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WELCOME
Gordon McDougall
Associate Vice President, University Alumni Relations
DINNER
RECOGNIZING ALUMNI SUCCESS
Throughout the worlds of art, business, education, service and health care, Virginia Commonwealth
University alumni shine in all areas of human endeavor, illuminating problems, creating solutions
and strengthening the quality of our lives. VCU Alumni is honored to recognize 16 alumni for their
career and humanitarian achievements and for the infinite possibilities they bring to the future.
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
VCU Commonwealth Singers
Erin Freeman, conductor
EMCEE
2015 ALUMNI STARS
Jesse Vaughan (B.S.’80/MC)
2013 Alumni Star and 27-time Emmy winner
in order of appearance
Wilsie Paulette Bishop, D.P.A.
School of Nursing
Thomas J. Dorsey
School of Business
INTRODUCTION
Minh Q. Tran, M.D., FACP
The Honors College
Barbara L. Hartung
College of Humanities and Sciences
Marti K.S. Heil
Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations
Morgan Yacoe
School of the Arts
Sterling Thomas, Ph.D.
VCU Life Sciences
REMARKS
Jean-Venable “Kelly” R. Goode,
Pharm.D., BCPS, FAPhA, FCCP
School of Pharmacy
Jonathan W.B. Waybright
School of World Studies
Michael Rao, Ph.D.
President, VCU and VCU Health System
Grace E. Harris, Ph.D.
School of Social Work
Keith T. Parker, AICP
L. Douglas Wilder School of
Government and Public Affairs
James Williams (B.S.’84/GPA; M.S.’96/GPA)
President, VCU Alumni
Katherine Wintsch
Richard T. Robertson
School of Media and Culture
Christine S. Zambricki, D.N.A.P., CRNA, FAAN
School of Allied Health Professions
Norma Sue Kenyon, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
Michael T. Gamel-McCormick, Ph.D.
School of Education
Del. Todd E. Pillion, D.D.S.
School of Dentistry
Brad Trevillian
School of Engineering
Wilsie Paulette Bishop, D.P.A.
1970 Bachelor of Science • 1978 Master of Science
School of Nursing
“My nursing
education at VCU
was paramount in
preparing me for a
successful life and a
successful career.”
As a female whose career began before the equal educational and employment opportunities afforded by Title IX were a reality, Wilsie Paulette Bishop,
D.P.A., says she found herself “either at or breaking the proverbial glass ceiling
on many occasions.”
In 1978, she joined East Tennessee State University, where she’s held numerous positions, including vice president for administration and chief operating
officer, dean of the College of Public and Allied Health, department chair in the
College of Nursing, assistant vice president for academic affairs and associate
vice president for health affairs.
Today, as ETSU’s vice president for health affairs and university chief operating
officer, a role she’s held since 2007, Bishop is one of only two nurses in the country
to head an academic medical center. Bishop oversees the five health science
colleges of the ETSU Academic Health Sciences Center, which serve more than
4,000 students in 35 programs at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral
levels and offer residency programs in medicine and pharmacy. She also teaches,
as a tenured professor, a policy, leadership and ethics course to doctoral students.
Recognizing that she serves as a model for young women in clinical, faculty
and professional roles, Bishops says, “It is important that I be a mentor and accessible for sharing my leadership journey with others.”
That journey started in 1966 at the Medical College of Virginia School
of Nursing, where she took an active role in the National Student Nurses
Association and was elected to its board. After earning her master’s in nursing at
VCU, she continued her studies at the University of Southern California, where
she earned a second master’s and a doctorate. But, she says, VCU provided the
foundation for her success.
“My nursing education at VCU was paramount in preparing me for a successful life and a successful career,” she says. “I know I received the best education
in nursing available — then or now. I credit the School of Nursing for developing
my ability to think critically, problem solve, set priorities and think strategically.”
Her honors and public recognitions reflect her commitment to nursing.
She received the Altrusa Honorarium for Women and Industry Award and the
Bristol Regional YWCA Tribute to Women Award and was a National Honor
Initiate to Sigma Kappa Sorority, Gamma Lambda Chapter. In 2013, the VCU
School of Nursing named Bishop one of its 120 Visionary Leaders, and she was
inducted into the Tennessee Women’s Hall of Fame that year, joining a group
of distinguished women who have made “outstanding, unique and lasting
contributions to the economic, political and cultural well-being of Tennessee.”
Minh Q. Tran, M.D., FACP
1992 Bachelor of Science
College of Humanities and Sciences
1996 Doctor of Medicine • 1999 Residency in Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Minh Q. Tran, M.D., FACP, might have had the best first day of classes in the
history of VCU. After years of suffering through war, asylum camps and relocations with his Vietnamese refugee family, Tran realized three dreams that day
in 1988: beginning his studies in the VCU Honors College, taking his first steps
toward guaranteed admission to medical school and meeting his future wife,
who was seated a few desks away from him in English 101.
“This was the kick-start of my rewarding career thus far and many meaningful
relationships, both professional and personal,” Tran says. “VCU shaped me into
the person that I am today.”
Eight years later, Tran earned his medical degree and married Anh-Thy N.
(B.S.’92/H&S). “I am proud to say we have a whole VCU family. My three sisters,
three brothers-in-law, my nephew and, of course, my wife are all VCU alumni,”
Tran says. In keeping with their family’s tradition, one of the couple’s three
daughters entered VCU as a freshman this fall.
Tran specializes in internal medicine at Virginia Physicians Inc.’s Reynolds
Primary Care office in Richmond, Virginia. He fulfills his passion for hospice/
palliative care as medical director at AseraCare Hospice. He was named a Top
Doc in geriatric medicine by Richmond magazine, was elected a Fellow of the
American College of Physicians in 2012 and earned a Best Bedside Manner
Award in internal medicine from OurHealth magazine for 2014 and 2015. Tran
also participates in many community events to educate the public in disease
awareness and prevention.
“The VCU School of Medicine’s preadmission program through the Honors
College was an invaluable gift for me,” Tran says.
