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Kimberly Acquaviva (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈
@kimacquaviva.bsky.social
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Preppy queer @UVA professor striving to make healthcare LGBTQIA+ inclusive. Views are my own & don't represent my employer.
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And, thank you @creighdeeds.bsky.social!
August 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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For higher education to function, students and faculty must be free to think and speak their minds. Students, faculty, and all who care about higher education must stand up and fight back against this unprecedented continuing assault. We have no choice.

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July 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Terrified that this is what's next for UVA.
July 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Safe travels!
July 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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The previous two presidential search committees looked MUCH different. The current Rector’s disrespect for shared governance is staggering.
2009 Presidential Search • 9 current BOV members • 2 former BOV members (both Rectors) • 6 faculty members • 2 students BOV Members • John O. Wynne (Law '71), rector, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia • W. Heywood Fralin (College '62), immediate past rector, Board of Visitors • Daniel R. Abramson (College '70), vice rector, Board of Visitors • A. Macdonald Caputo (College '63, Law '66), Board of Visitors • Susan Y. Dorsey (Architecture '82, Darden 87), Board of Visitors • Helen E. Dragas (College '84, Darden 88), Board of Visitors • Austin Ligon, Board of Visitors • Vincent J. Mastracco Jr. (College '61), Board of Visitors • Warren M. Thompson (Darden 83), Board of Visitors Former BOV Members • Thomas F. Farrell || (College '76, Law '79), former rector and current member of the board of the University's College at Wise • Gordon F. Rainey (College 62, Law '67), former rector and current chairman of the University's $3 billion capital campaign Faculty • Robert Eatton Jr., Julia A. Cooper Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs in the Department of Politics and associate dean of graduate programs in the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. • James N. Galloway, Sidman P. Poole Professor of Environmental Sciences and associate dean for the sciences in the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. • Ann B. Hamric, professor in the School of Nursing and chair of the Faculty Senate. • John C. Jeffries Jr. (Law '73), David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law. He joined the faculty in 1975, and served from 2001 to 2008 as dean of the School of Law. • Deborah E. McDowell, director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies and Alice Griffin Professor of Literary Studies. • Dr. Peyton T. Taylor, Crockett Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine, founding director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and associate medical director of the U.Va. Cancer Center. Students • J… 2017 Presidential Search 11 current BOV members 3 former BOV members (2 of them Rectors) • 5 faculty members 2 students • 1 senior member of the UVA Medical Center management team BOV Members • William H. Goodwin, Jr. (Darden 66), Rector (co-Chair) • Frank M. "Rusty" Conner III (College '78, Law '81), Vice Rector (co-Chair) • Mark T. Bowles • L.D. Britt, M.D. (College '72) • Whittington W. "Whitt" Clement (College '70, Law '74) • Elizabeth M. Cranwell (College '86) • Thomas A. DePasquale (Commerce '82) • Barbara J. Fried (College '04) • Babur B. Lateef, M.D. • John G. Macfarlane III (Darden '79) • James B. Murray Jr. (College '68) Former BOV Members • Thomas F. Farrell || (College '76, Law '79) CEO of Dominion Resources Inc., and former rector, Board of Visitors • Victoria D. Harker (College '86), COO of Tegna Inc., former member of the Board of Visitors, and former chair of the UVA Alumni Association Board of Managers • George Keith Martin (College 75), managing partner, McGuireWoods LLP, and former rector, Board of Visitors Students of Visitors • Phoebe A. Willis (College '13), second-year Law and Darden student and student representative, Board • Aryn Frazier, fourth-year undergraduate student and a recently named Rhodes Scholar Faculty • John C. Jeffries Jr. (Law '73), David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law