Board of Directors

• Christopher Ali

  Dr. Christopher Ali is an Associate Professor in the University of Virginia Department of Media Studies. He joined the Department in the fall of 2013 after completing his PhD at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

• George Beller

  Dr. George Beller is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia School of Medicine...

• Shantell Bingham

  Shantell Bingham is the Program Director of the Food Justice Network. She is a graduate from the University of Virginia’s Master in Public Health program and has a bachelor’s degree in Global Public Health.

• Aleen Carey

  Aleen is a former high school Spanish teacher and currently works at food justice nonprofit Cultivate Charlottesville as outreach and resource program director.

• Miguel Coradine

  Miguel Coradine is the founder and CEO of Sirius Insurance. He is a bilingual insurance advisor and helps families make better decisions when it comes to Auto, Home, Life, business insurance, and more.

• Xochilt Diaz

  Xochilt Diaz was born in San Salvador, El Salvador where she found many opportunities to achieve big goals, like earning a degree in communications and public relations. She emigrated to the United States in 2014...

• Maggie Guggenheimer

  Maggie Guggenheimer is Director of Advancement of the Mind & Life Institute. She has lived and worked in Charlottesville since 2007, having previously served as Chief Advancement Officer of Virginia Humanities...

• Bill Lewis

  Bill Lewis is a retired partner in the DC office of the Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP law firm. Previously, he was Director of the congressionally-established National Commission on Air Quality...

• Oliver Platts-Mills

  Oliver Platts-Mills is the owner & operator of 6th & Dice, LLC a small real estate development and management firm...

• Troy Robinson

  Troy Robinson is an entrepreneur, businessman, media professional, and civil rights leader with deep roots in Central Virginia. He owns and operates the Inspirational Cuts Barbershop and Inspirational Limo...

• Jacqueline Salmon

  Jacqueline Salmon is principal media strategist at the American Bar Association, where she leads a team of writers in positioning the ABA as a thought leader on diversity and inclusion in the legal system, independence of the judiciary, and equal justice under the law.

• Richard Schragger

  Richard Schragger is the Perre Bowen Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he has taught since 2001. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of constitutional law and local government law, federalism, urban policy, and the constitutional and economic status of cities.