{"id":91756,"date":"2021-06-14T15:58:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T19:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=91756"},"modified":"2021-06-14T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T19:58:36","slug":"governor-announces-umw-board-of-visitors-appointments-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/14\/governor-announces-umw-board-of-visitors-appointments-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Announces UMW Board of Visitors Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Governor\u2019s Office announced on Friday the appointment of Robert J. Strassheim \u201996 of Keswick, Virginia, to the University of Mary Washington Board of Visitors (BOV). In addition, BOV Vice Rector Devon Williams Cushman \u201993 of Richmond, as well as members Allida M. Black of Arlington and Patricia \u201cPat\u201d Gwaltney McGinnis \u201969 of Washington, D.C., have been reappointed to subsequent four-year terms on the board.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91755\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"91755\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/14\/governor-announces-umw-board-of-visitors-appointments-3\/strassheim\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Strassheim.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Robert J. Strassheim&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Strassheim-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Strassheim-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Strassheim-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Robert J. Strassheim\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Strassheim-225x300.jpg 225w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Strassheim-768x1024.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Strassheim-855x1140.jpg 855w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Strassheim-450x600.jpg 450w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Strassheim.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert J. Strassheim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored by this appointment, and in this capacity, I look forward to continuing to advocate for all of Mary Washington\u2019s stakeholders,\u201d said Strassheim, who will finish out the remaining three years of Edward B. Hontz\u2019 term.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Strassheim, a certified project management professional, serves as vice president of business operations for Dickinson + Associates Inc., a midsize software consulting company headquartered in Chicago. He has also held various leadership positions at Electronic Data Systems Inc., working for the Department of the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Strassheim has served as a part-time lecturer in UMW\u2019s College of Business (COB) for more than two decades, teaching courses in marketing, management, corporate financial management, retail management and introduction to business, as well as a senior seminar in international business.<\/p>\n<p>Strassheim earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from Mary Washington, graduating with academic honors. He also holds an MBA and graduate certificate in international business from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, ranking third in his class.<\/p>\n<p>At UMW, he is the current chair of COB\u2019s Alumni Advisory Board and previously served as a Capital Campaign cabinet member. He is the recipient of the 2017 COB Distinguished Business Alumnus Achievement Award and the 2021 Frances Liebenow Armstrong \u201936 Service Award.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91768\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"91768\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/14\/governor-announces-umw-board-of-visitors-appointments-3\/devon-cushman\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1706,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Mary Otanez Photography&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1618924645&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Mary Otanez Photography&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Devon Cushman&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Devon W. Cushman&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Devon W. Cushman\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-200x300.jpg 200w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-683x1024.jpg 683w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-768x1152.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-760x1140.jpg 760w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-400x600.jpg 400w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/devon-cushman-mary-otanez-photography-photographer-richmond-virginia-MO4_0283-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Devon Williams Cushman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Returning Vice Rector Devon Cushman has worn many hats during her career: litigation attorney, law professor, general counsel and \u2013 most recently \u2013 entrepreneur. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science from Mary Washington and earning her J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law, she worked as a litigator at Morris &amp; Morris (now McCandlish Holton) and Hirschler Fleischer, where she was recognized by Virginia Business as \u201cLegal Elite\u201d and by Virginia Super Lawyers as a \u201cRising Star.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cushman also has served as an adjunct professor at Richmond Law and as assistant general counsel at Capital One, where she partnered with the policy affairs team to advance the company\u2019s legislative agenda. Cushman recently founded a design company called Dutch Door. In addition, she supports the greater Richmond community as a pro bono attorney.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91752\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"91752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/14\/governor-announces-umw-board-of-visitors-appointments-3\/alida5459-680x453\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/alida5459-680x453-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,453\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T2i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1389392826&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Allida M. Black&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/alida5459-680x453-1-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/alida5459-680x453-1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/alida5459-680x453-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Allida M. Black\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/alida5459-680x453-1-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/alida5459-680x453-1.