Hampton Roads Exec Roundtable adds four board members

The newly formed Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable elected four new board members at its January meeting, the organization announced Monday.

William “Bill” Murray, senior vice president of corporate affairs and communication for Richmond-based

Dominion Energy; Towuanna Porter Brannon, president of Virginia Peninsula Community College; Matthew Swartz, executive director and chief of staff for U.S. Fleet Forces Command; and Stuart Henderson, director of Newport News-based Jefferson Lab, all joined the board.

“We are excited to have these regional leaders join the Roundtable,” Dennis Matheis, co-chair of Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable and president and CEO of Sentara Health, said in a statement.

“Their organizations play important roles in our region’s economy, and we appreciate their perspective,” Cliff Fleet, co-chair of Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable and president and CEO of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, said in a statement.

Formed in April 2023, the Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable is the merger of two regional economic development organizations: Hampton Roads Business Roundtable and Reinvent Hampton Roads. Its primary mission is helping to align the region’s economic development organizations, strategy and associated initiatives and improving the region’s economic growth and competitiveness.