Gov. Bob McDonnell has announced the appointment of three new members to the Radford University Board of Visitors and reappointed one current member. Stephan Q. Cassaday ’76, of Great Falls, is president and CEO of Cassaday and Company, Inc., an investment advisory and financial planning firm. Prior to founding his own firm, he held senior management positions with E. F. Hutton and Co., Inc., PaineWebber, Inc., and Prudential Securities, Inc. Cassaday previously served as a member of the RU Board of Visitors from 2000 to 2004, and is a former vice rector. He is a member of the Radford University College of Business and Economics Advisory Council, and he has endowed a scholarship at the university to help students who demonstrate financial need. He received the Outstanding Service Award from the Radford University Alumni Association in 1999.

Milton C. Johns, of Gainesville, is a partner in the law firm of Day and Johns, PLLC. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1986 and his master’s degree in 1989 from George Washington University. In 1997, he received his law degree from the George Mason University School of Law. He serves as Chairman at Large for the Prince William County School Board, the second largest school system in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has a daughter who is a rising junior at Radford University.

Wendy Tepper, of Forest, is a trustee and member of the Board of Directors of Delta Star, Inc., a Lynchburg-based manufacturer of power transformers and substations with a worldwide customer base. Tepper has extensive experience in public and private sector administration, and formerly served as a District Representative for Illinois Congressman Philip M. Crane, as President of Beau-Geste, International, and as an executive with the Regional Transportation Authority in Chicago.

Linda Whitley-Taylor ’86, of Virginia Beach, is the executive vice president of associate services of AMERIGROUP Corporation. This is Whitley-Taylor’s second consecutive term on the RU Board of Visitors. Prior to her position at the AMERIGROUP Corporation, she was the senior vice president of human resources operations at Genworth Financial/GE Financial in Richmond. Whitley-Taylor currently serves on the President’s Advisory Council and the Radford University Foundation Board of Directors, where she chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee. She also serves on the board of the Genworth Foundation.