The 2016 Legislative Preview panelists included: Ben Dendy, president of Richmond lobbying firm Vectre Corp. and a former senior staff member of two governors; Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington; Chris Saxman, a former House of Delegates member from Staunton and the executive director of the business advocacy group Virginia FREE; and Jeff Schapiro, columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch.