University of Richmond Board of Trustees Elects Seven New Members
May 13, 2004
The University of Richmond's Board of Trustees elected seven new members during its May meeting. The new members are Kevin M. Cox, F. Amanda DeBusk, Allen B. King, Daniel J. Ludeman, John Robert McDonald, Janice R. Moore and Cathleen Magennis Wyatt.
Cox is a managing director of Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation Inc. in New York. During his career, he has been responsible for Merrill Lynch's merchant banking, creditor relations and investment banking areas and worked out of its Tokyo branch from 1994-96. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he was with Chase Manhattan Bank. He is a graduate of the University of Richmond and parent of a rising senior and an incoming first-year student.
DeBusk is an attorney in the international department of Miller & Chevalier in Washington, D.C. She formerly served as U.S. Commerce Department assistant secretary for export enforcement. She has been a member of the university's President's Council and currently serves on the university's Board of Associates. She received her B.A. from Richmond and her J.D. from Harvard.
King is chairman, president and CEO of Universal Corporation, the world's largest independent tobacco merchant and leading lumber and building products distributor in the Netherlands. He is also chairman, president and CEO of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company Inc. He serves on the board of Circuit City and is the parent of an alumnus of Richmond's law school.
Ludeman is president and CEO of Wachovia Securities, the firm resulting from the merger of Wachovia Securities and Prudential Financial Inc. in 2003. He began his career with Wheat, First Securities in Richmond and advanced through the various mergers and acquisitions with Butcher & Singer, First Union, Everen Capital and Wachovia. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech and earned his MBA from William & Mary.
McDonald is president of McDonald Development Company and McDonald Construction Co. in Atlanta, the developer of a number of large commercial projects there including Kelly-Springfield Tire, Whirlpool and Quaker Oats. He is a member of the Emory University advisory board. He received his B.S. degree from Virginia Commonwealth and his master's of commerce from Richmond.
Moore is a partner at McGuireWoods LLP and works out of its Washington, D.C., office. Prior to joining McGuireWoods, she was employed by Enron Corporation, was senior counsel for employee relations at Mobil Oil, and worked for the Richmond law firm of Hunton & Williams. Her practice has focused on international and domestic energy commodities. She is a graduate of Goucher College and received her J.D. from Richmond.
Wyatt served as secretary of economic development for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1992-96, presiding over the Virginia Port Authority, Department of Economic Development, Virginia Employment Commission and Department of Forestry. She also served as co-head of the Governor's Commission on Defense Conversion and Economic Adjustment. She previously worked for Landsdowne Development, a subsidiary of Xerox Corp., and Remington International and was a director of The Fairfax Group Ltd. She received her B.A. from Notre Dame University, majoring in government and economics.