His family struggled to survive after the fall of Saigon in 1975, when Tran’s
father, a captain in the South Vietnamese army, was captured and sentenced to
four years in a hard-labor camp. He was critically ill upon his release but recovered sufficiently to lead the family through a three-year cycle of escapes and
captivity, in pursuit of a better future for his children. The Trans finally broke
out of Vietnam and settled into an asylum camp in Malaysia. From there, they
moved to the Philippines before making a permanent home in the U.S. in 1983.
Tran credits his educational success to his parents’ perseverance and a
“never give up” attitude. After finishing high school in Arlington, Virginia, Tran
made his transformative journey to VCU.
“I have graduated but never felt I have left the university,” he says. “Since I
began my private medical practice, I have continued to teach and mentor other
VCU premed and medical students every year. This gives me a great sense of
accomplishment. I feel that I contribute to shaping the next generations of doctors and influence them in a positive way. I feel blessed.”
“I have graduated but
never felt I have left
the university.”
Morgan Yacoe
2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts
School of the Arts
“My career since
graduating from VCU
has been devoted to
exploring the deep
connection between
the fine arts and
medicine.”
As an undergraduate at VCU, Morgan Yacoe blended her knowledge of
sculpture and arts with her interest in the medical field. During her senior
year in the School of the Arts, she played a key role in the surgery that
separated conjoined twins Maria and Teresa Tapia at VCU Medical Center.
While working with Jennifer L. Rhodes, M.D., associate professor in the
VCU School of Medicine and director of the VCU Center for Craniofacial
Care at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Yacoe created a
medical sculpture fabricated from a plaster body cast of the twins’ bodies.
The sculpture allowed the surgical team to practice a variety of medical
procedures to determine the best way to cosmetically care for the twins
post-separation.
After graduating, Yacoe applied the artistic skills she learned at VCU to a
medical pursuit and began teaching clay sculpture classes to residents at VCU
Medical Center. She also produces 3-D models to use in medical education,
constantly merging the art and medical fields through teaching and personal
production.
“My career since graduating from VCU has been devoted to exploring
the deep connection between the fine arts and medicine,” Yacoe says. “This
connection begins with anatomical models created by artists. These models
then help doctors with surgical procedures and medical students when
learning medical practice. But the cross-influence goes much deeper than that
by allowing artists to help medical professionals visualize the spaces that our
bodies contain and the spaces within which we live our lives.”
Last year, Yacoe received an interdisciplinary-focused Arts and Health
Fellowship from VCU that allowed her to partner once again with Rhodes. This
time, Yacoe and Rhodes created an ongoing course that develops and teaches
figurative sculpting workshops for plastic surgery residents. The classes provide
the discipline of a traditional sculpture class with drawing and figuring as well as
developing the models for the residents to practice their medical procedures.
“This fellowship has been tremendously helpful because it has given me the
resources and support needed to continue the work at VCU,” she says.
Yacoe’s talents have also been recognized outside the university. In 2014, she
received the Theresa Pollak Prize, which recognizes artists whose work has enriched the region, and she was named the lead sculptor for a key aspect of the
restoration of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia.
“I feel very grateful that my education at VCU has given me a wonderful
foundation in fine arts, science and medicine,” Yacoe says. “This has been
invaluable in preparing me for the career path I have followed since graduating.”
Jean-Venable “Kelly” R. Goode,
Pharm.D., BCPS, FAPhA, FCCP
1989 Bachelor of Science • 1994 Doctor of Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy
In 1996, Jean-Venable “Kelly” R. Goode, Pharm.D., BCPS, FAPhA, FCCP,
accepted a seminal role: a full-time faculty position at VCU focused on enhancing
the role of the pharmacist in the community pharmacy setting. In the nearly
20 years since, she has developed a national reputation for her work in the
development of patient care services in community pharmacies.
“Nationwide, 250 million people walk into community pharmacies each week,”
says Goode, professor in the School of Pharmacy and director of its Community
Pharmacy Residency Program. “The access is incredible, and the ability for the
community pharmacist to make an impact in patient care in that setting is just
tremendous.”
When she joined VCU’s pharmacy school, Goode was tasked with developing
patient care services at Ukrop’s Pharmacy (now Martin’s Pharmacy), and under
her leadership, she pioneered a shift in the way pharmacists do business. She
implemented an impressive variety of wellness and prevention activities and
established an immunization program that trained pharmacists to administer
vaccinations. Within four years, she saw 99 percent of Ukrop’s pharmacists
participating in the program. As a result of that success, Goode accepted the
Non-Traditional Partner Award from the National Partnership for Immunization.
Today, Goode continues to consult with Martin’s Pharmacy and is a
credentialed practitioner at the Daily Planet Inc., a health care center for
the homeless in Richmond, Virginia. There, she has developed innovative
pharmacists’ patient care programs, including medication therapy and chronic
disease management, immunizations, prevention and wellness, collaborative
team care for high-risk patients and a pharmacist-run medication refill program.
Goode credits VCU’s Pharm.D. program, where she had opportunities to work
alongside faculty members and the dean, for propelling her professional success.
“My education at the VCU School of Pharmacy has opened up many doors
and created an enduring belief that anything is possible,” she says. “It has helped
me approach my profession with vision, passion and integrity.”
Her contributions to the field extend to service in professional associations
at both the state and national levels, most significantly with the American
Pharmacists Association, where she is president-elect. She’s also written a
number of abstracts, special publications and journal articles and is the senior
editor of “Community Pharmacy Practice Case Studies.”
For her commitment to furthering the pharmacy profession, Goode has
received numerous awards, including the Ed Spearbeck Service Award from the
Virginia Pharmacists Association, the APhA Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence
Award, the inaugural Community Pharmacy Faculty Award from the National
Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation, the APhA Community Pharmacy
Residency Excellence in Precepting Award, the VCU Distinguished Service
Award and the VCU School of Pharmacy Teaching Excellence Award.
“My education at
the VCU School of
Pharmacy has
opened up many
doors and created an
enduring belief that
anything is possible.”
Grace E. Harris, Ph.D.
1960 Master of Social Work
School of Social Work
“My story is proof
that times change
and people change.
We’ve come a
long way in the
South, in Virginia
and at Virginia
Commonwealth
University.”
