NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Collegiate’s Board of Trustees welcomed these new members recently. We appreciate the hard work they and other members of the Board do on behalf of the School.
UKAY JACKSON Ukay Jackson, mother of Madison ’19 and Mia ’17, is a seasoned nonprofit leader and volunteer in the Richmond community. She worked for more than 15 years in sales and marketing with Eli Lilly and Company. She is the chair of Circle of Red and their Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors of the American Heart Association RVA. Additional board memberships include YWCA, Council of Historic Richmond, Liaison Committee SMVA, Children’s Home Society, Science Museum of Virginia, Cure by Design Ambassador – ACS Richmond, Emerge Virginia and the Collegiate School Parent Leadership Committee. Ukay also serves as a member of the Woman’s Club of Richmond, Links Incorporated, Continental Societies and Jack & Jill Inc. Born in Nigeria, Ukay brings a direct multi-cultural perspective and outlook to her endeavors. Her family migrated to the United States when she was 8 years old under the leadership of her father, a neurosurgeon who was a critical role model and major influence in shaping her career path. Ukay is married to Dr. Richard Jackson, who directs his family’s third-generation practice serving the Richmond community. Ukay received her BS from the University of Illinois and enjoys tennis, global travel and cultural studies, theater, classical music, cooking and entertaining.
MARK STEPANIAN Mark graduated from Collegiate in 1989. He and his wife, Maureen, have four children at Collegiate – Tyler ’23, Jack ’21, Nicholas ’18 and Megan ’16. Mark received his BA from Hampden-Sydney College and his MBA from VCU. He has worked for his family’s business, Loveland Distributing Company, since graduating from college. Beginning in high school, Mark swept floors and did odd jobs in the warehousing operation. During college, he worked as a trainee in sales and after college, he began his full-time employment with Loveland as a sales representative. Over the last 22 years, Mark has worked in a variety of roles at Loveland, serving now as President/CEO. Mark currently sits on the board of the Cullather Brain Tumor Quality of Life Center at Bon Secours and the Virginia Beer Wholesalers Association (Current Board Member, Past Chairman of VBWA Management Committee). He is a past board member of the Collegiate Alumni Board, Massey Cancer Advisory Board, Comfort Zone Camp, Henrico County Police Foundation and Western Wildcat Youth Football Association. Mark enjoys hunting and fishing, snow skiing, coaching youth football and watching his children compete for the Cougars.
CARTER REID Car ter is Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at Dominion Resources. She oversees the corporate services provided to Dominion’s operating companies, including information technology, human resources and supply chain management, as well as the corporate secretary, compliance and environmental groups. Car ter joined Dominion Resources as assistant general counsel in 1996 and was named managing counsel in 2000. While in the legal department, she focused on mergers and acquisitions, finance, securities law and general corporate law. She became director-Executive Compensation in 2003 and Vice President-Governance and Corporate Secretary in 2007. She was named Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary in 2011 and became Senior Vice President-Administrative Services and Corporate Secretary in January 2013. She became Senior Vice President-Administrative Services, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary in July 2013 and assumed her current post in January 2014. Before joining Dominion, Carter was an associate at McGuireWoods and Hunton & Williams. A graduate of James Madison University, she received her law degree from the University of Richmond’s T.C. Williams School of Law. Carter serves on the boards of the Richmond World Affairs Council, the Virginia Repertory Theatre and Energy Insurance Mutual. She serves on the executive committee of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond and is the executive sponsor of Dominion’s Women’s Resource Group. She is a past board and executive committee member of the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Carter and her husband Joe have two children at Collegiate – Will ’18 and Katherine ’16. Carter has been an active supporter and volunteer at Collegiate. She has served as room parent, hosted the Fall Parent Party, assisted with book sales and directory sales, Village Green fair events, Annual Fund parent volunteer, provided support to the International Emerging Leader Conferences and is coordinating the trip to France this summer for the junior girls.
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