading experts on
innovations in education.
The series is free
and open to the public. All events will be from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at
the Richmond Convention Center in the Ballroom Pavilion. If you would
like to attend, please go here.
Solving
the Student Performance Puzzle by Changing the Way
Moderated by Don
Peck, Atlantic
Deputy Managing Editor
>
Beyond the
Classroom
Collaborating
to Leverage In and Out-of-School Efforts for
Moderated
by James
Gibney, Atlantic
Deputy Managing Editor
LEAD
VIRGINIA alumni are invited to attend The Common Good,
The Jepson Leadership Forum 2009-10 Season sponsored by the Jepson
School of Leadership Studies on Monday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Modlin Center for the
Arts.
>
Dead Aid: The Moral Imperative to Find a Better Way in Africa
Dambisa
Moyo, an innovative Economist who was named one of Time's most
influential people in the world in 2009, will be speaking about
development-related aid transferred from rich countries to Africa.
Moyo argues that foreign aid should be phased out and replaced
with new ways to finance development including trade with China,
accessing the capital markets, and microfinance.
Tickets
are available Thursday,
November 5, online at modlin.richmond.edu or by
phone (804) 289-8980.
Come
join your fellow LEAD
VIRGINIA Southern Virginia Alumni for a holiday social on
Saturday,
December 12, 2009. The get-together will take place
at The Prizery in South Boston, VA. The cocktail reception
begins at 6:00 p.m. and will be followed by a Jazz musical concert at
7:30 p.m. Concert tickets are $24 per person. The reception will
continue after the concert at the home of Wanda Jeffress, LEAD VIRGINIA '08,
and Stanley Jeffress.
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Chris
Bailey LEAD
VIRGINIA '08 and
Daniel
Barchi LEAD
VIRGINIA '06 have been named by Governor Tim Kaine to
serve on the Governor's Health Information Technology Advisory
Commission.
Bob
Dendy
LEAD VIRGINIA
'09 and President and CEO of Presbyterian Homes and
Family Services was recently appointed by Governor Tim Kaine to serve
on the Virginia Board for the Blind and Vision Impaired.
Joe
Hines LEAD
VIRGINIA '08 was
the speaker at the Fuqua School 2009 Honors Ceremony in Farmville,
VA. He spoke of the value of community, hard work &
perseverance, pursuing your education and giving back to
society. Over 30 students were inducted into various Honor
Societies.
Sean
O'Brien LEAD
VIRGINIA '05
and Executive Director at the Center for the Constitution at James
Madison's Monpelier has been appointed by Governor Tim Kaine to serve
on the Commission on Civics Education.
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