Although Grace E. Harris, Ph.D., graduated with honors from Hampton
Institute (now Hampton University), she was denied admission into graduate
school at Richmond Professional Institute, one of VCU’s predecessor institutions,
because of her race.
“I applied to RPI because of the reputation of the School of Social Work,
which was started on the basis of the same kind of interests I had regarding
community outreach and involvement with people,” she says. “But [the dean]
informed me in person that because of the laws of the state that, at that point, I
would not be considered for acceptance.”
In 1954, Virginia didn’t offer any graduate education for African-Americans
through public institutions. Instead, the state would offer assistance for AfricanAmericans to attend graduate school out of state. So Harris, a newlywed, picked
up and moved to Boston University, where she studied alongside Martin Luther
King Jr.
She later returned to RPI to complete her master’s in social work and
ultimately lead the school that initially rejected her.
“The whole effort of the school was to build and to be helpful and to make
the community a better place, which is what I wanted to do,” she says.
Harris’ long career at VCU began in 1967 when she joined the social work
faculty. She became dean of the School of Social Work in 1982 and then VCU’s
vice provost for continuing studies and public service in 1990.
When she retired nine years later, as provost and vice president for academic
affairs, she had twice served as acting president of the university. She says her
proudest accomplishment occurred at her retirement when VCU’s Board
of Visitors established The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute to honor her
longstanding leadership, service and contribution. Sixteen years later, Harris
continues to serve as the visionary leader of the institute where, she says, “I have
the pleasure of seeing my legacy live on through their programs and mission.”
The university also rededicated the former School of Business building as
Grace E. Harris Hall and has recognized Harris with numerous awards and
honors, including the Presidential Medallion Award, the Presidential Award for
Community Multicultural Enrichment and the Riese-Mellon Award. She also was
cited for her leadership in establishing the first long-range strategic plan for VCU.
“My story is proof that times change and people change,” Harris says. “We’ve
come a long way in the South, in Virginia and at Virginia Commonwealth University.”
Katherine Wintsch
2001 Master of Science
College of Humanities and Sciences
Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture
As founder and CEO of The Mom Complex, an internationally acclaimed
consulting company, Katherine Wintsch is considered one of the nation’s leading
experts on motherhood. Her sought-after expertise has been featured by the
“Today” show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Fast Co., and
she’s a regular blogger for The Huffington Post and Working Mother magazine.
While her two children — Layla, 8, and Alex, 6 — don’t always listen to her,
many of the nation’s leading Fortune 500 companies hang on her every word.
Brands such as Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart and Lego trust Wintsch and her
team to reveal the good, the bad and the ugly behind motherhood and then
turn those insights into compelling new products and services. Her creativity,
resourcefulness and ability to inspire The Mom Complex’s team of talented
women have led to numerous groundbreaking ideas and products, including
shopping carts for Wal-Mart, a toy line for Playskool, brand positioning for E!
Entertainment and a social media platform for Cool Whip.
For her work in the consulting world, this VCU Brandcenter graduate has
been honored with the Advertising Women of New York’s Changing the Game
award. She has also been named one of Ad Age’s 40 Under 40 and one of
Business Insider’s 30 Most Powerful Women in Advertising.
“The education I received at the VCU Brandcenter was remarkable,” she
says. “The fact that we lived and breathed the advertising industry 24 hours a day
set me up for tremendous success in my career, and the work ethic I developed
as a result propelled my career to great heights in a very short period of time.”
Before launching The Mom Complex, Wintsch served as a senior vice
president and group planning director at The Martin Agency, where she ran the
strategic planning efforts for the world’s largest marketer to moms, Wal-Mart.
Although Wintsch loves making an impact in the world of marketing and
innovation, her true passion is impacting the lives of mothers directly by helping
them overcome obstacles and make the leap toward a better life. She helped
a mother turn the tragedy of losing her son into an internationally acclaimed
nonprofit to prevent texting and driving (Project Yellow Light). She’s a strategic
adviser to the nonprofit organization Unbound RVA, where she helps mothers
at or below the poverty level become entrepreneurs. And, most recently, she
was named the 2015 Richmond, Virginia, Christmas Mother, where she’ll help
raise support for underprivileged women and families in the Richmond region.
“The education I
received at the
VCU Brandcenter
was remarkable. …
and the work ethic
I developed as a
result propelled
my career to great
heights in a very
short period of time.”
Norma Sue Kenyon, Ph.D.
Michael T. Gamel-McCormick, Ph.D.
1987 Doctor of Philosophy
School of Medicine
1995 Doctor of Philosophy
School of Education
“Never give up.
Persistence is a
Kenyon family trait —
an intense desire to
continuously learn
new things, meet
new people and work
toward the common
good.”
After graduating from VCU with a doctorate in immunology, Norma Sue
Kenyon, Ph.D., completed two postdoctoral fellowships, including one focused
on Type 1 diabetes and islet cell transplantation. She left academics briefly,
undertaking both research and development in the private sector but ultimately
returned to the university setting.
“As I transitioned back to academics at Duke University, my 14-month-old
daughter went into a coma from the onset of T1D,” says Kenyon, the Martin
Kleiman Chair in Diabetes Research at the University of Miami’s Leonard M.
Miller School of Medicine. “I returned to diabetes research and have had the
privilege of both collaborating with leaders in the field and also making seminal
contributions to cure-related research.”
T1D is the result of an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune
system, normally effective at fighting off disease, attacks and destroys islet
cells, the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Kenyon’s research focuses
on islet cell transplantation, which has the promise of reducing or eliminating
the need for insulin injections. She has marked several significant milestones in
her journey to find a cure for T1D, including being the first to demonstrate that
transplanted pancreatic islets could survive long term and reverse diabetes.
“The work I did as a tech in the Tissue Typing Lab in the VCU Department
of Surgery led to my strong interest in translational research,” Kenyon says.
“Intrigued by the fact that the same immune system that protects you from
disease is also capable of turning against you in the setting of autoimmunity,
transplant rejection and cancer, I focused my career on identifying and assessing
approaches to manipulate the immune system to treat disease.”
