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RICHMOND, VA (VR) — Governor Glenn Youngkin announced additional administration and board appointments.
ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS
EDUCATION
- Leighton Klevana, Policy Assistant, Secretary of Education
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY
- Grace Perkins, Executive Assistant, Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security
TRANSPORTATION
- Elizabeth Recktenwald, Executive Assistant, Secretary of Transportation
BOARD APPOINTMENTS
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
- William Gwaltney of Windsor, President, Indika Farms Inc.
- Tyler Wegmeyer of Hamilton, Owner, Wegmeyer Farms
HORSE INDUSTRY BOARD
- Gretchen Carr of Keswick, Manager of Operations, Castle Hill Cider
- Frank Ferguson of Middleburg, CEO/Founder, Southern Holdings, LLC; Chairman, Upperville Colt and Horse Show
PEANUT BOARD
- Randy Everett of Stony Creek, Owner/Operator, Old Hickory Farms
SMALL GRAINS BOARD
- Ellen Davis of New Kent County, retired
- James Hundley of Champlain, Manager, Cloverfield Enterprises
- Jay D. Jennings of Mecklenburg, Owner and Vice President, JF Leaf, Ltd
SOYBEAN BOARD
- Raymond Keating of Norfolk, Director of the Chesapeake Port and International Merchandising, Perdue Agribusiness
TOBACCO BOARD
- Kenney Barnard of Amelia Court House, Owner, Hoot Owl Hollow Farm Inc.
- Parker Clary of Rawlings, farmer, C & C Farms, Inc.
- Jay D. Jennings of Mecklenburg, Owner and Vice President, JF Leaf, Ltd.
VIRGINIA BOARD OF FORESTRY
- Vance Wright of Blackridge, Partner, Wright Forestry, LLC
VIRGINIA SPIRITS BOARD
- Mark Sterling Smith of Prince Edward County, President & Head Distiller, Sandy River Distillery
COMMERCE AND TRADE
BROADBAND ADVISORY COUNCIL
- Jimmy Carr of Richmond, Chairman, All Points Broadband
- Ray LaMura of Richmond, President, VCTA – Broadband Association of Virginia
COMMONWEALTH
VIRGINIA COUNCIL ON WOMEN
- Nathalia Daguano Artus of Chesterfield County, Head of Community Impact, Atlantic Union Bank
- Madelaine Slaybaugh of Richmond, Human Resources Director, Capital One Financial
VIRGINIA LGBTQ+ ADVISORY BOARD
- The Honorable Michael F. Berlucchi of Virginia Beach, CEO, Arts Alliance; Member, Virginia Beach City Council
- Demas Boudreaux of Richmond, Government Relations Manager, Virginia Housing
- Dakota R. Stroud of Shenandoah County, Agriculture Teacher & FFA Advisor, Shenandoah County Public Schools
- Dr. Steven Taylor of Charlottesville, Director and Senior Fellow, Stand Together Trust
- Brandon Williams of Chester, Licensed Funeral Director, Woody Funeral Home & Cremation Service
COMPACT
OHIO RIVER VALLEY WATER SANITATION COMMISSION
- The Honorable Lou Ann Jessee-Wallace of Russell County, Member, Russell County Board of Supervisors (District 2)
POTOMAC RIVER FISHERIES COMMISSION
- J. Spencer Headley of Reedville, Owner, Reedville’s Claws and Scales
WASHINGTON METRORAIL SAFETY COMMISSION INTERSTATE COMPACT
- Devin Rouse of Ashburn, Principal/Owner, DCRail Advisory, LLC
EDUCATION
BOARD OF EDUCATION
- The Honorable Brandon H. Monk, CAE, of Winchester, Nonprofit Executive; former Chair and Member, Frederick County School Board
FINANCE
BOARD OF THE VIRGINIA COLLEGE BUILDING AUTHORITY
- John Tull of Richmond, SVP Corporate Treasurer, Atlantic Union Bank
HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES
ADVISORY BOARD ON BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS
- Claire Gallagher, MA, BCBA, LBA, CDP, of Dumfries, Coordinator of Curriculum and Instruction, Alternative Paths Training School; Co-Founder and Clinical Services Director, Atlas Behavioral Consultants PLLC
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S TRUST FUND
- Joseph M. Van Name of Alexandria, President, Advisors Financial, Inc.
