University of Richmond Elects Five New Trustees
June 26, 2003
The University of Richmond has elected five people to serve on its board of trustees. They are Larry E. Brown of Richmond, Worth H. Carter Jr. of Martinsville, Rafael E. Martinez of Orlando, Fla., Kit T. Moncrief of Fort Worth, Texas, and Guy A. Ross of East Hampton, N.Y.
Three others were reelected to the board: Robert S. Jepson Jr. of Savannah, Ga., Otis D. Coston Jr. of McLean and Paul B. Queally of New Canaan, Conn.
Brown is a 1971 Richmond graduate, president of Brown Distributing Company and chairman of Entrada Technologies, a mobile technology supplier to consumer packaged goods companies. He serves as a director of CAREing Foundation, a youth-oriented substance abuse prevention program that educates through theater and the arts. In addition to his Richmond degree, Brown studied engineering at MIT in 1977-78.
Carter is chairman and president of Bank Services of Virginia Inc. and chairman of 10 community banks in Southwestern Virginia. The community banks jointly own Bank Services Insurance, Bank Building Corporation and Mortgage Company of Virginia. Carter was a member of the Martinsville School Board for a number of years and served as chairman from 1980-1991. He received a B.A. from Richmond in 1958.
Martinez is a partner in the law firm McEwan, Martinez & Dukes, a general practice firm with a heavy concentration on defense litigation. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Lawyers and has served on numerous bar association committees. Martinez recently was appointed public delegate to the United Nations 57th General Assembly. He is a member of the boards of SunTrust N.A. and the YMCA of the United States. He received a B.S. from the University of Florida in 1973 and a J.D. from Florida State University in 1976. He is the parent of a rising Richmond sophomore.
Moncrief is owner of Moncrief Quarter Horses and co-owner of Moncrief Ranches Co. She is president of the board of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame and a member of the board of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She serves on the board of the Fort Worth Symphony and with numerous arts, cultural and educational organizations in the Fort Worth and Dallas areas. She is the parent of a rising Richmond sophomore.
Ross is a partner of Waterford LLP in Middleburg and East Hampton, N.Y. He recently relocated to East Hampton. He is an immediate past member of the university's board of associates, former board member of the Piedmont Environmental Council, former appointee to the Virginia Assembly Committee on the Environment in Virginia and current board member of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Fla. Ross received a B.A. from Richmond in 1973 and an M.A. from Georgetown University.