Kenyon’s program in transplant immunology has received sustained National
Institutes of Health support as well as funding from organizations devoted to
diabetes research. Knowing how important sponsored funds are to moving
research from the bench to the bedside, Kenyon, who also serves as UM’s
vice provost for innovation, established the Wallace H. Coulter Center for
Translational Research. The center, established in 2004, identifies and supports
research that has the highest commercial potential.
“With a little over $3 million in funding to 34 projects, the supported
technologies have obtained over $77 million in follow-on funding,” says Kenyon,
the center’s executive director.
She also reorganized the university’s commercialization efforts and increased
the number of licenses and startup companies, driving intellectual property
revenue and generating interest and engagement from inside and outside UM.
“Never give up,” says Kenyon of the personal motto that drives her success.
“Persistence is a Kenyon family trait — an intense desire to continuously learn
new things, meet new people and work toward the common good.”
Risk propels Michael T. Gamel-McCormick, Ph.D., toward success.
“My approach to my career has always been to take risks and to not remain
comfortable,” he says. “I believe growth and change happen only when you
move outside your comfort zone.”
Following this philosophy has enabled him to effect profound change for
children and others with disabilities. Among his accomplishments: establishing
an inclusive child care center, consulting with the Dubai government to create
a newborn screening program and collaborating on a Senate bill to advance
disabilities rights, which President Obama signed into law.
“The law reauthorizes the Rehabilitation Act and provides resources to
help youth with disabilities prepare for competitive, integrated employment,”
explains Gamel-McCormick, associate executive director for research and
policy for the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.
He served from 2010-14 as the education policy adviser for the Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions under the chairmanship
of Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and as the senator’s disability policy director. In the
latter capacity, he wrote a report on the dangerous use in schools of restraints
on children, especially children with disabilities, which was accompanied by
legislation to prohibit the measures.
In honor of Gamel-McCormick’s commitment to advancing disabilities rights,
Harkin wrote a tribute in the Congressional Record: “Throughout his career,
Michael has worked to improve the lives of children and other people with
disabilities. And because of his work, countless individuals with disabilities will
work, live, laugh and flourish in their communities alongside friends, colleagues
and neighbors.”
Before joining Senate staff, Gamel-McCormick was a professor in the
Department of Human Development and Family Studies for 17 years, dean
of the College of Education and Public Policy and director of the Center for
Disabilities Studies, all at the University of Delaware.
Early in his career, Gamel-McCormick worked as an adjunct instructor for
the VCU School of Education and as coordinator of the early childhood special
education technical assistance center. He says the knowledge and passion
expressed by the school’s faculty impressed him and encouraged him to enroll
in the Ph.D. program.
“I value VCU for its diversity and its grounding in the community,” he says.
“So called ‘excellent universities’ often ignore their immediate communities.
VCU recognizes that to be great, an institution must serve its neighbors and its
region and use the knowledge gained and the personnel trained to improve the
lives of those that surround it.”
In this same vein, Gamel-McCormick shares his expertise to benefit others. He’s
provided technical assistance to early childhood and early intervention programs
throughout the nation and in five countries, is co-author of “Young Children with
Special Needs: A Developmentally Appropriate Approach” and has published
articles on inclusion, family-centered care and interdisciplinary teamwork.
“VCU recognizes
that to be great, an
institution must serve
its neighbors and its
region and use the
knowledge gained
and the personnel
trained to improve
the lives of those
that surround it.”
“My experience at
VCU was intoxicating
to say the least. Every
class I took got me
closer to that coveted
degree I was never
expected to attain.”
Thomas J. Dorsey
Barbara L. Hartung
1975 Bachelor of Science
School of Business
1972 Bachelor of Arts
College of Humanities and Sciences
A serious weightlifter, avid pool player and inveterate globe-trotter, Thomas
J. Dorsey is a man of many talents. As president and co-founder of Dorsey,
Wright & Associates, Dorsey prefers a rigorous, no-nonsense style to sizing up
investments, with a top-down, objective approach that relies on the Point and
Figure price-charting method popularized by Charles Dow in the late 1800s.
An investing pro with 41 years of experience, Dorsey has written nine books
based on the Point and Figure technique, which have been translated in a number
of languages. He’s been a regular guest on Fox’s “Cavuto: Coast-to-Coast” and
“Bulls & Bears” programs and frequently speaks to audiences worldwide on
topics related to the stock market, technical analysis and momentum investing.
Looking back, though, Dorsey says, his success was a longshot.
“You see, all my life I would have been voted the least likely to succeed,”
says Dorsey, who has dyslexia. With a high school GPA that hovered around 1.5,
Dorsey started at Richard Bland College in Petersburg, Virginia, on probation.
He flunked out the first semester and spent the next four years in the Navy
during the Vietnam War. He continued to work on his studies, teaching himself
to eventually read at the college level and finished one final semester at Richard
Bland before transferring to VCU.
“My experience at VCU was intoxicating to say the least,” Dorsey says. “Every
class I took got me closer to that coveted degree I was never expected to attain.
I learned that one can have difficulties learning in the younger years and still
attain great success. I learned to be passionate with everything I did.”
Dorsey credits the lessons he learned in Economics 101 for serving as the
spark that later prompted him to leave a senior vice president position at Wheat
First Securities to start Dorsey, Wright & Associates.
“I still mention in every talk I do, how Economics 101 changed my life,” he says.
“Once I graduated from VCU, I realized I could do anything in the world. If I was
asked to be president of the United States, I was ready.”
Dorsey started his career as a stockbroker at Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Smith but planned to have his own company by age 40. In 1987, at age 39, he
started Dorsey, Wright & Associates, which grew to become a world leader in
supplying technical research services to the financial industry. Just this year, he
sold the company to NASDAQ for $225 million.
“I started Dorsey, Wright & Associates with $90,000 in borrowed money, a
pregnant wife and two young boys. All we had in the beginning was a vision and
hope,” he says. “I’ve learned that great success is in every one of us.”
Barbara L. Hartung, one of a small number of criminal defense attorneys who
specialize in death row appeals, has pursued a career that lies at the intersection
of law and philosophy. After earning a bachelor’s degree in philosophy at VCU,
she pursued graduate studies in the philosophy of law at the University of
Virginia, where she earned her master’s degree.