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/alida5459-680x453-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allida M. Black<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Allida Black is a distinguished scholar and human rights advocate who serves as managing director of Allenswood Group, LLC, an organization founded to empower individuals and strengthen democracy through civic engagement, grassroots activism and education.<\/p>\n<p>She is historian and advisor to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and a distinguished visiting scholar at the Miller Center for Public Affairs. Prior to this, she served as a research professor of history and international affairs at The George Washington University (GWU). She is founding editor and editorial advisory board chair for the <a href=\"https:\/\/erpapers.columbian.gwu.edu\/\">Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project<\/a>. Black also served as executive editor of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fdr4freedoms.org\/\">fdr4freedoms Digital Resource<\/a>, an online education and advocacy program dedicated to President Franklin D. Roosevelt\u2019s Four Freedoms.\u00a0She has been an advisor to documentaries on PBS, The History Channel, A&amp;E and The Discovery Channel, and has authored seven books and multiple articles on women, politics and human rights policy.<\/p>\n<p>Black is a current trustee for the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Foundation and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. She is the recipient of GWU\u2019s Millennium Medal, the 2001 Person of Vision Award from the Arlington County Commission on the Status of Women and the James A. Jordan Award from Penn State University. In 2013, she received the Interactive Media Council\u2019s \u201cBest in Class\u201d award and an Independent Publisher Book Award silver medal. She is a member of the Leadership Council of the Marjorie Kovler Center for the Survivors of Torture.<\/p>\n<p>Black earned a doctorate in history from GWU, a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science from Emory University and a certificate in international humanitarian law from the U.S. Institute of Peace.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91754\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"91754\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/14\/governor-announces-umw-board-of-visitors-appointments-3\/patrick-mcginnis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1843,1843\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Patricia Gwaltney McGinnis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Patricia Gwaltney McGinnis\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-768x768.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-600x600.jpg 600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis-75x75.jpg 75w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Patrick-McGinnis.jpg 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricia Gwaltney McGinnis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pat McGinnis is a public policy consultant and part-time artist in Washington, D.C.\u00a0\u00a0She has held positions in government, business, the nonprofit sector and academia. In government, she served as advisor to the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs in the Obama administration. She has also been on the Senate Budget Committee staff, the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Health and Human Services, and the Office of Management and Budget, where she led the effort to create the U.S. Department of Education during the Carter administration.<\/p>\n<p>McGinnis was president and CEO of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Council for Excellence in Government, an organization of business leaders who previously served in government.\u00a0Founder and principal of public strategy firm FMR Group, McGinnis was a senior associate at international management consulting firm Cresap, McCormick and Paget.<\/p>\n<p>McGinnis has also served as part-time faculty at the University of Maryland, Georgetown University and most recently The George Washington University, where she was Distinguished Professor\u00a0of Practice at the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration.\u00a0Currently, McGinnis is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a member of the board of the Congressional Management Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science and government from Mary Washington and a master\u2019s degree from Harvard University\u2019s John F. Kennedy School of Government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Governor\u2019s Office announced on Friday the appointment of Robert J. Strassheim \u201996 of Keswick, Virginia, to the University of Mary Washington Board of Visitors (BOV). In addition, BOV Vice Rector Devon Williams Cushman \u201993 of Richmond, as well as members Allida M. Black of Arlington and Patricia \u201cPat\u201d Gwaltney McGinnis \u201969 of Washington, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":705,"featured_media":91766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[704],"tags":[14960,806,14959,14961,14962],"topics":[5144],"class_list":{"0":"post-91756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-allida-m-black","9":"tag-board-of-visitors","10":"tag-devon-w-cushman","11":"tag-patricia-g-mcginnis","12":"tag-robert-j-strassheim","13":"topic-news","14":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Governor Announces UMW Board of Visitors Appointments - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/14\/governor-announces-umw-board-of-visitors-appointments-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Governor Announces UMW Board of Visitors Appointments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Virginia Governor\u2019s Office announced on Friday the appointment of Robert J. 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