Board Members

VPM Media Corporation Corporate Board of Directors: 2024-2025

• Nupa Agarwal – The Agarwal Law Firm | Richmond, Virginia

• Irene Carney, Ph.D – Chair | Richmond, Virginia

• Rich Diemer – Henrico, Virginia

• Philip Goodpasture – Partner, Williams Mullen, Richmond, Virginia

• Vann Graves – Executive Director, VCU Brandcenter, Richmond, Virginia

• Dennis A. McGaugh – President, DIDEX, LLC, Charlottesville, Virginia

• Patty Merrill – Vice Chair | Richmond, Virginia

• Enjoli Moon – Founder and Creative Director, Afrikana Independent Film Festival, Richmond, Virginia

• Patricia Bradby Moore - Senior Manager of Innovation Programs, Boomi, Richmond, Virginia

• Dave Paulson - CFO, Eagle Corporation, Charlottesville, Virginia

• Tassie Pippert – Professor, Hart School, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

• Karen Skidmore – Charlottesville, Virginia

• J.R. Snow - Coordinator of Visual and Performing Arts, Harrisonburg City Public Schools, Harrisonburg, Virginia

• Linda Tissiere - Henrico, Virginia

• Ebony Walden – Founder, Ebony Walden Consulting, Richmond, Virginia

• Michael Williams – Senior Vice President, SouthState Bank, Richmond, Virginia

• Michael Woodfolk - VC/Private Equity Partner, Former UVA Darden School Foundation President, Charlottesville, Virginia
  

Virginia Foundation for Public Media Board of Directors 2024-2025

• Jim Cheng – Co-Founder, CAV-Angels, Charlottesville, Virginia

• Sheila Corcoran - Co-Founder, Evizia, Richmond, Virginia

• Rich Diemer – Vice Chair | Charlottesville, Virginia

• Philip Goodpasture – Partner, Williams Mullen, Richmond, Virginia

• Patty Merrill – Richmond, Virginia

• Kevin Nicholson – Global Fixed Income CIO, Riverfront Investment Group, Richmond, Virginia

• Karen Skidmore – Charlottesville, Virginia

• Michael Williams – Chair | Senior Vice President, SouthState Bank, Richmond, Virginia

• Ting Xu – Founder and Chairman of the Board, Evergreen, Richmond, Virginia

Board and Corporate Officers: 2024-2025

• Jayme Swain – President & CEO, VPM and the Virginia Foundation for Public Media

• Meg Garner – Senior Vice President, Culture and Organization Strategy

• Steve Humble – Chief Content Officer, VPM

• Gary Ometer – Chief Financial Officer, VPM and the Virginia Foundation for Public Media

• Daniel Smythe – Chief Investment Officer, VPM and the Virginia Foundation for Public Media

VPM Community Advisory Board FY 2024 – 2025

• Marie Westbrook, Co-Chair | Crozet, Virginia

• Risa Gomez, Co-Chair | Richmond, Virginia

• Andrew Ryan, Richmond, Virginia

• Boz Boschen, Richmond, Virginia

• Brian P. Brown, Richmond, Virginia

• Chris Williams, Fredericksburg, Virginia

• Christie Kilby, Crozet, Virginia

• Deanna Gould, Charlottesville, Virginia

• Derek Redwine, Richmond, Virginia

• Diana Williams, Waynesboro, Virginia

• Douglas Powell/Roscoe Burnems, Richmond, Virginia

• Gail Kitch, Charlottesville, Virginia

• Gregory Carden, II, Richmond, Virginia

• John Edwin Mason, Charlottesville, Virginia

• Kelly Tobe, Hopewell, Virginia

• Kim Hutchinson, Midlothian, Virginia

• Lorenzo Dickerson, Charlottesville, Virginia

• Michelle Johnson, Charles City County, Virginia

• Price A. Thomas, Charlottesville, Virginia

• Sarah Chua, Richmond, Virginia

• Sarin Adhikari, Glen Allen, Virginia

• Yewande Austin, Petersburg, Virginia