Virginia Austin Schubert

Founding and Current Member

Virginia Austin Schubert is Co-founder & Chairman of the Board of the Friends of Zambia. She also serves on the board of the American Red Cross of the National Capitol Area Chapter and is Chairman of the Chapter’s Tiffany Circle. She is Chairman of the Board of the Master Chorale of Washington.

Professionally, Mrs. Schubert is Senior Vice President and a senior executive coach for Executive Coaching Network, Inc. where she has coached executives nationally and internationally in corporations such as Prudential Financial, Oracle, Deloitte and Touche, and United Airlines.

Mrs. Schubert was Senior Vice President of the Points of Light Foundation, Washington DC, initiated by George H.W. Bush. In that role, she coordinated projects with senior White House staff and developed over 200 corporate and nonprofit partnerships for Colin Powell’s America’s Promise. She was founder and chief executive of Family Matters, a national initiative to promote family volunteering and is former President/CEO of the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc.

Mrs. Schubert is a past chairman of the board of Women in Community Service, Inc., a former Chairman of the Global Action Council of Heart to Heart International and a past member of the Space Day Foundation Board of Directors. She co-founded Leadership OKC, and has served as a board member of the National Association of Community Leadership. She has served on the board of numerous other local, national and international organizations. Former Governor Henry Belmon inducted her into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1989 especially recognizing her leadership in community service locally, nationally and internationally.

Mrs. Schubert lives in McLean, Virginia with her husband Richard. They have five grown children.