and former dean, UVA School of Law • Robert. F. Bruner, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and dean emeritus, Darden School of Business • Michael F. Suarez, S.J., University Professor of English and director, Rare Book School • Margaret Foster "Mimi" Riley, chair of the Faculty Senate and Professor of Law • Jahan Ramazani (College '81), University Professor and Edgar F. Shannon Professor, Department of English Senior Administrator - UVA Health • Pamela Sutton-Wallace, CEO, UVA Medical Center 2025 Presidential Search • 12 current BOV members (1 is the student rep, 1 is the faculty rep) • 3 former BOV members (1 of them a Rector) • 4 Vice Presidents and senior leaders • 4 alumni • 3 faculty members • 1 student • 1 staff member BOV Members • Rachel Sheridan, committee chair: rector of the University; president, Virginia Athletics Foundation; partner, Capital Markets Group, Kirkland & Ellis. Sheridan earned an undergraduate degree from UVA in 1994 and a law degree in 1998. She is the parent of a UVA student. • Porter Wilkinson, committee vice chair: vice rector of the University; counselor and chief of staff, Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents. Wilkinson earned a law degree from UVA in 2007. • Jim Donovan: member, UVA Board of Visitors; vice chairman, Global Client Coverage at Goldman Sachs; adjunct professor, UVA School of Law; board member, Karsh Institute of Democracy. Donovan is the parent of a UVA student. • Marvin Gilliam: member, UVA Board of Visitors; owner and manager, MAM Development; trustee, Virginia Athletics Foundation. Gilliam graduated from UVA in 1978. • John Harris: member, UVA Board of Visitors; private investor and previous managing director, chief financial officer and senior adviser for The Carlyle Group. Harris graduated from UVA in 1982. • Paul Manning: member, UVA Board of Visitors; chair, UVA Health System Board; chair and CEO of PBM Capital • John Nau: member, UVA Board of Visitors; former chair and CEO of Silver Eagle Distributors. Nau graduated from UVA in 1968. • Dr. David Okonkwo: member, UVA Board of Visitors; professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Okonkwo is a 1994 UVA graduate and the parent of a UVA student. • Amanda Pillion: member, UVA Board of Visitors; former mayor of Abingdon. Pillion earned an undergraduate degree from UVA in 1997 and a master's in 1999. She is the parent of a UVA student. • Doug Wetmore: member, UVA Board of Visitors; senior vice president for business development, … Former BOV Members • Dr. Babur Lateef: former member, UVA Board of Visitors; former chair, UVA Health System Board; chair, Prince William County School Board; founder and owner, Advanced Ophthalmology. Lateef is a UVA graduate student. • George Martin: former rector of the University; former managing partner, McGuireWoods. Martin graduated from UVA in 1975. • Jimmy Reyes: former member, UVA Board of Visitors; owner, Reyes Holdings Vice Presidents & Senior Leaders Kenyon Bonner: UVA vice president and chief student affairs officer. Bonner is the parent of a UVA student. • Lori McMahon: UVA vice president for research; professor of neuroscience • Dr. Mitch Rosner: chair, UVA Department of Medicine; Henry B. Mulholland Professor of Medicine; interim executive vice president for health affairs at UVA Health • Carla Williams: UVA director of athletics. Williams is the parent of a UVA student. Faculty • Philip Bourne: founding dean, School of Data Science; professor of biomedical engineering • David Leblang: Ambassador Henry J. Taylor and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Endowed Professor of Politics at the College of Arts & Sciences; professor of public policy, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy; director of policy studies, UVA's Miller Center of Public Affairs Sherri Moore: associate professor, Mcintire School of Commerce. Moore graduated from UVA in 1985. Staff Student • Adam Richard: co-chair, UVA Staff Senate Executive Committee • Quana Dennis: faculty member, Saint Anne's-Belfield School. Dennis graduated from UVA in 2023 and earned a master's in 2024 and is a UVA doctoral student. Alumni • Gretchen Walsh: Olympian; world record holder; NCAA Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year (swimming and diving). Walsh graduated from UVA in May. • Marvin Bush: vice president and director, Winston Capital Management and Winston Partners Group; vice president, Virginia Athletics Foundation. Bush graduated from UVA in 1979. • Pam Edmonds: trustee emerita, the College Foundati…
July 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM