Members

For questions about the Board and Board meetings, or to provide written public communications pertaining to Board business with members of the Board, please contact Kay Stokes at stokeskl@longwood.edu.

Longwood University Board of Visitors 2023-24

Katharine M. Bond ’98, Rector
Mechanicsville, VA
Appointed by Governor McAuliffe on July 1, 2016
Reappointed by Governor Northam on July 1, 2020

Ronald O. White, Vice Rector
Midlothian, VA
Appointed by Governor Youngkin on July 1, 2022

Shawn L. Smith ’92, Secretary
Richmond, VA
Appointed by Governor Northam on July 1, 2021

Fabiola Aguilar Carter
Richmond, VA
Appointed by Governor Northam on July 1, 2021

Vellie Dietrich-Hall
Charlotte Court House, VA
Appointed by Governor Youngkin on March 14, 2024, to complete unfinished term

Steven P. Gould
Danville, VA
Appointed by Governor McAuliffe on July 1, 2016
Reappointed by Governor Northam on July 1, 2020

Nadine Marsh-Carter
Richmond, VA
Appointed by Governor McAuliffe on July 1, 2017
Reappointed by Governor Northam on July 1, 2021

Jeffrey Nottingham
Raleigh, NC
Appointed by Governor Youngkin on July 1, 2023

Kristie Helmick Proctor ’04
Mechanicsville, VA
Appointed by Governor Youngkin on July 1, 2022

Polly H. Raible ’91
Midlothian, VA
Appointed by Governor McAuliffe on December 1, 2017 to complete unfinished term
Appointed by Governor Northam on July 1, 2020

Ricshawn Adkins Roane, Member at Large
Great Falls, VA
Appointed by Governor McAuliffe on July 1, 2017
Reappointed by Governor Northam on July 1, 2021

Kathryn Roberts ’97
South Boston, VA
Appointed by Governor Youngkin on July 1, 2023

Brian Schmalzbach
Midlothian, VA
Appointed by Governor Youngkin on July 1, 2023