In the mid-’70s, she worked for the American Philosophical Association, then
housed at the University of Delaware, and later joined the UD administration,
serving first as an admissions counselor and later as assistant director of the
university’s honors program. From Delaware, she moved to New York City and
worked as director of undergraduate admissions at the New School for Social
Research. Throughout these years, she taught philosophy part time.
While in New York, she took the next step in her career, earning her law
degree from Brooklyn Law School. She later taught part time at both Brooklyn
Law School and the Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University. She worked
for two Manhattan criminal defense firms, assisting with state and federal cases,
and for the criminal appeals bureau of The Legal Aid Society. She then opened
a solo criminal defense practice.
When Hartung returned to Richmond in 1994, she joined the legal team at
the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, a not-for-profit law firm
dedicated to providing direct representation in death-penalty cases in Virginia
and assisting attorneys representing death-sentenced inmates or those facing
possible death sentences. She later established her own practice concentrating
on representation of death row inmates.
“I enjoyed the professional challenge that criminal defense work presents,
especially my representation of those sentenced to death,” Hartung says. “The
work is intellectually challenging and complex. It requires creative thinking,
patience and dogged persistence over many years. A death case is akin to a
chess game, and the attorney must look many steps into the future before
making a move.”
Hartung was involved in a number of high-profile capital murder cases, and
the U.S. Supreme Court heard two of her cases, a credit that comes to very few
attorneys. In 2008, she was co-counsel for Zacarias Moussaoui in his appeal to
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit arising from his terrorism conviction
as the 20th hijacker on 9/11. In three other death-penalty cases, she represented
clients whose sentences were ultimately changed to life in prison.
As she looks back on her accomplished career, Hartung, who retired in 2011,
says her philosophy studies at VCU had a profound impact on her life and the
work she ultimately pursued.
“I enjoyed my academic years teaching philosophy and then my legal career
as a criminal defense attorney,” she says. “My philosophy studies provided
excellent training in logical thinking and analysis. These skills were essential to
both my professional and personal life.”
“My philosophy
studies provided
excellent training in
logical thinking and
analysis. These skills
were essential to both
my professional and
personal life.”
Sterling Thomas, Ph.D.
2010 Doctor of Philosophy
VCU Life Sciences
“VCU Life Sciences
provided me with the
skills and motivation
to stay on top of new
technology and act
as a thought leader.”
As an informaticist, Sterling Thomas, Ph.D., solves problems with data. His
success in developing analytical tools to combat threats in the national security,
biological and financial arenas can be attributed to his experiences while
pursuing a Ph.D. in Integrative Life Sciences at VCU.
“Infectious disease and big data is a rapidly advancing field where many
bright scientists are left behind due to rapid innovation,” Thomas says. “VCU
Life Sciences provided me with the skills and motivation to stay on top of new
technology and act as a thought leader.”
Through his work at the university and the Virginia BioTechnology Research
Park, Thomas gained the necessary experiences and skills in team management,
nontechnical audience communication and technology transfer to advance his
capacity to be a leader in his field. He also capitalized on opportunities for crossdiscipline collaborations, such as participating in two studies with the School
of Business, experiences that taught him basic business strategy and how to
engage with private funding sources.
After earning his doctorate, Thomas joined Noblis, a nonprofit research
corporation with headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, where he serves as a
fellow and director of the advanced analytics and the Agile IT Division. There,
he’s had the opportunity to work and lead in a field with rapid advances and
continuous innovations. Under his direction, Noblis’ AIT Division offers advanced
analytics research and development for clients in state, federal and private
sectors for projects ranging from developing human diagnostics to developing
financial algorithms for equities markets.
Thomas says the 2011 German E. coli outbreak, in particular, was a pivotal
moment in his career. “I had only been at Noblis for 18 months and was asked
to run the response that included collaboration with two U.S. Department of
Energy labs, three U.S. Department of Defense labs and Columbia University,”
Thomas says. “We were given less than 24 hours’ notice to begin receiving
samples and data from Europe. This program had a major impact on narrowing
down the source of the outbreak and understanding the fast-acting toxin
acquired by this strain.”
His division has since managed a portfolio of diverse projects including the
2014 Ebola outbreak, infectious disease tracking and research, Web research
focused on pursuing human traffickers and research in cybersecurity.
“My approach to managing my career is to focus on areas where I can
provide value and make a difference to the public good and scientific discovery,”
Thomas says. “Science has always been my focus, and this approach allows me
to identify projects of interest for me and my teams.”
Jonathan W.B. Waybright
1990 Bachelor of Arts
College of Humanities and Sciences
School of World Studies
Jonathan W.B. Waybright can pinpoint, with visual clarity, the moment he
found his calling.
“I can easily remember the exact room, professor and course at VCU where,
in very much an enlightening moment, my soul awakened from a near pedantic
undergraduate slumber in business to a liberating sense of knowing I had found
what truly interested me,” says Waybright, an instructor of religious studies and
internship coordinator for the VCU School of World Studies. The course was
The Bible as Literature, taught by Cliff Edwards, Ph.D., in Harris Hall, Room 2117.
“It was this spark that not only led to a dual major in religious studies and
history, but more importantly connected me to material that would fuel both
research and career interests for the next 24 years of my life.”
After completing his undergraduate studies at VCU, Waybright, sought out
a graduate program that would accommodate his interests in ancient history
and the world’s religions. In 1995, he enrolled in the Boston University School of
Theology where he earned his master’s in theological studies.
Waybright supplemented his academic career with global experiences
and adventure. Travel throughout Europe, Asia and the Near East provided
context, anecdotes and life lessons that he brings into the classroom. “In today’s
multicultural environment, a key for successful leadership and advancement in
society depends on learning skills that enable students to understand cultures
and perspectives far different than their own,” he says.
For more than 20 years, Waybright has served as the leader of an overseas
archeological project in Israel. He is considered an expert in the field of
archaeology and has encouraged dozens of students from Boston-area schools
and Virginia universities to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime study-abroad
experience, literally working alongside them to discover cultural remains that
inform today’s scholarship.
