Spanberger names 12 to George Mason Board of Visitors

Governor Abigail Spanberger announced 12 appointees to the George Mason University Board of Visitors on Saturday, January 17:

• Anne Altman, BS Marketing '82; co-founder and CEO of Everyone Matters, member of Dean's Council for Costello College of Business and former BOV member 2007 to 2011;
• Bruce Caswell, president and CEO of Maximus;
• Shawn N. Chambliss-Purvis, MS Information Systems '99, president and CEO of Sabel Systems Technology, and former BOV member 2015 to 2019;
• Former Congressman Tom Davis, partner at Holland and Knight and former George Mason BOV Rector 2014 to 2020;
• Paul Misener, JD '93, Founder and Principal at Misener Innovation LLC;
• Trevor Montano, BS Accounting '00;
• Former Congressman Jim Moran;
• Delbert Parks, vice president of Micron Technology and George Mason Board of Trustee member;
• George Schindler, former CGI president and CEO;
• Sumeet Shrivastava, MBA '94, president and CEO of Unissant, Chair of George Mason Board of Trustees;
• Sean Spence, Senior Manager of Corporate Finance at BDO and adjunct professor in the Costello College of Business;
• Jennifer Taylor, MBA '98, president and CEO of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC).

Appointees will undergo confirmation hearings, beginning with the Virginia State Senate committee on Privileges and Elections, which meets Jan. 20.

Former BOV Rector Charles "Cully " Stimson resigned his position effective noon Saturday. Vice Rector Michael Meese would take over leadership duties of the board. Visitor Robert Pence also resigned Saturday.

Current board members are Vice Rector Michael Meese, who will direct the board until its February 26 meeting when leadership elections are held, Secretary Armand Alacbay, and Visitors Jon M. Peterson and Jeffrey A. Rosen.

Complete biographies and photos of the new visitors will be posted on the Board of Visitors website when they are confirmed.