What is LMR?
Leadership Metro Richmond (LMR) is a community leadership development and engagement organization with a mission to strengthen our region by connecting diverse leaders and preparing them to serve.
Created in 1980 as an innovative program to address racial and gender divides in our area’s community leadership, LMR is now a network of 2,000+ members from the business, nonprofit and governmental sectors of our community who have the desire to serve and the ability to lead.
LMR’s role in our region has continued to evolve throughout the years. As regional issues become more complex and our community becomes more diverse, the need to connect, educate and inspire leaders is as critical today as it was in 1980.


What's Happening at LMR?
About Leadership Quest
Leadership Quest, LMR's flagship program, connects a diverse group of community leaders, increases their knowledge and perspectives on regional issues and inspires them to embrace inclusion, collaboration, and servant leadership. Through this ten-month program, which includes leadership training, access to high-impact decision-makers, and networking opportunities, individuals develop the necessary framework to make a positive and lasting impact in the greater Richmond region.
What Leaders Are Saying
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Willard Scribner, LMR Class of 1985Principal & Architect, Scribner Messer Brady & Wade
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Janine Y. Bell, LMR Class of 1992President & Artistic Director, Elegba Folklore Society
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Dr. Stewart D. Roberson, LMR Class of 1997President & CEO, Moseley Architects
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Christopher Allen Hilbert, LMR Class of 2005Senior Community Housing Officer, Virginia Housing Development Authority
Councilman, Richmond City Council, Northside 3rd Voter District
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Toni Ardabell, LMR Class of 2012Associate Chief, Inova Health System
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Jean Segner, LMR Class of 2017Former Group Vice President, Communications & Community Engagement, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.
Connecting Leaders to Board Service
Leadership Metro Richmond is committed to connecting mission-driven organizations with community leaders who have the ability to lead and the desire to serve. We host biannual Board Connector events and offer individual consulting through our Board Concierge services.

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