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Three elected to board of trustees
Three people have been elected to fouryear terms on the University's board of trustees.
The new members are Richard S. Johnson of Richmond, Charles A. Ledsinger Jr. of Silver Spring, Md., and Patricia L. Rowland of Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Johnson is president and chief executive officer of The Wilton Companies, a fullservice real estate development company established in 1945. He and his partners purchased the company in 2002. Prior to acquiring Wilton, Johnson was chairman and CEO of Southern Title Insurance Co. and, subsequently, founder of Southern Financial, which became part of The Wilton Companies. He received a B.S.B.A. degree from the University of Richmond in 1973 and an M.S. from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1978.
Ledsinger is president and CEO of Choice Hotels International Inc., one of the world's largest hotel franchisors. Ledsinger joined Choice in 1998 and is based at the company's headquarters in Silver Spring. He previously served as president and COO of The St. Joe Company, Florida's largest private landowner and developer of master-planned communities, commercial and industrial facilities, resorts and location-based entertainment. He is a 1972 graduate of the University of Virginia and received an M.B.A. from the University of Memphis in 1977. He and his wife, Anita, are the parents of a Richmond junior.
Rowland is co-founder of Act II, a firm dedicated to making tailored, affordable
health insurance available to retiring employees. She previously served as senior vice president for business development and marketing of CIGNA Healthcare. Rowland began her career with CIGNA in 1983. She received a B.S. in biology in 1977 and anM.B.A. in 1981, both from the University of Richmond.
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