AI maturity
early
Chief AI Officer
Chief AI Officer
Virginia Union University · 📍 Richmond, VA, US
VUU's first senior AI leader, hired to build enterprise AI strategy, governance, and implementation from the ground up at a historically Black university.
Reports to
CTO
Company stage
enterprise
Source
freehire
Signals
- ⚠ Chief reports to SVP/Chief of Staff, not directly to President or Board — reduced C-suite authority
- ⚠ vague/undefined scope — role is both strategist and builder with no team or budget signals
- ✓ strategic access to President noted
- ✓ greenfield mandate — building AI capability from scratch at mission-driven HBCU