Board of Visitors and Governors Membership Changes
With the new fiscal year starting July 1, six members concluded their terms, and five new members joined, along with two who began partway through the last fiscal year.
The leadership of the Board of Visitors and Governors, whose 34 current members oversee Washington College, had relatively minimal changes for the new year. Stephen T. Golding ’72 P’05 remains chair, and Valarie A. Sheppard ’86 is still the Board secretary. Richard T. Wheeler ’86 became vice chair, and the only new officer, Peter Maller ’90, took Wheeler’s previous position as treasurer.
The five members who joined the Board on July 1 are:
Jim Barossi '05 is the Chief Operating Officer for Permit Capital. Barossi was a four-year letter winner on the men’s baseball team and was named one of the team’s captains in 2005. The former economics major worked in the alternative investments group for SEI Investments Company and Morgan Stanley’s AIP division prior to joining Permit Capital in 2014. Barossi earned an MBA from Villanova University as well as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He and his wife, Stephanie, reside in Hamilton, New Jersey with their three children.
Hilary Harp Falk is president and CEO of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. She has spent her career building strong, authentic partnerships, and is a proven expert in large-scale ecosystem restoration and leading organizational change. Falk’s national conservation leadership includes several executive roles at the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) culminating in Chief Program Officer. During her time at the Federation, she created and directed the Choose Clean Water Coalition, and led programs including wildlife conservation, coastal resiliency, water policy, greenhouse gas reduction, and environmental education. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland with her husband and two children.
Rebecca W. Rimel is an emeritus trustee of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Rimel joined Pew in 1983 as health program manager, became executive director five years later, and served as president and chief executive officer of The Pew Charitable Trusts from 1994 to 2020. Rimel and her husband Patrick Caldwell have lived in Kent County since 2001 and enjoy their time on the Bay and being a part of the very special Eastern Shore community.
Lisa F. Smith P’23 is committed to business and philanthropic efforts that lead to stronger communities and greater opportunities for people living in the greater Annapolis, Maryland area and the District of Columbia. Lisa serves in several volunteer and leadership positions, particularly with Annapolis area schools and non-profits in Washington, DC. Smith and her husband, Chris Smith, have four children. Their daughter, Isabella, is a 2023 Washington College graduate, with a Major in Music Performance on the Harp and a minor in Biology.
Caryn York '06 is the youngest, first Black woman President and CEO of the Women's Prison Association (WPA), the nation's oldest institution to prioritize the needs of women and mothers impacted by incarceration and homelessness. As the former CEO of Baltimore's Job Opportunities Task Force (JOTF), York brings over a decade of leadership and experience working with state and local government and community-based organizations in Maryland. At the helm of WPA, York’s vision is clear: making investments in systems-involved women and their children a societal norm. She holds a BA in International Studies from Washington College and currently resides in Manhattan, NY.
The Board of Visitors and Governors had previously welcomed two new members on October 6, 2022: Ryder Daniels ’90 and Laura Salladin ’85.
Ryder Daniels ’90 has spent his career harmonizing complex data to enable transparency and storytelling that make better decisions possible. As Founder & CEO of Capsaicin, he led the team that built next-generation analytics products used by companies like P&G, Disney, Microsoft, Coke, Mattel, Samsung, GM, Bank of America, Nielsen, Honda, and others. Capsaicin was acquired in 2015. He received his BA with departmental and thesis honors from Washington College and lives in Londonderry, New Hampshire with his wife Deborah and two daughters.
Laura E. Salladin ’85 served as Director of Human Resources at All Risks, Ltd., a national Specialty Lines insurance underwriting and brokerage company founded by her grandfather in 1964. She retired from All RIsks, Ltd. in 2000 when she and her husband started a family and founded Chesapeake Medical Imaging, an Annapolis based Radiology firm. She graduated from Washington College with a B.A. in History. Salladin and her family live in Edgewater, MD and Chestertown.
You can find full biographies for all members of the Board of Visitors and Governors on the Washington College website.
Washington College is grateful for the service of the six members whose terms ended June 30: Marc Bunting, Norris W. Commodore Jr. ’73, Richard Creighton’73, Thomas C. Crouse Jr. ’59, Regis de Ramel ’97, and William J. Harvey P’10.