FAIRFAX, Va., March 4 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:

The George Mason University Board of Visitors welcomed 12 new members and elected new board leadership at its Feb. 26 meeting in Merten Hall on the Fairfax Campus.

The new rector is Michael J. Meese, formerly the vice rector. The new vice rector is Sumeet Shrivastava, MBA '94, one of the dozen new members appointed to the board in January by Gov. Abigail Spanberger.

Returning visitor Armand Alacbay, JD '04, will continue in his role as secretary. The other two members of the board's executive committee are new board members Anne Altman, BS Marketing '82, and Paul Misener, JD '93. Altman served on the BOV from 2006 to 2010.

Four of the board's six standin...