Virginia 529

Vincent Carpenter, Vice-Chairman

Vincent Carpenter is the founder of Chesapeake Financial Services (CFS) and is an NASD Series 7 Registered Representative, an NASD Series 24 Registered Principal with Seaboard Securities, Inc., a licensed life and health insurance consultant, and a broker with several leading life and health insurance companies.

Dr. Glenn DuBois

Dr. Glenn DuBois became Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System in July 2001. He acts as chief executive officer of a 23-college, 40-campus system of comprehensive community colleges located throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Manju Ganeriwala

Treasurer Ganeriwala was appointed State Treasurer on January 1, 2009. Prior to her appointment, she served as the Deputy Secretary of Finance from 2006 to 2009.

Philip R. Langham

Philip R. Langham acts as the Richmond Retirement System’s (System) chief investment officer and pension expert overseeing the fiscal management and administration of the System’s $500 million in assets. The System services more than 10,000 active, former, and retired City of Richmond, Richmond Behavioral Health Authority, and Richmond Public Schools employees in Virginia.

Shawn McLaughlin, Chairman

Shawn McLaughlin is the founding President of McLaughlin Ryder Investments, LLC, an Alexandria money management firm. Prior to starting McLaughlin Ryder Investments, in 2003 he worked as Senior Vice President of Investments for Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. in Alexandria for 20 years.

Amy Nisenson

Amy Nisenson is the Executive Director of The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation, which provides financial support principally for capital projects for tax-exempt organizations in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

R. Fern Spencer

Fern Spencer currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and as Treasurer of the VMFA Foundation. Prior, Ms. Spencer was at the New York Private Bank & Trust as a Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and served as a Principal and Chief Compliance Officer of HPM Partners LLC, a subsidiary of Emigrant Bancorp and an SEC-registered investment advisery firm with offices in Chicago, Cleveland, New York and Richmond.

Mark Steppel

Mark Steppel is President and Senior Financial Planner at Sunrise Wealth Management, Inc. As a Certified Financial Planner^TM, he provides comprehensive financial planning services covering retirement planning and investment management, primarily to middle-income and wealthy individuals.

David A. Von Moll

As State Comptroller, Mr. Von Moll directs the operations of the Virginia Department of Accounts, which develops and implements statewide financial management and internal control policies and operates the state’s central financial management systems including accounting, payroll, fixed asset and disbursements.