Foundation Board of Directors - Miller Center of Public Affairs

Miller Center Foundation Board of Directors

The Miller Center Foundation was established in 1987 to support the work of the Center and function as an ambassador to the public on behalf of its initiatives and programs. The Foundation is governed by its Board of Directors.

Leigh B. Middleditch

Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr.

Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr., Chairman, is of counsel in the Charlottesville office of law firm McGuireWoods LLP and vice president of McGuireWoods Consulting LLC. Mr. Middleditch, a graduate of the University of Virginia and its School of Law, has served on the University of Virginia's board of visitors and as legal adviser and special counsel to the University. He is also active in the American Bar Association, serving previously as chair of the exempt organizations committee of the tax section, chair of the senior lawyers division, and as a member of its board of governors.

Mortimer Caplin

Mortimer Caplin, a University of Virginia School of Law Professor Emeritus, is a senior partner of Caplin & Drysdale, one of the nation's leading tax firms. He taught tax law at the University of Virginia from 1950 to 1961, while serving concurrently as president of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He was the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service from 1961 to 1964, and upon his departure, the U.S. Treasury Department presented him with its Alexander Hamilton award for "outstanding and unusual leadership." Mr. Caplin graduated from the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences in 1937 and its School of Law in 1940, where he was editor-in-chief of the law review and the top student in his class.

John T. Casteen, III

John T. Casteen, III, ex-officio, is the president of the University of Virginia. Before joining the University in 1990, he served as president of the University of Connecticut and as Virginia's secretary of education. He has been a director of the American Council on College Entrance Examination Board and the National Collegiate Entrance Examination Board, as well as a commissioner of the Education Commission of the States. He is also a former chair of the Association of Governing Boards Council of Presidents, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, and the Association of American Universities. President Casteen holds his bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in English from the University of Virginia.

W. Heywood Fralin

W. Heywood Fralin, ex-officio, is the rector of the University of Virginia and chief executive officer of Medical Facilities of America Inc., which operates nursing homes in Virginia and North Carolina. Fralin, a 1962 graduate of the University, is past president of the board of trustees of the Virginia Student Aid Foundation and currently serves as a trustee of the University of Virginia Foundation.

Eugene V. Fife

Eugene V. Fife is a former partner at Goldman Sachs and a founding principal of Vawter Capital LLC, a private equity firm established in Charlottesville. He currently serves as the non-executive chairman of Eclipsys Corporation and as a board member of Caterpillar, Inc. Mr. Fife has also been a member of the University of Virginia Medical Center's operating board since 2002. He is the chairman of the Miller Center Governing Council.

Daniel K. Frierson

Daniel K. Frierson is the president and chief executive officer of the Dixie Group, an international manufacturer of carpets based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mr. Frierson also serves as a director of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, a building materials supplier, and Astec Industries, Inc., an equipment manufacturer for aggregate processing, asphalt road building, and pipeline and utility trenching. He is the chairman emeritus of the Miller Center Governing Council.

Claire W. Gargalli

Claire W. Gargalli is a retired corporate and international banking executive. She previously served as vice chairman and partner at Diversified Search Companies in Philadelphia, and as president, chief operating officer, and director of Equimark Corporation. Ms. Gargalli is a member of the boards of Baker Hughes, Inc., Praxair, Inc., and UNOVA, Inc., and she is a Trustee Emeritus of Middlebury College and Carnegie Mellon University.

David E. Gibson

David E. Gibson is a former executive vice president of Citicorp/Citibank. A 1962 alumnus of the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences and a 1965 alumnus of its School of Law, Mr. Gibson is an emeritus trustee of the Darden Foundation for the Darden Graduate School of Business and a founding sponsor and emeritus trustee of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. He is a member of the board for Assyst, a trustee of the Montpelier Foundation, a member of the advisory board of venture investment firm Fairfax Partners, and a member of the board of proprietary mutual funds distributed by the Citigroup Private Bank.

Andrew D. Hart, Jr.

Andrew D. Hart, Jr. is a founding partner and advisory director of Russell Reynolds Associates, a global recruiting firm headquartered in New York. Mr. Hart is an alumnus of the University of Virginia, a former chairman of the Emeritus Society, and a former trustee of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.

A. Linwood Holton

A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

A. Linwood Holton, Jr. was the Governor of Virginia from 1970 to 1974. He is now a member of the government relations team for the Richmond, Virginia-based law firm of McCandlish Holton PC. Governor Holton has served previously as president of the Center for Innovative Technology, vice president and general counsel of the American Council of Life Insurance, and as a member of Amtrak's board of directors. He is also a former chair of the Metropolitan Washington Airport and the Republican Governors Association.

Richard R. Kreitler

Richard R. Kreitler is a retired business executive and founder of Red Stick Golf Club in Vero Beach, Florida. Mr. Kreitler is also a significant supporter of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home.

Alan Murray

Alan Murray is assistant managing editor of the Wall Street Journal. He returned to the Journal in 2005 after serving as Washington bureau chief and co-host of the program Capital Report on the cable financial news channel CNBC. Mr. Murray joined the Wall Street Journal in 1983 as a reporter covering economics in Washington and became bureau chief in 1993.

Edgar J. Roberts, Jr.

Edgar J. Roberts, Jr. is a retired international business executive whose professional life focused on capital market intermediaries, with particular emphasis on international credit and financial markets. He held senior positions in a commercial bank, Marine Midland; two investment banks, First Boston and Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb; two development banks, Asian Development Bank and Inter-American Development Bank; and one of the two major bond rating agencies, Moody's Investors Service. Mr. Roberts graduated from Bucknell University and Duke University's School of Law.

Alfred B. Strickler

Alfred B. Strickler, Jr.

Alfred B. Strickler, Jr. is a retired business executive who worked for Armstrong Industries in Pennsylvania for thirty-four years before founding a consulting firm. He is a past chair and current member of the University of Virginia�s emergency medicine advisory board.

Elsie W. Thompson

Elsie W. Thompson, a graduate of the University of Virginia's School of Law, is an attorney and partner in the Charlottesville law firm of Thompson & Thompson. She is an active community leader who has served as a former president of the Paramount Theatre Foundation and the Piedmont Council for the Arts. She is also the treasurer of the board of directors for the Virginia Chamber Music Foundation.

Anne R. Worrell

Anne R. Worrell is a former newspaper executive and noted community leader with a strong interest in historic preservation. She and her late husband, Gene, formerly owned Bristol Newspapers, Inc., Worrell Investment Company, and the Worrell Land and Cattle Company. The two also established the Genan Foundation in 1986, and Mrs. Worrell serves as its president. She is also the director of Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest Foundation and the honorary vice chairman of the Virginia Historical Society.

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