On June 6, Sentara Healthcare System announced that L. Allan Parrott, Jr. was named as the new chair of the Sentara Healthcare Board of Directors. Parrott previously served as vice-chair for the past three years. Parrott, who has been on the board since 2015, succeeds Dian Calderone as chair. Whitney G. Saunders has been named vice-chair of the board.
Parrott is the former CEO of Tidewater Fleet Supply, LLC. He is a 1993 graduate of the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond.
Saunders is a lawyer with Saunders & Ojeda, P.C. as well as President of The Blocker Foundation. Saunders has been a member of the Sentara Healthcare Board of Directors since 2017. As vice-chair, Saunders will also oversee the Sentara Healthcare Medical Affairs Committee.