TRANSFORMATION

RICHMHOND!

NOW IS THE TIME FOR COMPLETE CHANGE

What and who is VENTURE RICHMOND that it takes precedence over the citizens, the taxpayers, the children of the city of Richmond?

Venture Richmond is a name change from the Richmond Renaissance which was established in 1982, for years after a 7th grade educated black man changed the history of Richmond by taking the City of Richmond to court over fair representation of the city's populous. This man's name was Curtis Holt who lived in Creighton Court. He thought it not fair that white men who did not live in black neighborhoods should speak for black people. As a result of his fight and the white lawyers who stood with Holt, the council elections were suspended for seven years and when they begin again five black persons (a majority) held seats on council to represent the citizens of their districts.

The Richmond Renaissance supposedly was set up to marry the voice of the citizens to provide leadership. However, the choices for membership of this group has always been the black elite boule and the rich white boys--choices that do not make up the larger community of caucasians and Negroes who live in Richmond. Therefore, both groups are being deprived of leadership that truly represents the will of the people.

EVERYBODY IN VENTURE RICHMOND GETS PAID SOME OF OUR

$700,000,000

AND THE TAX COLLECTOR IS ALLOWED TO STEAL THE CITIZENS AND CITY'S MONEY. OUR CITY IS PROBABLY BANKRUPT!!!!!! Venture Richmond is comprised of the newspapers, the television stations, the elected leaders, the business people who do not live in the city, the colleges and universities and they control the people who control our $700 million. We must make a drastic change and remove this sore from our land. STAND TOGETHER AND DON'T GIVE UP. WE MUST SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR SCHOOLS.president of the Democratic Party pretends to work for the city by calling himself an outreach worker. Jeffrey Bourne, chairman of the school board has a wife who works for the city in economic development. IT'S ALL ABOUT OUR MONEY FOLKS!

Don't be fooled about people sying they are democrats. The head of the Richmond democrats is JJ Minor who "work" on economic development as a community organizer. Jeffrey Bourne's wife also work there..how rich they must be. He works with the attorney general. The 206,000 "gift" to former prisoners was allowed to help the democratic party win the election for Virginia. Why wasn't in done in Tim Kaine's administration? Let's stop them from dividing us by race and party affiliation. We all want the same things--a good job, a safe place to live and great education opportunities for our children.

