Board of Directors

Nakeina E. Douglas-Glenn, PhD, Board Chair
VCU Research Institute for Social Equity,
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

Jason Hatcher, CPA,  Treasurer
Dominion

Yolanda Avent, PhD
Avent Diversity Consulting, Principal

Asif Charania, CPA, ABV, CFF, ASA
Keiter

Lisa Ellis, MD, MACP
VCU Health

Joanna Fowler, MHA
Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Georgia Harrington, MSHA
Community Volunteer

Jullian Harrison
Lucrescent Bearing Corporation

Brenda Hicks, RHIA, MPA
Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia

Dominic P. Madigan, Esq.
Virginia Urology

Carolyn Watts, PhD, Vice Chair
College of Health Professions, VCU

Rebecca Ivey, Esq., Secretary
Williams Mullen

Laura McLaughlin, MPH
Elevance Health

Nikhil Parekh, PhD
Product Innovation Consultants

Lauren Powell, MPA, PhD
The Equitist

Kamran Shaikh
T-Shirt Studio, Virginia & New York

Barbara Markham Smith, JD
retired VCU Health

Doug Stroup
Doug Stroup Associates

Richard Ware, CFA
TIAA

Di Zhao, BS
CEO, Lucre USA Bearing Corp and
Wepon Medical Technology Co., Ltd.