By Albert Raboteau
committee. Among other things, Caldwell endowed a scholarship that is
awarded to out-of-state female undergraduate students majoring in mathematics. In recognition of her exceptional service, she was the recipient of the
first-ever Distinguished Alumni Award from the college.
Byrum has remained involved at her alma mater by serving on the Board of
Directors of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association, the President’s Advisory
Committee, and the Economic Development Advisory Board. She chaired the
Dean’s Roundtable for the former College of Arts and Sciences and received
the first Distinguished Alumni Award from the new College of Liberal Arts and
Human Sciences. She currently serves on the College of Science Roundtable.
Byrum is a member of the Northern Virginia Regional Campaign Committee
and the Pylon Society.
Caldwell serves as director and treasurer of the New York Service Program for
Older People, director of Friends and Relatives of the Institutionalized Aged,
and as a member of the State University of New York at Albany University
Council and School of Business Advisory Board.
She also has held leadership roles with the Virginia State Bar, the Arlington
County Bar Association, Legal Services of Northern Virginia, the Virginia Women
Attorneys Association, and the VWAA Foundation. An active participant in her
community, Byrum serves on the board of Horizons Theatre of Equality Virginia
— a nonpartisan advocacy group that seeks equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender Virginians. She also is a former president of the Virginia 4-H
Foundation.
PATRICIA CALDWELL
Caldwell, of New York, N.Y., has more than 30
years experience in commercial and investment
banking. She founded Gordian Group LLC with
three other partners in 1988. With a nationwide
practice spanning across all industry lines, Gordian Group provides financial advisory services in
distressed and complicated situations. She was
formerly with Citibank, where she founded the Corporate Finance