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Virginia Hepner - President and CEO, Woodruff Arts Center

Virginia A. Hepner became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Woodruff Arts Center on July 1, 2012. A former corporate banker with Wachovia, she had a 25-year career with the firm including leadership roles as Executive Vice President and Head of US Corporate Finance, and Manager of the Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Trading Group. Subsequently, she has served in interim director positions for a variety of non-profit organizations including The Atlanta Ballet, Brand Atlanta, Inc., and Young Audiences at the Woodruff Arts Center. She has been a business consultant and is a partner in a private real estate investment entity. Virginia is a Director of State Bank & Trust Company and State Bank Financial Corporation.

Virginia has been active in community service for many years, and currently serves on the boards of The Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta, The Paideia School and Endowment Boards, and the Penn Institute for Urban Research. She is a member of the Service Advisory Board for Mayor Kasim Reed, The Emory University Board of Visitors, and the International Women’s Forum. Hepner has been honored to receive the City of Atlanta Phoenix Award, Image Film Festival Community Award, Lexus Leader of the Arts, Atlanta YWCA Woman of Achievement, Business to Business Leader Award, and the Outstanding Partner Award from The Home Depot.

Virginia has a BS in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and attended the JL Kellogg School of Northwestern University for an MBA. She held NASD Securities licenses Series 7, 24 and 63. She is as graduate of Leadership Atlanta, the Georgia Regional Leadership Institute, and the MAACC Arts Leadership Program. Virginia, her husband and their two children reside in Atlanta in Dekalb County.