Leadership
Senior leadership
Michael Rao, Ph.D.
President, VCU and VCU Health System
Arthur Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior vice president, VCU Health Sciences, and CEO, VCU Health System
Melinda S. Hancock, CPA, FHFMA
Chief administrative and financial officer, VCU Health System (through May 2021)
James Siegel, CPA, CIA
Interim chief financial officer, VCU Health System (as of June 2021)
Ralph R. Clark, M.D.
Interim president, VCU Medical Center
Tom Yackel, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
President, MCV Physicians, VCU Health System
Elias Neujahr, M.H.A., M.B.A.
President, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
W. Scott Burnette
President, VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Martin
President, VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital
Peter F. Buckley, M.D.
Dean, VCU School of Medicine
Executive Vice President of Medical Affairs, VCU Health System
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
Clara M. Spatafore, D.D.S., M.S.
Interim dean, VCU School of Dentistry
VCU Health System Authority Board of Directors
The Honorable Lamont Bagby
Peter F. Buckley, M.D.
Clyde T. Clark Jr.
Alice Coombs, M.D.
Steven A. DeLuca
Pamela El
Lisa Ellis, M.D., FACP
May H. Fox
Donald C.J. Gehring
The Honorable Lisa M. Hicks-Thomas
Gopinath Jadhav, M.D.
Arthur L. Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H.
Bruce E. Mathern, M.D.
Timothy A. McDermott
The Honorable Ryan T. McDougle
Keith Parker
Michael Rao, Ph.D., Chair
Stuart Siegel
Shantaram Talegaonkar, M.D.
The Honorable Marilyn Tavenner
Michelle Whitehurst-Cook, M.D.
Wilhelm Zuelzer, M.D.
VCU Board of Visitors
Keith T. Parker, Rector
H. Benson Dendy III, Vice Rector
Pamela El
Carolina Espinal
Peter Farrell
Todd P. Haymore
Gopinath Jadhav, M.D.
Carmen Lomellin
Edward L. McCoy
Rev. Tyrone E. Nelson
Tonya Parris-Wilkins
Coleen Santa Ana, MHA
Stuart C. Siegel
Alexis Swann
Shantaram Talegaonkar, M.D.
G. Richard Wagoner Jr.