Gov. Glenn Youngkin has appointed a new member of the University of Mary Washington’s Board of Visitors and renewed the terms of two current members.
Gregory Chambers, a 1984 Mary Washington alumnus and executive director of CRA Research LLC in Fredericksburg, will join the board. In addition, the terms of UMW alumnae Rachel Greszler, a senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, and Terrie Suit, retired CEO of Virginia Realtors, were renewed.
In his lead role with CRA Research, Chambers supports local businesses and organizations with systems engineering and project management. He has more than 40 years of leadership and management in the defense and aerospace industry, in both the federal government and private sector, with expertise in prototype design, development, training and systems deployment to military forces.
Chambers formerly served as chief engineer and deputy program manager for Intelligence Systems at the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command at Quantico. There, he received the Commander’s Excellence in Engineering Award and the U.S. Marine Corps’ Meritorious Civilian Service Award.
Chambers served previously as a lead project engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, designing environmental systems, guided projectile prototypes and nuclear, biological and chemical prototype detectors. He also spent six years as a combat engineer in the Virginia Army National Guard.
Chambers serves as president of the Central Virginia chapter of the International Council of Systems Engineers, which supports STEM in local schools and universities. He was a longtime member of the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance, STEM 16 Steering Committee, promoting STEM learning in area schools. And he served as a visiting research scientist at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, where he recommended research topics based on Department of Defense requirements.
Chambers earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Mary Washington, a master’s degree in business administration from Averett University and a doctorate in business administration from Nova Southeastern University in Florida. He holds multiple certificates from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, along with a certificate in corporate governance from the Wharton School, and he is a certified program management professional.
Rachel Greszler
Greszler, a 2003 UMW graduate, is a senior research fellow in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, where she focuses on workforce, family and retirement policies that promote economic growth, individual freedom and well-being.
Rachel Greszler
She also serves as a visiting fellow in workforce at the Economic Policy Innovation Center. Prior to her role with The Heritage Foundation, she served seven years as a senior economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Mary Washington, and master’s degrees in economics and public policy from Georgetown University. This is Greszler’s second appointment to the UMW Board of Visitors, after first fulfilling a seat vacated mid-term.
Terrie Suit
Suit served nearly a decade in the Virginia House of Delegates before being appointed as the Commonwealth’s first Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Terrie Suit
Earlier in her career, she spent more than 20 years in mortgage lending after becoming a licensed real estate agent in 1985. Most recently, she served for more than a decade as CEO of a statewide real estate trade association, where she brought executive leadership to the intersection of public policy and industry.
Suit earned an associate degree in general education from Tidewater Community College and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Old Dominion University. She received an MBA in 2016 from UMW, where she delivered the graduate address at the university’s 108th Commencement. Suit served a partial term on the board prior to this reappointment.