He also serves as the core faculty member for Open Minds, a series of VCU
service-learning courses offered in partnership with the Richmond City Sheriff’s
Office, and he teaches courses at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School and
community-based continuing education seminars for seniors. He has received
notable recognition for his work, including the VCU College of Humanities and
Sciences’ Distinguished Adjunct Teacher award and the Harvard University
Distinguished Service Award.
Waybright says he found his spark in a VCU classroom and it continues to
thrive there.
“I have found the most rewarding aspect of teaching is knowing that the
classroom can be such a catalyst for inspiration and life change beyond mere
intellectual growth,” he says. “I have found no other replacement for the energy,
atmosphere and stimulation of being in the classroom.”
“I have found the
most rewarding
aspect of teaching
is knowing that the
classroom can be
such a catalyst for
inspiration and life
change beyond mere
intellectual growth.”
Keith T. Parker, AICP
1990 Bachelor of Arts
College of Humanities and Sciences
1993 Master of Urban and Regional Planning
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
“Serving as president
of several student
organizations
provided me with
a great platform to
develop meaningful
leadership skills
that I employ to this
day, as CEO of a
multibillion-dollar
organization.”
While serving as president of VCU’s Urban and Regional Planning Student
Association, Keith T. Parker, AICP, invited Michael Townes, then-CEO of the
Hampton Roads Transit system, to speak at the group’s annual conference. That
connection led Parker to his first position in the public transit industry as senior
planner with the San Joaquin Metropolitan Transit District in Stockton, California.
“He became my adviser and recommended me for the position,” Parker says
of Townes.
Parker’s career since that break-in role has included public- and privatesector experiences in diverse communities in Virginia, California, Washington,
North Carolina, Texas and, most recently, Georgia.
In 2012, Parker was hired to serve as general manager and CEO of the
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, the nation’s ninth-largest transit
system, which includes heavy rail, bus and paratransit services. When Parker
arrived, MARTA was facing projected annual budget deficits of up to $33 million,
massive ridership declines and an overwhelmingly negative public perception.
In addition, in the previous five years, the agency had eliminated 30 percent of
its bus routes, increased fares by more than 40 percent and provided raises
for employees in only one of the previous 10 years. Under Parker’s leadership,
the authority has focused on working with employees, customers, transit
stakeholders and the community to provide safe, efficient and high-quality
transit services to the Atlanta region.
“Our MARTA team has turned the projected budget deficits into surpluses
averaging over $15 million annually, increased ridership, added bus and rail
service, held fares flat, provided raises for all eligible employees and dramatically
improved the perception of the agency,” Parker says.
Positive media stories now outnumber the negative 12-to-1, he notes. For
his efforts, Parker’s peers in the transit industry voted him as the nation’s Most
Outstanding Public Transit Manager of 2015.
Parker also serves on the boards of several civic and charitable organizations
and credits VCU for giving him the opportunity to gain leadership experience.
In addition to URPSA, as a student, he served as president of the Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity and helped lead efforts that resulted in the creation of the Office of
Multicultural Student Affairs and the introduction of the Fall Block Show, which
today is one of the country’s largest.
“VCU provided the unfettered opportunity to become an adult,” Parker
says. “I made many mistakes, learning a lot along the way. Serving as president
of several student organizations provided me with a great platform to develop
meaningful leadership skills that I employ to this day, as CEO of a multibilliondollar organization.”
Christine S. Zambricki, D.N.A.P., CRNA, FAAN
2012 Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
School of Allied Health Professions
Christine S. Zambricki, D.N.A.P., CRNA, FAAN, joined America’s Blood
Centers as CEO in 2013, culminating a 30-plus-year career of extensive health
care advocacy, association and hospital leadership experience. America’s Blood
Centers represents North America’s largest network of community-based blood
centers that provides half the U.S. blood supply to more than 3,500 hospitals
and health care facilities.
Before leading the nonprofit, Zambricki served as chief operating officer and
chief nursing officer of Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. In that role, she
helped plan and open West Bloomfield Hospital, a $360 million facility where
she orchestrated patient-friendly architectural designs, wellness services and
an integrative medicine clinic.
Michael D. Fallacaro, D.N.S., CRNA, FAAN, the Herbert T. Watson Endowed
Professor and Chair of VCU’s Department of Nurse Anesthesia, describes
Zambricki as “a highly respected nursing scholar, a consummate professional
in research, publication, professional association, community affairs and
government relations.”
In the legislative arena, Zambricki has served, at the governor’s appointment,
as chair of the Michigan Board of Nursing and the Michigan Nursing Specialty
Task Force. She also served a three-year post as senior director of federal
affairs strategies with the 47,000-member American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists. Under her leadership, AANA created a national network of
state reimbursement experts to standardize how certified registered nurse
anesthetist services are reimbursed.
As a scholar, she has written more than 40 papers and articles focused on
education, advocacy and safety in the profession. One article stemmed from a
journal club discussion she led as a doctoral student at VCU.
“I was surprised to see one of my own graduate students from 20 years prior
in the audience,” says Zambricki, who has dedicated many of her professional
years to teaching. “I mentioned a case of standardization of deviance that had
haunted me for years having to do with the improper use of equipment to
accomplish cost savings. To my surprise, she mentioned that she had seen the
same misappropriation of the same piece of equipment in her practice.”
This revelation led Zambricki to publish a paper bringing light to the issue.
Since then, several CRNAs have contacted her reporting the same incorrect
device use in their hospitals and how they’ve used her article to change their
practice. “Have lives been saved?” Zambricki asks. “We will never know. But
because of the opportunity provided by VCU to compare clinical safety issues
with colleagues, our conscience is clear that we have made the risk known.”
Her dedication to the practice and efforts to further the art and science of
nurse anesthesia have earned Zambricki many notable awards, including the
profession’s highest award, AANA’s Agatha Hodgkins Award for Outstanding
Accomplishment.
“Because of the
opportunity provided
by VCU to compare
clinical safety issues
with colleagues, our
conscience is clear
that we have made
the risk known.”
Del. Todd E. Pillion, D.D.S.
