Advancement Committee Meeting September 15, 2023

The Advancement Committee met on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. in the Madison Room of the David Student Union with Chair of the Committee John Lawson, presiding.

Present from the Committee

John R. Lawson, Chair
Regina Brayboy
William Estrada
C. Larry Pope
Lindsey Carney Smith, Esq., Rector
Judy Ford Wason

Absent from the Committee

Ron Tillett

Present from the University

William G. Kelly, President
Willy Donaldson, Faculty Senate Representative
Jennifer Latour, VP for Finance and Planning, and Chief Financial Officer
Spencer McDonald, Controller of CNU Foundations
Adelia P. Thompson, VP of Advancement, External Engagement and the Arts

Others Present

Bob Colvin
Jim Hanchett
Kenneth Kidd
Christine Ledford
Kyle McMullin
Deborah Roundtree

At 8:30 a.m. Chair John Lawson called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone present.

Chair Lawson called for a motion to approve the minutes from the June 9, 2023 Advancement Committee meeting. William Estrada provided the motion, seconded by Judy Ford Wason. The minutes were unanimously approved.

Closed Session

At 8:33 a.m. Chair Lawson called for a motion to enter closed session under Freedom of Information Act § 2.2-3711 (A)(9) Gifts, Bequests and Fundraising. C. Larry Pope provided the motion, seconded by Judy Wason and the committee went into closed session.

Return to Open Session

At 9:26 a.m. Chair Lawson called for a motion to enter open session which was completed by Regina Brayboy. William Estrada seconded the motion and the motion passed by unanimous vote of the Committee.

The Committee returned to open session at 9:27 a.m. and Regina Brayboy read the certification language: The Advancement Committee of Christopher Newport University certifies that, to the best of each member’s knowledge, (i) only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under this chapter were discussed in the closed meeting to which this certification applies, and (ii) only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the closed session was convened were heard, discussed or considered by the Committee.

Ms. Brayboy asked the Committee Members to certify that only public matters were discussed that were identified in the motion by which the closed meeting was called, Chair John Lawson, Regina Brayboy, William Estrada, C. Larry Pope, Rector Lindsey Carney Smith, and Judy Ford Wason certified to the above through a roll call, by Ms. Roundtree.

Chair Lawson called for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Rector Lindsey Carney Smith made a motion which was seconded by C. Larry Pope. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 a.m.