VFCCE Adds Seven New Board Members
Share Article
With Virginia’s Top Executives at the Table, Foundation Aims to Broaden Access to Community Colleges
“The Foundation is not only tremendously honored but also tremendously served by the presence of these individuals,” says Stewart Roberson, Ed.D., VFCCE board chair and CEO of Richmond, Va.-based Moseley Architects. “Their levels of motivation and expertise, combined with a sense of responsibility, RICHMOND, Va. (PRWEB) March 11, 2021 Officials for the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education (VFCCE) announced the appointment of seven new board members. With Virginia’s top representatives in areas ranging from public policy and government to finance and healthcare, the Foundation’s board extends its mission for supporting Virginia’s students and 23 community colleges with greater access to educational opportunities. Virginia’s Community C
Debate on Australia’s future submarines is understandably focused on the information that floats out of the Defence Department about France’s Naval Group and the $80 billion program to design and build the boats.
It’s very sensible to be concerned about the program because of the contrast between the assurances Defence officials provide to parliament that everything is proceeding according to plan and the episodic need for high-level political intervention to resolve fundamental issues between Defence and its French industrial partner.
We saw this with the tortured, delayed effort to resolve the ‘strategic partnering agreement’ that took almost three years to sign. We saw it again this year when Naval Group and Defence were unable to resolve the issue of the Australian industry share in the program, a year after apparently agreeing to do so, without the intervention of various ministers during Naval Group boss Pierre Eric Pommellet’s recent visit to Australia.
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper caused considerable consternation in the naval aviation community late last year when he proposed a future fleet of 8 to 11 large aircraft carriers (CVNs) and
up to 6 light carriers. It has been apparent for several years that the continued construction of 100,000-ton nuclear-powered carriers should be questioned.
The latest “super carrier,” the USS
Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), has cost more than $15 billion and is several years behind schedule. At the same time, now-operational surveillance systems can provide a potential enemy with continuous tracking of carriers, with China having long-range, anticarrier ballistic missiles.
1
Member-Only Content
Proceedings since 1874.
Kari Wilkinson, an experienced naval architect and manager, will become the first woman to lead Ingalls Shipbuilding, a shipyard that is the largest private employer in Pascagoula, Mississippi; Wilkinson takes on her new role on April 1, 2021.