Brad Trevillian
2001 Doctor of Dental Surgery
School of Dentistry
2006 Bachelor of Science
School of Engineering
“From the battlefield
of Iraq to the floor of
the Virginia General
Assembly, I am
always proud to be a
graduate of Virginia
Commonwealth
University.”
Raised on a farm in Ewing, Virginia, Republican Del. Todd E. Pillion, D.D.S., grew
up understanding the value of education. His thirst for knowledge led him through
college at Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee and then to the VCU School
of Dentistry as one of a handful of students from the Southwest Virginia area.
At VCU, he became active in student government, serving his fellow
classmates as president of the dental student body during his senior year and
as vice president of the MCV Campus SGA. In his third year, Pillion participated
in the inaugural Missions of Mercy project to provide dental care for Virginia’s
uninsured and underserved populations. The event took place in Wise, Virginia,
near his hometown.
“As a proud Southwest Virginian, I told the organizers that a free clinic would
never work,” he recalls. “I was amazed, and proven very wrong, when I arrived
that first morning at the fairgrounds to a line of people that seemed to go on
forever. I recognized then the need for dental care was great and my mission to
return home to practice and provide dental care for my native community was
a much needed one.”
Following graduation from dental school, Pillion joined the Virginia Army
National Guard. He was called to active duty to support Operation Iraqi
Freedom and completed his eight-year commitment in 2009 with the rank of
major and the honor of being the state dental officer for Virginia’s finest.
Pillion advanced his education through a postgraduate residency program
in pediatric dentistry in Buffalo, New York, and practices at Pillion & Smith
Pediatric Dental Associates, a three-office clinic that serves patients from
Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee.
In 2014, Pillion was elected to represent Virginia’s 4th District as the voice
of Southwest Virginia in the House of Delegates. He serves on the committees
for Counties, Cities and Towns; Science and Technology; and Transportation.
He also was appointed to the Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium
Governing Board.
As a dentist and a delegate, Pillion works to improve the lives of Southwest
Virginians. “Since the Missions of Mercy project, I have worked to find solutions
to the problem I was faced with that morning,” he says. “Pillion & Smith is a
leading provider serving Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee that accepts
Medicaid reimbursement for pediatric dental care. As delegate, I am constantly
searching for ways to improve the economic prospects of my fellow Southwest
Virginians through new jobs that provide paychecks and insurance that will
enable people to afford preventative dental care.”
Pillion is passionate about his affiliation with the VCU School of Dentistry
and has served as a mentor and advocate for the school.
“The VCU School of Dentistry prepared me for all the challenges that my
career could offer,” he says. “From the battlefield of Iraq to the floor of the
Virginia General Assembly, I am always proud to be a graduate of Virginia
Commonwealth University.”
During his senior year at the VCU School of Engineering, Brad Trevillian
designed a custom ice-rail bar that automatically sensed when a drink was
placed on it and kept the beverage cold. He says this senior design project
taught him invaluable skills that he carries with him today as general manager at
Trane in Richmond, Virginia.
“I had the opportunity to identify a real-world problem, interview key
stakeholders, assemble a budget, secure funding, design the system, execute
the project and install the final product in a customer’s home,” he says. “As
a salesperson, and later as a manager, the skill of really listening to the end
user prior to implementing a solution has been paramount. I also learned the
importance of a team and the reality that the best solutions are rarely achieved
in a vacuum.”
Following graduation, Trevillian joined Trane, a creator of high-performance
commercial buildings, as a direct account manager. He was promoted to direct
sales manager in 2010, to general sales manager in 2013 and just this past spring
to general manager. In this role he leads 110 team members and oversees more
than $100 million in equipment, contracting and service revenue streams.
“I have the privilege of working with what I (and many others) consider to
be the best team of sales engineers in the Trane company globally,” Trevillian
says. “I believe that customers are No. 2. Associates are No. 1. Business results
are No. 3. If we take care of associates and enable a world-class culture, the
associates will take care of the customers. If the associates take care of our
customers, business results will follow. At Trane, our associates own that worldclass culture.”
It’s this philosophy that earned him a 2014 and 2015 Sterling Workplace
Award from the Richmond Society for Human Resource Management. He’s also
been recognized several times as a Trane Sales Associate of the Year.
Outside of work, Trevillian is an active member in the community, including
service roles on the executive committee and board of the Greater Richmond
Chamber of Commerce; chair of the Hanover Business Council; president of
the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers;
member of the VCU School of Engineering Alumni Association board; and a
member of the Hanover County School Superintendent’s Budget Advisory
Council. In 2014, he received the Hanover County Commitment fo Community
Award, recognizing the volunteer efforts of the local Trane team.
He’s also returned to his alma mater to inspire and talk with the next
generation of innovators.
“At Virginia Commonwealth University, I was afforded the opportunity to
leverage diverse talents and perspectives to begin shaping my future,” he says.
“I chose VCU’s School of Engineering because I wanted to do more than study
engineering theory. VCU offered hands-on opportunities, with labs, seminars
and design projects that worked on real-world applications.”
“At Virginia
Commonwealth
University, I was
afforded the
opportunity to
leverage diverse
talents and
perspectives to
begin shaping
my future.”
Alumni Stars
Alumni Stars
1989-2013
1989
Peggy C. Adams
Wyndham Blanton Jr., M.D.*
William C. Bosher Jr., Ed.D.*
Sarah Cooke*
Altamont Dickerson Jr., D.Ed.
Paul A. Gross
John Hasty
Mattie S. Jones*
Fitzhugh Mayo, M.D.
French H. Moore Jr., D.D.S.
Tom Robbins
Dana Ward
George Woltz
1990
Ronald C. Abernathy
D. Ware Branch, M.D.
Phyllis Cothran
Deborah D’Alessandro
Ginna Dalton
Kathy Kaplan, Ph.D.
Suzanne Laychock, Ph.D.
Elizabeth A. Mason
Michael McMunn, D.D.S.
Martha Moon, Ph.D.
Teresa Mullin
Kenneth F. Smith
Kathy Snowden
1991
Thomas W. Blekicki
Stephanie Ferguson, Ph.D.
Bill Gaines*
Fred Karnas, Ph.D.
Lynda Mandell, Ph.D.
Karl E. Peace, Ph.D.
