WILLIAMSBURG — The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Board of Trustees elected Conrad M. Hall as chairman following the appointment of Carly Fiorina as chief executive officer, formalizing a leadership shift as the organization marks its centennial and prepares for national events tied to the United States’ 250th anniversary.
Hall, a trustee since 2017 and retired executive of Dominion Enterprises, succeeds Fiorina as board chair. Fiorina, who led the board beginning in 2020, was unanimously appointed CEO at the board’s April meeting.
The transition follows the late April retirement of former president and CEO Cliff Fleet, who had led the foundation since 2020 and said he stepped down for personal reasons.
Fleet’s tenure drew public attention after a 2023 traffic incident in which he struck and seriously injured a student from the College of William & Mary. Fleet was fined after a reduced traffic charge. In 2025, the student filed a civil lawsuit against him in Richmond Circuit Court seeking damages related to the crash. A trial is scheduled for July.
Foundation officials have said planning for centennial and semiquincentennial programming continues without interruption.
Hall was elected chairman during the trustees’ April session. He previously served as president and CEO of Dominion Enterprises and has held leadership roles on numerous educational and nonprofit boards across Virginia.
Fiorina has served on the Colonial Williamsburg board for nearly a decade. As chair, she worked with foundation leadership during projects related to the Williamsburg Bray School and the African Baptist Meeting House and Burial Ground.
The board also confirmed three trustees: Joseph P. Gromacki, Wendy O’Neill and Graves Tompkins. Gromacki and O’Neill joined in November 2025, and Tompkins was approved in April, bringing the board to 28 members.
Gromacki is a senior partner at Jenner & Block LLP and serves on arts and horticultural boards. O’Neill has more than two decades of nonprofit experience and serves on the board of WEDU, a PBS affiliate in Florida. Tompkins is an advisory director at General Atlantic and serves on boards connected to leadership and civic institutions.
