Text messages from Bert Ellis offer a window into the thinking of the University of Virginia board newcomer who has voiced skepticism of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, been protective of the legacy of Thomas Jefferson and advocated for a new course for the flagship university.
After Gov. Glenn Youngkin named him last summer to the University of Virginia’s governing board, Bert Ellis had a platform to influence the school’s administration. He spotted a potential target, a vice provost named Louis P. Nelson, tasked with community engagement, public service and academic outreach programs.Nelson, who reports to U-Va’s chief academic officer, Provost Ian Baucom, is also a professor of architectural history and an award-winning scholar and teacher.
The Virginia legislature voted this month to confirm Ellis, Pillion, Long and another Youngkin appointee, Douglas D. Wetmore, to four-year terms on the U-Va. Board of Visitors. For now, appointees from Youngkin’s Democratic predecessors continue to hold a majority of the 19 board seats. That will change as members rotate off and Youngkin fills openings.
Pillion and Long also did not respond to emails seeking comment. Pillion, mayor of Abingdon, Va., is the wife of state Sen. Todd E. Pillion , who supported confirmation of the new members. Long, an associate clinical professor of anesthesiology at Virginia Commonwealth University, is from Richmond.
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