Randall P. Copeland, Chairman and Founder Velocity Micro, Inc., Richmond, Virginia

September 30, 2009 Wednesday
Place: Hiner Auditorium
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Topic: The Responsible Entrepreneurial Leader - Values That Make $$

MR. COPELAND, a 1986 graduate of Longwood with a bachelor's degree in business administration, began his career as a sales associate for Colonial Marble Products, a family-operated business in Petersburg, Va. He joined Masco Corporation in 1989 as a regional sales manager for their StarMark brand kitchen cabinets. In 1991, he founded his first company, Smart Marketing, Inc., an independent manufacturer's representative firm providing cabinetry, countertops, and plumbing products to Virginia contractors and kitchen dealers. After seeing an opening in the market a year later, he began offering his existing kitchen clientele custom built, high powered computers to run demanding computer aided design (CAD) programs for kitchen and bath layouts and information management. In 1997, he split the two business units and officially founded Velocity Micro as a premium PC manufacturer, specializing in high end workstations and gaming systems. Velocity Micro has now grown into the largest independently owned boutique PC manufacturer in the US.

In February 2002, a national review established Velocity Micro as a leading provider of custom PCs and a nationally recognized brand among enthusiasts. Velocity Micro has since won over 50 national Editors' Choice awards from major publications such as PC Magazine, Cnet, PC Gamer, PCWorld, Computer Shopper, and MaximumPC, as well as PC Magazine's coveted "Best of the Year" awards in 2004 and 2008, and their Reader's Choice Award for Service and Reliability in 2007. In addition, Velocity is a worldwide leader in launching the latest technologies, and was the first company in the world to launch dual core processors, quad core processors, and Windows Vista.

Now targeting mainstream users as well as gamers, enthusiasts, and the research and scientific communities, Velocity Micro desktops, notebooks, and peripherals can be found at nearly every major electronics retailer or etailer in the country including Best Buy, Fry's, Amazon, Staples, Walmart, Costco, Newegg.com, and Target.

Mr. Copeland earned the rank of Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America in 1982 and has worked in several volunteer roles with local Scout units in Richmond. He is an active supporter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Hera Foundation, and several other charitable organizations. In 2005, he was a finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Virginia. He lives in Chesterfield with his wife and three children.

www.velocitymicro.com

Brenda L. Skidmore, President SunTrust Foundation, Mid-Atlantic, Richmond, Virginia

November 4, 2009 Wednesday
Place: Hiner Auditorium
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Topic: Credit Where Credit is Due: Banks, Their Clients and Communities

MS. SKIDMORE began her career with SunTrust in 1975 and has served in a variety of positions over the past 34 years. Currently serving as president of the SunTrust Foundation and as senior vice president of government relations for SunTrust Bank, she is a graduate of the Virginia School of Bank Management at the University of Virginia and the Graduate School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University.

She also holds a number of community based positions including serving on the boards of Virginia Free, The Sorensen Institute, Virginia College Foundation, and the Richmond SPCA. She serves the Commonwealth of Virginia as a commissioner of the Virginia Public School Bond Authority and as a member of the Attorney General's Regulatory Reform Task Force. She is also currently an active member of the Financial Services Roundtable Government Relations Council, the American Bankers Association Legislative Action Committee and the Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina Bankers Government Relations Committees.

SunTrust, with assets of $180 billion, is headquartered in Atlanta, GA, and is one of the nation's largest and strongest financial institutions. Through its flagship subsidiary, SunTrust Bank, the company provides deposit, credit, and trust and investment services to a broad range of retail, business and institutional clients. Other subsidiaries provide mortgage banking, asset management, equipment leasing, brokerage, and capital market services. The company serves five million households with approximately 1,700 branch offices and operates in Alabama, Arkansas, DC, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

www.suntrust.com

Frank Fei Qiu, CEO and Ting Xu, President, Evergreen Enterprises, Inc., Richmond Virginia

February 09, 2010 Tuesday
Place: Hiner Auditorium
Time: 7:00 p.m.

EVERGREEN ENTERPRISES is one of the leading designers, manufacturers and marketers of garden and home decoration products. It creates and maintains a very broad offering of over 8,000 products, including a wide array of flags, bird related products, outdoor lighting, garden statutory, table top items, kitchen accessories, wall décor and accent furniture. Evergreen markets its products through its dedicated company sales force of 85 territory managers covering all fifty states and 8 key account sales managers. The account base of Evergreen is comprised of over 14,000 independently owned retailers and 200 large chain retailers.

Mr. Qiu and Ms. Xu were born and raised in Shanghai, China. Ms. Xu was admitted in 1984 to Fudan University, but she left to continue her education at Old Dominion University to study computer sciences. After receiving a master's degree in 1989, she went to work for the Virginia State Health department as a computer programmer. In 1991, with the goal of helping her parents to have a second career after coming to the U.S., Ms. Xu along with her parents started Evergreen Enterprises, Inc. in their two car garage in Richmond's west end.

