Governor-Elect Spanberger Announces Transition Policy Committees & Co-Chairs

Governor-elect Spanberger: “They Will Play a Critical Role in Delivering Results for Virginia Families”

RICHMOND, Va. — Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger today announced the formation of the “United for Virginia’s Future” transition team’s policy committees and leadership.

Each committee is dedicated to preparing Governor-elect Spanberger’s administration to begin implementing her vision to lower costs, protect Virginia’s economy, keep Virginia’s communities safe, and provide more opportunities for the next generation of Virginians on day one.

“To deliver on the leadership that Virginians have made clear they want — leadership that will always put Virginia first — the Commonwealth needs experts at the table, and these Virginians bring valuable expertise from various sectors that help them understand the challenges facing communities across the Commonwealth,” said Governor-elect Spanberger. “They will play a critical role in delivering results for Virginia families and building a stronger, safer, and more affordable future for all Virginians.”

The Governor-elect has selected the following Virginians to serve as co-chairs of the listed policy committees on her transition team:

ADMINISTRATION

Grindly Johnson, Co-chair 

Former Secretary of Administration

AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY

Katie Frazier, Co-chair

Chief Brand Officer, Farm Credit of the Virginias

Basil Gooden, Co-chair

Former Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry

Kyle Shreve, Co-chair

Vice President of External Affairs, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives

COMMERCE & TRADE: HOUSING

Nichele Carver, Co-chair

Principal at NJC Strategic Planning and Consulting, LLC; Former Associate Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development

Letty Hardi, Co-chair

Mayor of Falls Church

Bill Shelton, Co-chair

Former Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development; Former Commissioner of Virginia Housing

COMMERCE & TRADE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & SMALL BUSINESS

Carrie Chenery, Co-chair

Principal, Valley Pike Partners

Maryam Janani-Flores, Co-chair

Founder and Principal, MJF Strategies LLC; Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Economic Development Administration

Chris Lloyd, Co-chair

Senior Vice President of Infrastructure and Economic Development, McGuireWoods Consulting

Jim Moye, Co-chair

Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel, American Bankers Association

COMMERCE & TRADE: ENERGY

Josephus Allmond, Co-chair

Staff Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center

Will Cleveland, Co-chair

Principal, Lighthouse Policy and Law

Angela Navarro, Co-chair

President, Align Energy Advisors

COMMONWEALTH

Traci DeShazor, Co-chair

Former Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth; Former Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services, City of Richmond

MacKenzie Heidelmark, Co-chair 

Former Constituent Casework Manager, Virginia’s 7th Congressional District

EDUCATION

Connor Andrews, Co-chair

Director for State Government Relations, University of Virginia

Anne Hyslop, Co-chair

Director of Policy Development, All4Ed

Dietra Trent, Co-chair

Former Executive Director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs and Former Virginia Secretary of Education

FINANCE

Aubrey Layne, Co-chair

Former Secretary of Finance; Former Secretary of Transportation

FIRST GENTLEMAN

David Cary, Co-chair

Director of Government Relations, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES

Karen Kimsey, Co-chair

Former Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services; Owner of Walela Health Consulting

Dorothy McAuliffe, Co-chair

Former Special Representative for Global Partnerships, U.S Department of State; Former First Lady of Virginia; Leadership Council, No Kid Hungry; Former National Policy Advisor, Share Our Strength

Cameron Webb, M.D., Co-chair

Physician at the University of Virginia

LABOR

Greg Akerman, Co-chair

President, Baltimore-D.C. Metro Building Trades Council

Shawn Avery, Co-chair

President and CEO, Hampton Roads Workforce Council

David Broder, Co-chair

Executive Director, SEIU Virginia State Council

Paige Shevlin, Co-chair

Former Strategic Advisor for Infrastructure Workforce Development at U.S. Department of Transportation

NATURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES

Trieste Lockwood, Co-chair

President, Lockwood Strategies

Del. Alfonso Lopez, Co-chair

Member, 3rd District, Virginia House of Delegates

Cale Jaffe, Co-chair

Professor of Law and Director, Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic, University of Virginia School of Law

PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY

Curtis Brown, Co-chair

Term Faculty Instructor, VCU Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs and Former State Coordinator of Emergency Management

Jae K. Davenport, Co-chair

President of Davenport Strategies, LLC; Former Deputy Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Security

Mike Harvey, Co-chair

Executive Director of Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy

TRANSPORTATION

Tracy Baynard, Co-chair

Senior Vice President, Infrastructure and Economic Development, McGuireWoods Consulting, LLC

Nick Donohue, Co-chair

Principal, Capitol Transportation Consulting, LLC

Marianne Radcliff, Co-chair

President, Kemper Consulting

VETERANS & DEFENSE AFFAIRS

Carl Bedell, Co-chair

Attorney, Bedell PLLC; Former Army Captain; Former Chair of the Virginia Board of Veterans Services

Carlos Hopkins, Co-chair

Former Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs; Partner at Gentry Locke

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Governor-Elect Spanberger Announces Transition Committee

Governor-elect Spanberger: “These Leaders Are United for One Purpose: Putting Virginia First”

RICHMOND, Va. — Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger today announced the selection of her “United for Virginia’s Future” transition committee.

Under the leadership of the transition co-chairs, the committee will help lay the groundwork of Governor-elect Spanberger’s administration focused on lowering costs, expanding economic opportunity, increasing business investment in Virginia’s economy, and creating a safer Commonwealth for all Virginia families.