Robert Rigsby
James Schroeder, D.D.S.
Jay T. Thompson III
Thelma Bland Watson, Ph.D.
Adyce Waymack*
Sandra Wiltshire
1992
Richard D. Barnes, D.D.S.
Maurice Beane
Don Beville
James W. Bynum, Ed.D.
Gary D.V. Hankins, M.D.
S. Chris Jones
J.C. McWilliams Jr.
Susan A. Minasian
James A. Rothrock
John Seibert
Beth A. Sharp, Ph.D.
Donald M. Stablein, Ph.D.
Denise Williams
1993
Virginia “Penny” H. Anderson
Charles Ben Bissell, Ph.D.
James N. Boyd
Anthony G. Cokes
John C. Doswell II, D.D.S.
James D. Fox
Woody B. Hanes
Richard W. Leatherman, Ph.D.
Diana J. McGinn, Ph.D.
Thomas L. Mountcastle
Richard P. Phipps, Ph.D.
Marie A. Smith, Pharm.D.
Keith N. Van Arsdalen, M.D.
1994
Lou Oliver Brooks
Barry L. Carter, Pharm.D.
Claire Faith Collins
Jeremy Conway
Richard C. Davis Jr., M.D.
William D. Dietrich III, Ph.D.
Michael A. Evans
David Hunt
Michelle B. Mitchell
Dana Moriconi
A. Carole Pratt, D.D.S.
Joan F. Rexinger
Sydney Sherrod, Ph.D.
1989-2013
1995
Anne C. Adams, D.D.S.
John O. Beckner
David Lee Cochran, Ph.D.
Regan L. Crump, Ph.D.
Robert J. Grey Jr.
Bruce E. Jarrell, M.D.
M. Kenneth Magill, Ph.D.
Catherine E. Nash*
Robert A. Pratt, Ph.D.
Joseph A. Runk*
David W. Singley Jr.
Roberta Williamson
1997
Sheryl D. Baldwin, Ph.D.
Edward B. Barber
Susan I. Brandt
Catherine S. Casey, M.D.
Eugenio A. Cefali, Ph.D.
Teresita Fernandez
R. Reese Harris
Richard C. Kraus*
Jeffrey Levin, D.D.S.
Carol A. McCoy
Marilyn B. Tavenner
Linda R. Watkins, Ph.D.
1998
John D. Bower, M.D.
Sheila Crowley, Ph.D.
Bevill M. Dean
Nancy K. Durrett
Charlotte G. Fischer
Jay F. Fitzgerald
Russell W. Heath Jr.
James H. Revere Jr., D.D.S.
Sheri A. Reynolds
Mark A. Szalwinski
Tracey S. Welborn
Sandra P. Welch, Ph.D.
1999
Ralph L. Anderson, D.D.S.
Susan M. Carlton, Ph.D.
Melissa A. Davis
Carl F. Emswiller Jr.*
John J. Nagelhout, Ph.D.
Cathy N. Pond
Richard T. Robertson
Patricia A. Rowell, Ph.D.
Alice M. Schreiner*
Thomas G. Snead Jr.
Jeffrey K. Taubenberger, M.D.
Susan M. Trulove
2000
Elnora Allen
David Baldacci, J.D.
Gregory Enas, Ph.D.
Earl R. Fox, M.D.*
William M. Ginther
Victor Goines
Jane Moncure*
Carmen Nazario
Rita Pickler, Ph.D.
Rebecca Parker Snead
William J. Viglione, D.D.S.
2001
Jo Lynne DeMary, Ed.D.
Rex Ellis, Ph.D.
Milton Ende, M.D.*, and
Norman Ende, M.D.
Cynthia Garris
L. Preston Hale
Daniel Jarboe, Ph.D.
Rodney J. Klima, D.D.S.
James Lester
Janice Meck
Susan Morales
Katharine Webb
2003
Christopher C. Colenda, M.D.
Donna M. Dalton
Edward L. Flippen, J.D.
Starrene Foster
Ray C. Goodwin
Daniel A. Herbert*
Kevin L. Holmes, Ph.D.
Brian K. Jackson
Robert B. Lantz*
Bennie L. Marshall, RN, Ed.D.
James O. Munn
Christopher C. Thurston and
William H. Chapman
James D. Watkins, D.D.S.
2005
Ira C. Colby, D.S.W.
Bradford A. Crosby
Nancy C. Everett
Judith W. Godwin
Stephanie L. Holt
Colleen K. Jackson-Cook, Ph.D.
Anita M. Josey-Herring, J.D.
Hugh D. Keogh
Thomas M. Krummel, M.D.
Margaret Gallagher Lewis
Bruce D. McWhinney, Pharm.D.
Rebecca Perdue
Leah T. Robinson, Ph.D.*
Roger E. Wood, D.D.S.
2008
Golden H. Bethune-Hill
Mark A. Crabtree, D.D.S.
John Cragin
Donwan T. Harrell
Sheila Hill-Christian
Steven Offenbacher, Ph.D.
Mary Perkinson
Jonathan B. Perlin, Ph.D.
Mark Raper
Cathy Saunders
Tom Silvestri
Patricia W. Slattum, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Robert J. Wittman, Ph.D.
Patricia Wright, Ed.D.
2011
Edmond F. Bowden, Ph.D.
Glenn A. Davis
Tara Donovan
Dale C. Kalkofen, Ed.D.
Panelpha “Penny” L. Kyler,
Sc.D., OTR/L
Debra E. Lyon, Ph.D.
Paul D. McWhinney
Jonathan C. Roberts
Jason T. Roe
Ronald L. Tankersley, D.D.S.
Tadataka “Tachi” Yamada, M.D.
2013
Angela T. Bacskocky
Joseph F. Damico
S. Dallas Dance, Ph.D.
Raymond A. Dionne, Ph.D.
Josephine L. Hargis
Stephen W. Harms
Sainath R. Iyer
Arthur W. Layne
Susan M. Learned, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Tonya S. Mallory
Oscar L. Martin Jr., Ph.D.
Julian C. Metts Jr., D.D.S
Jesse Vaughan
Jane G. Watkins
* Deceased
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