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Leadership updates: RSCC and ABERS

Dr Patricia Cummins and Mr Marcus Squires have new responsabilities


The Richmond Sister Cities Commission has a new Chairman: Mr Marcus Squires has taken over from Dr Patricia Cummins, whose term of service on the RSCC (two consecutive terms of three years) has come to an end. Welcome! and our Congratulations to Marcus!



Cummins, right, with Gov. McAuliffe accepting gift from
Segou's Mayor Ousmane Simaga, 10 October 2016.


Dr Cummins was elected at the end of the recent Africa Business Conference, to be the new President of ABERS, the Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Society – an academic organization that was the main sponsor of the recent VCU Africa Business Conference. Congratulations to Patricia!

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