Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts Luxury & Lifestyle Collection, announced the name of its first on-campus hotel, The Forum Hotel at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business in Charlottesville , and the appointment of its leader, General Manager Kelly Brown. Set to open in spring 2023 on the Goodwin Family Grounds of the Darden School, The Forum Hotel will reflect the vibrant atmosphere and purpose-driven culture of the Darden community by creating a dynamic meeting place for students, alumni, faculty and guests. The Forum is now taking reservations on its website for the summer season, with dates of stay as early as July 1, 2023, currently available.
Ann Taylor (MBA ’85) received a call in 2019 from Dr. Neal Kassell, MD, the University of Virginia’s’s former co-chair of neurosurgery, asking her to join the medical technology nonprofit he founded the Focused Ultrasound Foundation.
The trustees are:
• Blair Effron, Lori Dickerson Fouché and Bob Hugin, who were elected by the board to serve as charter trustees;
• Timothy Kingston and Elizabeth Myers, who were elected by the board to serve as term trustees;
• Marisa Demeo, Kathy Kiely and Kathryn Roth-Douquet, who were elected by alumni to serve as alumni trustees; and
• Morgan Smith, who was elected by the junior and senior undergraduate classes and the two youngest alumni classes to serve four years as a young alumni trustee.
Completing their terms as trustees on June 30 are Scott Berg, Class of 1971; Katherine Bradley, Class of 1986; Beth Cobert, Class of 1980; Yan Huo, Graduate Class of 1994; Ann Kirschner, Graduate Class of 1978; Melanie Lawson, Class of 1976; Laura Overdeck, Class of 1991; and Achille Tenkiang, Class of 2017.