LifeSpire of Virginia Board of Trustees Announcement

Jim Vaught has served in a variety of ministerial roles to include church pastor and hospital chaplain at both Bedford Country Memorial Hospital in Bedford, Virginia and Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. While serving as a Chaplain at Mary Washington Hospital, Vaught transitioned into an Executive Director role for the Chancellor’s Village Retirement Community. “I am excited about serving with LifeSpire of Virginia to meet the needs of senior adults”, said Vaught. At the University of Mary Washington, Vaught served as Chair of the Advisory Board of the Center for Faith and Leadership. During the past ten years, Vaught served as an Interim Pastor for churches utilizing models for church and pastor transitions.

Susan Rucker is a former board chair for LifeSpire of Virginia and is returning as a board member for 2023. She is a seasoned executive with over thirty years of progressively responsible positions managing high performance teams and growing businesses. She has served as a senior operating executive in the professional services, technology, and higher education industries, an audit and consulting partner in one of the big four accounting firms and has managed businesses of over $100 million in annual revenue. She has managed domestic and global businesses, growing them through internal initiatives and acquisitions.

Mrs. Rucker has served on several not-for-profit boards. She recently served as board chair for the Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation, ranked as number 34 of the top 100 charities in the US on the Forbes Largest Charities List in 2020, and is also the board chair for the River Road Church Endowment Fund. She is a former board chair for the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond and served on the board of the Virginia Voice. Mrs. Rucker has served in the role of committee chair for Finance/Audit Committee for four boards, and has been in leadership roles in CEO searches, strategic planning, and policy setting for multiple boards.

LifeSpire of Virginia, based in Glen Allen, Virginia, is a not-for-profit organization serving seniors since 1945. The LifeSpire of Virginia family includes five life plan communities—Lakewood in Richmond, The Chesapeake in Newport News, The Culpeper in Culpeper, The Summit in Lynchburg, and The Glebe in Daleville—as well as Lakewood at Home, a community-based continuing care program. The Virginia Baptist Homes Foundation is the philanthropic arm of LifeSpire and provides support to residents and team members through its four funds—benevolence, crisis, education and spiritual life. LifeSpire of Virginia serves more than 1,400 residents and employs nearly 1,100 team members. To learn more, visit lifespireliving.org.

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