COMMONWEALTH NEUROTRAUMA INITIATIVE ADVISORY BOARD
- Richard Bagby of Manakin Sabot, Executive Director, United Spinal Association of Virginia
- Dr. William Carter of Richmond, Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
- Juanita Balenger of Annandale, Program Director, Catholic Charities St. Martin de Porres Senior Center
- Charles B. Bott, PhD, PE, BCEE, of Exmore, Chief Technology Officer, Hampton Roads Sanitation District; Adjunct Professor, Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech; Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University
- Astrid M. Gámez, MA, of Reston, Executive Director, Family Services Network
- Amanda Gannon of Manassas, Regional Administrator, Greentree Healthcare; Administrator, Poplar Hill; Regional Administrator, Loudon Rehab and Nursing
INDEPENDENT
COMMONWEALTH SAVERS PLAN
- Jessica Holte of McLean, Retirement Plan Advisor, Blueprint Financial Group
LABOR
APPRENTICESHIP COUNCIL
- Patrick J. Dean of Chantilly, President, Associated Builders & Contractors Virginia
- William Dunn of Boones Mill, Business Agent, Local 10 Plumber & Steamfitters
- Grant Shmelzer of Bethesda, MD, CEO, Independent Electrical Contractors Chesapeake
- J. Douglas Straley of Louisa, Division Superintendent, Louisa County Public Schools
BOARD FOR ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGNERS, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
- Richard Davenport, PE, of Midlothian, Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Dupont Specialty Products, USA, Spruance Site NOMEX®
- Frank R. “Chip” Richardson II of Midlothian, Accumark, Inc.
BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS
- The Honorable Thomas Branin of Glen Allen, Vice President of National and International Distribution, Colonial Construction Materials, Inc.
- Donald Groh of Chesapeake, Area Coordinator-Southeast Region, National Elevator Industry Educational Program
- Doug Lowe of Crozet, Owner, Sagebuild Consulting LLC
- Jeff Taylor, PE, of Fredericksburg, Vice President of Project Delivery for North America, Transurban
BOARD FOR HEARING AID SPECIALISTS AND OPTICIANS
- Maureen Sadak of Richmond, Nurse, Bon Secours Mercy
BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL SOIL SCIENTISTS, WETLAND PROFESSIONALS, AND GEOLOGISTS
- Emily C. Drahos of Richmond, Senior Project Environmental Scientist, Whitman Requardt and Associates, LLP
CEMETERY BOARD
- Susan Mini of Salem, President/CEO, Sherwood Memorial Park
VIRGINIA BOARD OF ASBESTOS, LEAD, AND HOME INSPECTORS
- Robin Wilder of Henrico County, Director of Environmental Services, Henrico County Department of Public Works
VIRGINIA BOARD OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
- Xavier L. Beale of Smithfield, Vice President, Human Resources Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII
- Doris Crouse-Mays of Vinton, President, Virginia AFL-CIO
- James T. Monroe of Henrico, Chief Customer Officer, OneTrust
- Jeffrey Sluss of Salem, Executive Director, SkillsUSA Virginia Foundation
- Travis Staton of Abingdon, President and CEO, EO Companies
- Louise Porcher Welch of Richmond, Chief People Officer, Vistaprint
LEGISLATIVE
VIRGINIA ISRAEL ADVISORY BOARD
- Dovid S. Asher of Henrico County, Rabbi, Keneseth Beth Israel
- Irving M. Blank of Richmond, Managing Partner, Blank & Marcus, LLC
NATURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES
BOARD OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
- James Maclin of Rawlings, Farm Supervisor, VADOC Agribusiness
STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
- Ronald Jefferson of Moneta, retired, Appalachian Power
STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD
- The Honorable Lou Ann Jessee-Wallace of Russell County, Member, Russell County Board of Supervisors (District 2)
VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, BOARD OF TRUSTEES
- Robert Beals of Chesterfield, Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- The Honorable Katie Lamb of Damascus, Mayor, Town of Damascus
VIRGINIA MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION
- William Bransom of Virginia Beach, Captain, U.S. Navy (retired); Commercial Captain, SeaTow Hampton Roads
- J. Spencer Headley of Reedville, Owner, Reedville’s Claws and Scales
VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD
- The Honorable A. Taylor Harvie III of Amelia Court House, Owner, Coverly Company, Inc.; Owner and Manager, Coverly Farm
- Joseph Levine of Dublin, Executive Director, New River Resource Authority
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY
9-1-1 SERVICES
- Chief James C. Lane of City of Norton, Chief of Police, City of Norton
TRANSPORTATION
VIRGINIA AVIATION BOARD
- Donald T. Robertson of Isle of Wight, County Administrator, Isle of Wight County
VIRGINIA PASSENGER RAIL AUTHORITY
- The Honorable John C. Watkins of Powhatan, retired member, Senate of Virginia
VETERANS AND DEFENSE AFFAIRS
JOINT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
- Carl Holcomb of Hanover, Account Manager, Nick Anderson State Farm Insurance; representative, Virginia Army/Air National Guard Enlisted Associated
- Thad A. Jones of Richmond, representative, Fifth Baptist Church Veterans Ministry
- Captain Lance Lesher, U.S. Navy (Retired), of Virginia Beach, advocate; representative, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
