Leadership
Senior leadership
Michael Rao, Ph.D.
President, VCU and VCU Health System
Marsha D. Rappley, M.D.
CEO, VCU Health System and senior vice president for VCU Health Sciences
Peter F. Buckley, M.D.
Interim CEO, VCU Health System, and senior vice president, VCU Health Sciences
Dean, VCU School of Medicine, and executive vice president for medical affairs, VCU Health System
Melinda S. Hancock, CPA, FHFMA
Chief administrative and financial officer, VCU Health System
Shane Cerone
Interim CEO, VCU Hospitals and Clinics
Ralph R. Clark, M.D.
Interim CEO, VCU Hospitals and Clinics
Tom Yackel, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
President, MCV Physicians, VCU Health System
Elias Neujahr, M.H.A., M.B.A.
CEO, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
W. Scott Burnette
CEO, VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital
Linda Hines, R.N., M.S., M.B.A.*
CEO, Virginia Premier Health Plan
Joseph T. DiPiro, Pharm.D.
Dean, VCU School of Pharmacy
Jean Giddens, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Dean, VCU School of Nursing
Susan Parish, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Health Professions
David C. Sarrett, D.M.D.
Dean, VCU School of Dentistry
VCU Health System Authority Board of Directors
Arline D. Bohannon, M.D.
Peter F. Buckley, M.D.
The Honorable M. Kirkland Cox
Steven A. DeLuca
Lisa Ellis, M.D., FACP
George P. Emerson Jr.
May H. Fox
Lisa M. Hicks-Thomas
Gopinath Jadhav, M.D.
John A. Luke Jr.
The Honorable James P. Massie III
Bruce E. Mathern, M.D.
Timothy McDermott
The Honorable Ryan T. McDougle
Keith Parker
Michael Rao, Ph.D.
Marsha D. Rappley, M.D.
Shantaram Talegaonkar, M.D.
The Honorable Marilyn Tavenner
Michelle Whitehurst-Cook, M.D.
Wilhelm A. Zuelzer, M.D.
VCU Board of Visitors
H. Benson Dendy III
Pamela El
Carolina Espinal
Todd P. Haymore
Robert D. Holsworth, Ph.D.
Gopinath Jadhav, M.D.
John A. Luke Jr.
Edward L. McCoy
Rev. Tyrone E. Nelson
Keith T. Parker
Coleen Santa Ana
Stuart C. Siegel
Alexis Swann
Shantaram Talegaonkar, M.D.
G. Richard Wagoner Jr.