New BOV members appointed
by Lucia Lodato / senior writer
Governor Mark Warner appointed five new members to the JMU Board
of Visitors June 27.
The board, which is responsible for overseeing the effective government
of JMU, consists of 15 appointed members and one non-voting student
board member.
The new BOV members include Frank L. Carzo of McLean, Meredith Strohm
Gunter of Charlottesville, Charles H. Foster Jr. of Richmond, Stephen
R. Leeolou of Charolotte, N.C. and Delores Z. Pretlow of Richmond.
Carzo is the CEO of the executive search firm Carzo Associates and
serves on the Executive Advisory Boards of JMU and Texas A&M
University.
Gunter is a former coordinator of residence education at Virginia
Commonwealth University, director of student services at Longwood
College and provost of the New College of Global Studies at Radford
University.
Foster is the chairman and CEO of LandAmerica Financial Group Inc.
He is a member of the board of the Virginia Biotechnology Research
Park Corp., the Richmond Metropolitan Authority, Richmond Renaissance,
the Virginia Performing Arts Foundation and the Virginia Foundation
for Independent Colleges.
Leeolou is the president and CEO of Southstar Capital, LLC and a
1978 graduate of JMU. He is a former broadcast journalist, and has
served as news anchor at WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg. The Leeolou Alumni
Center at JMU is named for Leeolou and his wife, Dee Dee, also a
member of the JMU class of 1978.
Pretlow is the assistant superintendent of operations for Richmond
public schools. She has taught at Virginia Commonwealth University
and the University of South Carolina.
The five new members will replace Zane Showker, Henry H. Harrell,
Conrad A. Helsley, Richard S. Fuller and Mark A. Mix. After serving
two successive four-year terms, Showker, Harrell and Helsley were
ineligible for reappointment.
Fuller and Mix were not reappointed for a second term.
A governor-appointed commission in Richmond made recommendations
for new BOV members in JMU and other Virginia state schools.
According to Donna Harper, secretary to the board, "Four of
the new members have been sworn in since the appointment, individually,
before a judge in their locality." Leeolou, the only new appointee
from out of state will be sworn in soon, according to Harper.
Senior Andrew Dudik will serve a one-year term as the JMU student
body elected member.
New members will attend a BOV orientation in September, and the
first meeting is scheduled for Oct. 4.
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