| EVMS News: Vincent Napolitano Elected Rector of EVMS Board of Visitors |
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Wayne Wilbanks and John P. Rathbone Also Join Board LeadershipJune 29, 2005Vincent Napolitano  NORFOLK—Vincent Napolitano, a Virginia Beach developer in his second term on the Eastern Virginia Medical School Board of Visitors, has been named rector of the board effective July 1. Napolitano replaces Harry T. Lester, who was named president of EVMS on May 24. Lester will resign from the Board effective June 30. Napolitano is president of Napolitano Homes, a residential construction company that builds single-family and multi-family housing. He was a member of the EVMS Foundation Development Committee before the Foundation appointed him to the Board of Visitors in July 2002. Napolitano holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Virginia Tech. He is a senior life director of the National Association of Home Builders and a board member of the Home Builders Association of Virginia and the Tidewater Builders Association. Napolitano also is a member of the Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children and a member of the Birdneck Point Civic League and of the Star of the Sea Catholic Church. Other officers elected in a unanimous vote by the Board of Visitors are Wayne Wilbanks, vice rector; and John P. Rathbone, secretary/treasurer. Wilbanks is managing principal and chief investment officer of Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management, LLC, the firm he founded. He also chairs the firm’s Investment Committee. He graduated from Duke University with a degree in economics and also studied at Georgetown University’s Program of Comparative Business at Oxford University in England. Wilbanks, who was appointed to the EVMS Board of Visitors in December 2001, is president of the Norfolk Forum, chairman of the Virginia Symphony Foundation and a member of the boards of the Virginia Treasury and Norfolk Academy. John P. Rathbone, executive vice president of administration with Norfolk Southern Corporation, was appointed to the EVMS Board of Visitors in October 2004 by the EVMS Foundation. Rathbone has served in a variety of leadership positions at Norfolk Southern Corporation since 1992. He began his career as an accountant with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell in 1977. Previously, he served as controller of Norfolk Southern. Rathbone received a B.A. in history and English from Virginia Tech. He also did post-baccalaureate studies in accounting at The College of William and Mary. Rathbone, a CPA, has completed the Duke Executive Management Program and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the United Way of South Hampton Roads and on the Board of Trustees of The College of William and Mary Foundation. Top For more information, contact: Doug Gardner, Director of News and Publications EVMS Office of Institutional Advancement (757) 446-6070 - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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