I grew up in Alexandria, Virginia and attended Duke University. I’m married to Cal Jennison and we’ve raised our seven kids in Richmond. My career was in financial services, primarily in equity trading, but for the last six years, I have led a management consulting firm. I retired last year. You can find more about all that on LinkedIn. Now I love chasing our grandkids and kids around the house and world.
I’ve watched Richmond change over the 30 years that we’ve lived here, and while to me It feels more open and more willing to embrace a complete telling of its past, I know it doesn’t feel this way to everyone. There is still so much to do and so much division. I’m trying to remember the old adage that God gave us one mouth and two ears. I have lots of listening to do.
When I was growing up in Alexandria, the schools were integrated. As a child it felt like economics divided us, more than race, but of course it was all tied together. While I was in high school at TC Williams I began thinking about issues of social justice. I’ve spent my life benefiting from white privilege, and I’m happy to be thinking about racial reconciliation and social justice again.
Coming To The Table – RVA provides a great way for people to talk about their connection to race, what it means to them, and to learn from those around them.