Rhodes B. Ritenour is a native of New Market, Virginia in Shenandoah County, and is the Vice President for External and Regulatory Affairs with Bon Secours Health System. He represents the system in Virginia before local, state, and federal governments, in communities it serves, and to corporations; he also provides regulatory legal counsel and manages governance, serving as the corporate secretary of the Richmond Market Board.

Prior to joining Bon Secours, Rhodes served as the Deputy Attorney General of Virginia for Civil Litigation. Before joining the OAG, he was a partner in the Richmond office of LeClairRyan, where he focused on intellectual property litigation, regulated industries, and counseling campaigns and elected officials. He served as the firm’s Hospitality and Tourism Industry Team Leader and was a member of the Energy Industry Team. 

Preceding his time in private practice, Ritenour clerked for U.S. District Judge Jackson L. Kiser in the Western District of Virginia, served in the Policy Office of Virginia Governor Mark R. Warner, and worked in the Press Office of Vice President Al Gore. 

Ritenour earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia. He serves on the Virginia Business Council, and the Boards of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Lead Virginia (Immediate Past Chairman), ChamberRVA, and The Richmond Forum. He is a former Board member of Longwood University, the Virginia Bar Association, the Washington Commanders Charitable Foundation, the Virginia Museum of Frontier Culture, projectHomes, Venture Richmond, the River Road United Methodist Church Council, and served on the Virginia State Bar Professionalism Faculty.

A Type-I diabetic since the age of five, he has served the diabetes community in several roles with the American Diabetes Association, including as Chairman of the ADA National Board of Directors in 2024. Rhodes and his wife Alana are co-founders of TheDiabetesSupportGroup.org, a national on-line diabetes community, and have published two children’s books in their series, The Adventures of Rhodes and Alana.

He lives in Henrico County with his wife and two spirited children.