Mr. Qiu obtained his bachelor's degree in business from Fudan University and served a assistant professor in a major think-tank in Shanghai before joining his fiancée and college sweetheart in Virginia in 1987. He holds a master's degree in economics. From 1993 to today, Mr. Qiu and his wife have grown Evergreen Enterprises from their garage to a major player in the giftware industry. In 2000, Mr. Qiu received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of Year award for Virginia. In 2004, he received the Virginia Governor's citation for an excellent contribution for buying and preserving an ailing local company. That same year a Virginia business delegation lead by Governor Warner toured Mr. Qiu's Ningbo facility and proclaimed it as a new Virginia international business model.

Mr. Qiu acts as a goodwill ambassador for Sino-American relationships and is proud of his heritage and American citizenship. He feels patriotically responsible to help fellow Americans to do well in China. Ms. Xu is a member of the Chinese American Organization and is a parent volunteer at the MaggieWalker Governor School where their two children currently attend school.

www.myevergreen.com

D. Alan Walker, Chief Marketing Officer, Virginia Asset Management, LLC, Midlothian, Virginia

March 18, 2010 Thursday
Place: Hiner Auditorium
Time: 7:00 p.m.

FOUNDED IN 1986, Virginia Asset Management is an independent financial and benefit planning firm. Mr.Walker joined the organization in 1996 to be president of its affiliated Employee Benefits Company named Benefit Resource Group, Inc. (BRG). BRG quickly grew to be a player in the benefits advising and servicing arena. BRG then merged its operations with Virginia Asset Management (VAM) in 2001, and that year Mr.Walker was named chief marketing officer and equity partner of VAM. Mr.Walker also provides oversight of VAM's newest venture, Select Brokers, LLC, a brokerage insurance firm.

Prior to joining VAM, Mr.Walker teamed with Rogers Benefit Group (RBG) in 1989, a national marketing and servicing company of employee benefits within the small employer arena that has been operational since 1948. RBG is considered one of the oldest and largest employee benefits and insurance general agencies in the U.S. In 1990, he opened the Richmond office for RBG and continued to build their brokerage network of advisors, business development efforts and market presence.

Beginning his employee benefits career in Hampton Roads with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia, Mr.Walker quickly moved into territorial management and new business development of employee healthcare for organizations with 50 to 250 employees within cities in the Tidewater area. He was consistently recognized and ranked highly in the state within the organization for new business development and for employee benefits client retention.

Mr. Walker is a member of the Virginia Association of Health Underwriters (Richmond Chapter) and National Association of Health Underwriters, and currently maintains an industry designation of Certified Long Term Care. He has served on various statewide Broker Advisory Councils such as Anthem, Southern Health, and United Healthcare and served in leadership roles and on boards of for and not-for-profit organizations.

A 1985 business graduate of Longwood, Mr.Walker is married and has three children. Their oldest son is a junior majoring in criminal justice at Longwood.

www.vamllc.com

John D. Wiggins, Operations Manager Stock Building Supply LLC Smoot Lumber Division, Alexandria, Virginia

April 8, 2010 Thursday
Place: Lee Grand Dining Hall
Time: 6:00 p.m. (By invitation only)

MR. WIGGINS began his professional career in 2002 with Stock Building Supply. Throughout his eight years with the company, he has held management positions in Gastonia, N.C., Charlottesville, Va, Warrenton, Va, and Baltimore, Md. Mr. Wiggins was one of 25 Wolseley associates selected for the inaugural International Development Programme held in Hampshire, England. Currently he is the operations manager for Stock Building Supply LLC, Smoot Lumber division in Alexandria, Va.

Stock is a national leader in the distribution of building materials and construction services to professional home builders and contractors in the U.S. The company was formed following Wolseley PLC's acquisition of Carolina Builders in 1986 and has subsequently grown through a series of acquisitions. In 2009, following a significant restructuring, a majority ownership of Stock Building Supply was acquired by The Gores Group LLC, a private equity firm specializing in recapitalization of mature companies in various industries. Stock Building Supply is headquartered in Raleigh, N.C. and operates from 85 locations in 10 states.

While earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in International Economics from Longwood's College of Business and Economics, Mr. Wiggins held leadership positions and was involved with numerous organizations including the Dean's Student Advisory Board for the College of Business and Economics, Student Government Association, and the Judicial Board. He also participated in and assisted with the development of a Study Abroad Program with the Ecole de Gestion et de Commerce in St. Nazaire, France. During his senior year, John was a recipient of the Sharon Gingras Economic Excellence Award, and named the Outstanding Senior in the College of Business and Economics. John is currently active with the College of Business and Economics Alumni Advisory Board.

He and his family reside in Catonsville, Md where he is involved with his church, community athletics and performing arts programs.

www.thegoresgroup.com