Virginians For High Speed Rail

Board of Directors

Executive Committee:

President: William J. Pantele, Cherry, Seymour, Hundley & Baronian, P.C., Richmond

President-Elect: Charles M. Louthan, Colliers International, Richmond

Vice-President: Elliott Harrigan, Harrigan & Company, Inc, Richmond

Vice-President: Ann Hunnicutt, Pembroke Construction Co., Newport News

Treasurer: Michael L. Testerman, Virginia Association of Railway Patrons

Secretary: Ignacio Pessoa, Alexandria

Immediate Past-President: Meredith Richards, C'Ville Rail, Charlottesville

Co-Chairs:       Brad Face, Face International, Norfolk

                        Thomas G. Tingle, AIA, Guernsey Tingle Architects, Williamsburg

                        Sandra I. Duckworth, Fredericksburg

                        James Ukrop, Union First Market Bank, Richmond

At-Large:        Barry C. Bishop, Greater Norfolk Corporation, Norfolk

                       Josée G. Covington, Covington International Travel, Richmond


Board of Directors:

Gene Bailey, Fredericksburg Regional Alliance, Fredericksburg

Whittington W. Clement, Hunton & Williams, Richmond

Matt Cooper, Capital One, Richmond

Paul Freiling, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg

Thomas Frantz, Williams Mullen Law Firm, Virginia Beach

Robbyn Gayer, UBS, Norfolk 

Joan Girone, Long & Foster Reality, Richmond

Henry U. "Sandy" Harris III, Palladium Investment Partners, Norfolk

Robert W. Hershberger, CCE, Williamsburg

Donna Kelliher, Dominion Power, Richmond

David Kolleda, United States Army, Petersburg

Craig R. MacQueen, Split Oaks LLC, Montpelier

Wiley F. Mitchell Jr. Esq., Willcox & Savage, PC, Norfolk

Brian Moore, City of Petersburg, Petersburg

Trip Pollard, Southern Environmental Law Center, Richmond

James Taylor, CSC, Inc., Alexandria

Litt Thompson, Virginia Land Investment, Caroline County

Eugene Trani, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

Thomas L. Regnell, Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, Washington, D.C.

S.Buford Scott, Scott and Stringfellow, Inc., Richmond

Charles B. Walker, Albemarle Corporation, Richmond

Lois L. Walker, Walker Real Estate, Alexandria

Charlie Whitaker, Altria, Richmond


Emeritus Directors:

Governor Gerald L. Baliles, UVA Miller Center for Public Affairs, Charlottesville

Richard Beadles, Virginia Rail Policy Institute, Richmond

H. William Greenup, Fmr. Mayor of Fredericksburg, Virginia

Governor A. Linwood Holton, McCandlish Holton, P.C., Richmond


Advisory Board Members:

Chip Badger, Wendell Inc., Richmond 

E. Dana Dickens III, Hampton Roads Partnership, Norfolk

Gerard R. Deily, P.E., Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation, Charlottesville

Robert R. Lindgren, Randolph Macon College, Ashland

H. French Moore, Jr., DDS, TransDominion Express, Abingdon

Robert W. Shinn, Capital Results, Richmond


Staff: Daniel L. Plaugher, Executive Director