Xavier Richardson

Xavier Richardson is the Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer of Mary Washington Healthcare. Xavier is responsible for managing fundraising, assisting with grant-making efforts for community organizations, community benefit programs and services, legislative and community affairs. He oversees the Mary Washington Hospital Foundation, Stafford Hospital Foundation and Mary Washington Healthcare Community Programs.

Prior to joining Mary Washington Healthcare in 1997, Xavier served as an Assistant Director of the U.S. General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C., was also employed by McKinsey & Company in New York, and worked on Wall Street.

Xavier earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, where he graduated magna cum laude and was a National Achievement Scholar. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School, where he was awarded the General Motors Fellowship for second year studies. He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Saint Paul’s College.

Xavier received the first James Farmer Distinguished Lecturer Award by the University of Mary Washington. He was awarded The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare System’s Meritorious Service Award for outstanding contributions to the community and healthcare industry and, was the recipient of the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce highest honor, the Prince B. Woodard Award for exceptional leadership. The city of Fredericksburg named Xavier “Fredericksburg’s Hometown Hero” and he was chosen as a recipient of the “Strong Men and Strong Women in Virginia History.” Xavier is a recipient of the Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow Award and the Good Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.