Following the 70th Anniversary Weekend Celebration the Virginia Polo Board of Directors met for the fall meeting October 15th. At the meeting we welcomed a new Chairman David Hamar, UVA Law Class of ‘90.
Virginia Polo is supported by a dedicated Board of Directors. Our Board members include past varsity and club players, parents of former students, and friends of Virginia Polo. The Board is responsible for overseeing the Virginia Polo program and facility, setting the strategic direction for the program, managing the financials for the organization, hiring our coach and staff, and fundraising for both annual operating expenses as well as our Endowment to ensure the program’s sustainability. With a wide variety of professional experience, and UVA educations, the board is well qualified to steer the 501(c)3 Virginia Polo, Inc forward to ensure we will continue to offer affordable polo to students long into the future.
Newly elected Chairman David Hamar has been a longtime Virginia Polo Club supporter, acting as an active board member and Treasurer of the Board from 1990-2005. Most recently since the Fall of 2022 he has held the position of President. Thanks to his many years of experience on the board David knows the business side of Virginia Polo well.
David graduated from UVA Law in the Class of 1990 and is a longtime resident of Keswick and Manhattan. He is a playing member of the VA Beach Polo Club and Gardnertown Polo Club, you may also have seen him in the Alumni Chukkers October 14th at Virginia Polo. In previous years he was an active member of the Keswick and Farmington Hunt Clubs, fox hunting throughout Albemarle County’s beautiful countryside.
He currently is Senior Executive with Chilton Trust in London, New York, Stamford, Wilmington, Charlottesville, Charlotte, Palm Beach, and Naples. Additionally, he is Vice Chairman of the FDR Hyde Park Foundation which supports the Roosevelt, Vanderbilt, and Van Buren National Historic Sites and is a trustee of Gilley Museum in SW Harbor, Maine.
Please join us in welcoming David to his new position as Chairman of the Virginia Polo Board!