Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin named Lloyd Taliaferro, a 1991 graduate of Middlesex High School (MHS), to the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) Board of Visitors.
Taliaferro is a 1995 graduate of VMI, where he received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He also has a masters in business administration from Emory University. He served as a U.S. Naval officer and currently owns a corporate finance consulting firm, Gosport Ventures in Norfolk. He also lives in Norfolk.
He is currently a member of the VMI Investment Holdings LLC, and recently served as vice president on the VMI Foundation Board of Trustees. He also serves as an advisory member of the VMI superintendent search committee.
The Board of Visitors is a supervisory board of VMI. The board defines the mission of the institute as a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia and oversees the development, revision and implementation of a strategic plan for the accomplishment of that mission.
Taliaferro was a 1991 MHS honor graduate and that year was the state champion in the Virginia Group A boys competition in forensic extemporaneous speaking. He is the son of Bill and Linda Taliaferro of Montague Farms, Center Cross. Linda is a retired MHS math teacher and Bill is a retired farmer.