Board of directors OF VENTURE RICHMOND

Officers

Chairman and CEO

Mary Doswell*
Senior Vice President-Alternative Energy Solutions
Dominion

Vice Chairman & Chairman of Exec. Committee

Brian K. Jackson Boule
Partner
Hirschler Fleischer

President

Dwight C. Jones**Boule
Mayor
City of Richmond

Immediate Past Chairman & CEO

Jacqueline McClenney(+) President BouleMcClenney Wallace, LLC

Secretary

Mark R. Merhige*
President
The Shockoe Company

Treasurer

Thomas Brown***
Vice Chairman
Rutherfoord

General Counsel

John W. Bates, III, Esq.***
Partner
McGuireWoods, LLP

Board of Directors

Farhad Aghdami*
Partner
Williams Mullen
Ken Ampy*
CEO
Astyra Corporation
Robert Angle
Partner
Troutman Sanders
Ed Ayers**
President
University of Richmond
Stephen E. Baril
Partner
Kaplan Voekler
William Beale*
CEO
Union Bank
Dana Bedden** What!!!???
Superintendent
Richmond Public Schools
Peter Bernard*
CEO
Bon Secours Richmond Health System
Jean Boone Managing Editor of Free Press in the Boule
Advertising Director
Richmond Free Press
Margaret Bowen
Vice President, Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions
Rank Group North America, Inc. – M & A Team
Victor Branch* Boule
Richmond Market President
Bank of America
Aisha Bullard boule
Bullard Law
Gerald Burr, Jr.*
CEO
Canterbury Enterprises
Jonathan Coleman
The New Y-Capp, Inc.
Matt Cooper*
EVP, Legal
Capital One Financial
Sharon Dabney-Wooldridge*boule
President & CEO
The Klean Kare Team
Tim Davey*
Corporate Business Development
VP – Economic Development
Susan Dewey
Executive Director
VHDA
Peter Durette*
Senior Vice President
MWV
Candace Formacek*
Vice President & Treasurer
Universal Corporation
Moses Foster*
President & CEO
West Cary Group
Jerry Fox
Partner
Cherry Bekaert
B. Keith Fulton*
VP, Mid-Atlantic Region & State Government Affairs
Verizon
Thomas Goode*
Regional Private Banking Manager
Senior Vice President
Wells Fargo Bank
Thomas E. Gottwald*
President & CEO
NewMarket Corporation
Kathy Graziano** City Council
Richmond City Council
Robert J. Grey, Jr., Esq Boule.
Partner
Hunton & Williams
Kym Grinnage* boule
General Manager
WWBT 12
Brenton S. Halsey
Chairman Emeritus
James River Corporation
Adam Harrell* boule who is collector for the city and money from citizens is stolen
Co-Managing Partner
tHr arrell & Chambliss formerly Wilder and Gregory
Monroe E. Harris, Jr., DMD*
Principal
Virginia Oral & Facial Surgery
Bruce R. Hazelgrove, III*
Vice President – Corporate Resources
NewMaket Corporation
Devon Henry*
CEO & President
Team Henry Enterprises
C.T. Hill(+)
Connie Hom
CEO
Buckingham Greenery
Darius Johnson*
President
Premier Bank, Consolidated Division
Kenneth S. Johnson* boule
President
Johnson, Inc.
Kenneth Jones
President & CEO
Prestige Construction
Bruce Kay*
Vice President
Markel Corporation
C. Burke King*
President, VA Market
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
Jon King
CEO
Exclusive Staffing
Justin Knight
President
Apple REIT
Otto Konrad
Partner
Williams Mullen
Jeffrey M. Lacker*
President
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Michael Laming*
Director, Human Resources
Genworth Financial
Nico de Leon*
President
NXL
Charles Macfarlane*
Managing Member
MacFarlane Partners
Sal Mancuso*
VP & Treasurer
Altria Group, Inc.
Blake Manners
Managing Partner
Ernst & Young
Geoff Marlott*
SVP Manufacturer Services
Owens & Minor
Zach McCluskey*
CEO
Parham Doctors’ Hospital (HCA)
David Mills*
SVP & Corporate Secretary
K-Line America, Inc.
Rumy Mohta
CEO
Atlas Branding & Communications
Jay Moore*
Partner
Hunton & Williams
Michelle Mosby** Richmond city council
Richmond City Council
Grant Neely**Boule
City of Richmond – Office of the Mayor
Thomas Osgood
EVP, CFO & CAO
Xenith Bank
Harold Parker, Jr.*Boule
Owner
Old Dominion Electrical Supply
Angela Patton
Founder
Camp Diva
Claude Perkins**Boule
President
Virginia Union University
Burt Pinnock
Principal
Baskervill
Michael Rao**
President
Virginia Commonwealth University
Gary L. Rhodes**
President
Reynolds Community College
John Rivers
Manager, Regional Sales
Cisco Systems
Doug Roth*
Market President
BB&T
Dr. Pamela Royal*Boule
CEO
Royal Dermatology
Kim Scheeler**
President & CEO
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce
Brian Shepard*
CEO
UNOS
Thomas Silvestri*Media
President & Publisher
Richmond Times Dispatch
Oliver Singleton*
President/CEO
The Metropolitan Business League
Dwight Snead
President
Dwight Snead Construction
John Stallings*
President & CEO – Virginia Division
SunTrust Bank
Ronald Stallings
CEO
Walker Row Partnership
Jacquelyn E. Stone
McGuire Woods, LLP
Partner
James Theobald*
Chairman
Hirschler Fleischer
Andrew Thornton*
President
LaDifference
Freda Thornton*
CEO
FWL & Sons, Inc.
Dr. Eugene P. Trani(+)
President Emeritus
Virginia Commonwealth University
James E. Ukrop(+)
Principal
New Richmond Ventures
Edward Valentine*
Managing Director
Harris Williams
Massie Valentine
SVP – Investments/Director
Davenport & Co., LLC
Jason Vickers-Smith
Principal
WVS Companies
Marilyn West*
President & CEO
M. H. West & Co.
Robert Westbrook
Partner
KPMG
Thomas Winfree
Vice Chairman Board of Directors
Retired, President & CEO
Village Bank
Brian White
Principal
SWA Construction
Matt Williams*
CEO
The Martin Agency
Robert Woltz(+)
Michel Zajur*
Founder/CEO
Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

PARTNERS OF VENTURE RICHMOND

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News

Richmond Times-Dispatch
Discover Richmond
Richmond.com
Style Weekly
Richmond Free Press
Richmond GRID
Richmond Magazine
RVA Magazine
RVANews
WRIC-TV8 (ABC)
WWBT (NBC 12)
WTVR-TV 6 (CBS 6)
WCVE (PBS)

Government and businesses

City of Richmond
Greater Richmond Chamber
Historic Richmond Foundation
Greater Richmond Partnership Inc.
Richmond Sports Backers
17th Street Farmers’ Market
Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau