Wednesday, Sept. 23 to Friday, Sept. 25, the College of William and Mary’s Board of Visitors will convene for its first meeting of the 2026-27 academic year in Blow Memorial Hall.
Friday, June 5, Gov. Abigail Spanberger D.P.S. ’26 appointed Jeff Bourne ’99, J.D. ’07; Jennifer Davis P ’27, P ’30; Osman “Oz” Parvaiz ’99, P ’30; and Cynthia Hudson J.D. ’87 to the Board. Each is serving a four-year term, which began Wednesday, July 1. They succeeded Kendrick Ashton ’98, Steve Huebner ’76, Mike Petters M.B.A. ’93 and Laura Rigas ’01, all of whom former Gov. Glenn Youngkin D.P.S. ’22 appointed in 2022.
The four new members convened for the first time during the Board of Visitors Retreat in July, where the Board and College President Katherine Rowe discussed goals, committee plans and logistics for the upcoming academic year.
Jeff Bourne ’99, J.D. ’07
Bourne is the chief legal officer at The Branch Group, a commercial construction firm in Roanoke, Virginia. He also served as a Virginia Deputy Attorney General from 2014 to 2017 before representing Virginia’s 71st district, which includes the City of Williamsburg, in the state’s House of Delegates from 2017 to 2024.
In his elected positions, Bourne emphasized criminal justice reform, gun safety, school quality and economic opportunity. His accomplishments include introducing and passing state legislation to curb discriminatory housing practices and reform law enforcement response to mental health crises.
Bourne will serve as vice chair of the College’s Committee on Athletics and as a member of the Committee on Administration, Buildings and Grounds.
Jennifer Davis P ’27, P ’30
Davis is the Knott Distinguished Professor of the Practice in the Peace, War and Defense Curriculum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a parent of two current students at the College. She formerly served as a United States ambassador to the United Nations and as an assistant to multiple secretaries of state.
According to public records, Davis donated $1,000 to the 2026 Spanberger Inaugural Committee.
She will serve as vice chair of the Committee on Administration, Buildings and Grounds and as a member of the Committee on Academic Affairs.
Osman “Oz” Parvaiz ’99, P ’30
Parvaiz is the chief procurement officer for Capital One, where he has worked since graduating from the College. He manages the company’s global supply chain and seeks to work with more small and minority-owned businesses.
Parvaiz donated $2,500 to Spanberger’s gubernatorial campaign, and Capital One donated $103,500 to the 2026 Spanberger Inaugural Committee, according to public records.
Parvaiz will serve as a member of the Committee on Academic Affairs and the Committee on Student Success.
Cynthia Hudson J.D. ’87
Hudson is the owner and managing attorney of Eppes-Hudson Law, PLLC, which focuses on legal and government affairs. She is also a member of the McCammon Group, which provides alternative dispute resolution services. Previously, she served as Hampton, Virginia’s city attorney from 2006 to 2014 and Virginia’s chief deputy attorney general from 2014 to 2020. She also chaired former Gov. Ralph Northam’s D.P.S. ’18 Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in the Law, which recommended numerous policy prescriptions to address systemic discrimination in state law.
Hudson formerly served on the Board from 2020 to 2024, when she was appointed by Northam. She moved the 2022 William & Mary Crisis and Emergency Management Plan as chair of the Committee on Audit, Risk and Compliance and was vice chair of the Committee on Administration, Buildings and Grounds, as well as a member of the Board’s Executive Committee. In 2024, she voted in favor of tuition increases for FY25 and FY26. She was also a proponent of reexamining the College’s Principles on Naming and Renaming in 2021.
In 2026, Hudson donated $8,250 to Spanberger’s gubernatorial campaign, public records state.
Hudson will serve as vice chair of the Committee on Audit, Risk and Compliance and as a member of the Committee on Administration, Buildings and Grounds.
Topics to be discussed at the Board’s upcoming meeting include recent dining changes and the approval of an M.S. in cybersecurity risk management.
