Virginia Nately-Pomerantz
Virginia is 67 years old. In 2025 she graduated from the Boston Latin School at the age of 17, before attending Wellesley College. The latter offered a dual-degree program with MIT&T, so Virginia received a Bachelor of Science from MIT&T and a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley. For her graduate studies, she received a master's in psychology from Mount Holyoke College.
Her employment history is vague and difficult to piece together. She seems to have had some managerial roles in private businesses. More publicly, she's been involved with several philanthropies and public institutions, likely due to significant donates. In addition to her role in Nately Enterprises, she is on the Board of Trustees at the Boston Public Library. She is also on the Board of Trustees at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Board of Directors at the Boston Baroque.
She married Benjamin Pomerantz, a lawyer, in 2055, at the age of 47. The couple do not have children. Images of her show that she's a bit of a steel-haired fox, with a penchant for fur and pearls.
Rhodes
Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of land area. While Greek, it sits just off the coast of Syria (formerly Turkey). Rhodes' nickname is The Island of the Knights, named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who once conquered the land. Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe.
There is almost nothing publicly available about an Ares employee named Rhodes. Message boards and forums dedicated to shadowtalk mostly offer vague stories and rumors, not unlike the ones that Doc turned up during his search. (Note that Doc's Agent got 7 hits on its Matrix Search for Rhodes, and came back with very little.) James would guess that Rhodes is in his early 40s (so a bit older than James) and might have done a tour in Chicago - perhaps with Firewatch - very early in his career. Stories of him - often acting as a sort of "boogeyman" to shadowrunners - suggest that he is a field agent and is rarely in the same place for any extended period of time. His last known sighting - about a month ago - was in Portland, Maine.