“These Virginians not only bring together deep ties from across every region of our Commonwealth, but the experience, integrity, and know-how required to deliver the pragmatic and principled leadership that Virginians overwhelmingly voted for this November,” said Governor-elect Spanberger. “These leaders are united for one purpose: putting Virginia first. They will help ensure my administration is ready on day one to begin saving Virginians money, protecting Virginia’s jobs and small businesses, and strengthening the security of our Commonwealth.”

The Governor-elect has selected the following Virginians to serve on her “United for Virginia’s Future” transition committee.

Heidi Abbott

Counsel, Hunton Andrews Kurth

Canek Aguirre

Councilman, Alexandria City Council

Mahfuz Ahmed

Chairman, Dexian

Erin Ashwell

Partner, McGuireWoods

Former Chief Deputy Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia

Andrea Bailey

Vice Chair and Supervisor, Potomac District

Mike Bisceglia

President and CEO, Stauer Watch and Jewelry Company

Gil Bland

President, Chairman, and CEO, Urban League of Hampton Roads

Travis Blankenship

Vice President State Government Relations, McGuireWoods

Baron Braswell

Former School Board Member, Spotsylvania County School Board

Carlos Brown

Executive Vice President Chief Administrative and Projects Officer and Corporate Secretary, Dominion Energy, Inc.

President, Dominion Energy Strategies, Services and Solutions

Carla Bustillos

President, Democratic Latino Organization of Virginia

Michael Carter, Jr.

Executive Director, Carter Farms and Africulture

Sheila Coates

President and Founder, Black Women United for Action

Joe Cobb

Major, City of Roanoke

Barbara Comstock

Former U.S. Representative for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District

Keyanna Conner

Managing Director for Government and Public Services, Deloitte

Joy Crump

Councilperson-elect, Ward 2, Fredericksburg City Council

Co-Founder, FOODE and 718 Venue

Josh Cumbow

Commonwealth’s Attorney, Washington County

Jae K. Davenport

President, Davenport Strategies

Michelle Davis-Younger

Mayor, City of Manassas

Steven DeLuca

Vice President and Head of State and Local Government Affairs, Capital One

Ben Dendy

President, Vectre Consulting

Jim Dyke

Former Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia

Dr. Deborah Frazier

Salem District Supervisor, Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors

Chief Academic Officer, Spotsylvania County Public Schools

Fred Fredericks

General Manager & Chief Product Officer, SAP Concur

Douglas Garcia

Former Assistant Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia

Alyia Gaskins

Mayor, City of Alexandria

Bea Gonzalez

Partner, Capital Results LLC

Melody Gonzalez

Former Executive Director, White House Initiative

Rev. Dr. Geoffrey V. Guns

Senior Pastor, Second Calvary Baptist Church

Ernisha Hall

President and CEO, Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce

David Hallock

President, Two Capitols Consulting

Letty Hardi

Mayor, City of Falls Church

Shyamali Hauth

Chair, Democratic Asian Americans of Virginia

Rudene Mercer Haynes

Managing Partner, Hunton Richmond Office

Heidi Hertz

Government Relations Principal, Cozen O’Connor

Anne Holton

Former Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia

Carlos Hopkins

Partner, Gentry Locke

David Horton

Mayor, City of Radford

Tyler Hughes

Councilman, Town of Big Stone Gap

Ken Hutcheson

Principal, Old Dominion Public Affairs

Kelly Johnson

Director of Government Relations, Williams Mullen

Ken Johnson

CEO, JMI

Scott Johnson

Partner, Hancock Daniel

Gaylene Kanoyton

1st Vice Chair, Democratic Party of Virginia

Anne Leigh Kerr

President, Kerr Government Strategies

Monica Logothetis

Former Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Education

Bo Machayo

Head of US Government and Public Affairs, Micron Technology

Matt Mansell

Partner, Broad Street Group

Thomas McInerney

CEO, Genworth

Martha Moore

Senior Vice President of Governmental Relations, Virginia Farm Bureau

Brian Moran

Former Secretary Public Safety and Homeland Security, Commonwealth of Virginia

Ignacia Moreno

CEO & Principal, iMoreno Group

Edward Mullen

Partner, Seven Hills Strategy Group

Tram Nguyen

Co-Executive Director, New Virginia Majority

Jennie O’Holleran

Partner, Broad Street Group

Peter O’Keefe

Partner, Forbes Tate

Emily O’Brion

Vice President, Kemper Consulting

Ayodele Okeowo

Managing Director, Tusk Strategies

Oz Parvaiz

Managing Vice President, Capital One

Roshan Patel

Partner, 50 State LLC

Tripp Perrin

President, Lindl Government Affairs

Chris Petersen

Principal, Arbor Strategies

Doug Pick

Retired CEO, Feed More, Inc.

Marianne Radcliff

President, Kemper Consulting

David Ramadan

Principal, RAMA International

Former Member of the Virginia House of Delegates 

John Rainey

Senior Director, Altria Client Services

Deanna Reed

Mayor, City of Harrisonburg

Ed Reed

Vice President of Government Relations, Two Capitols Consulting

Christopher Reese

President, Revolve Solutions, LLC

Xavier Richardson

Sr. Vice President & Chief Development Officer, Mary Washington Healthcare

Bishop Dwight Riddick, Sr.

Senior Pastor, Gethsemane Baptist Church

Denver Riggleman

Former U.S. Representative for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District

Danica Royster

Former Councilwoman, Norfolk City Council

Bimaljit Sandhu, MD

Gastroenterologist, Richmond Gastroenterology Associates

Lauren Schmitt

Partner, Commonwealth Strategy Group

Rick St. John

Former President, Triad Metals

Todd Stottlemyer

CEO, Acentra Health

Sumeet Shrivastava

President and CEO, Unissant

Walter Tejada

Founding President, Virginia Latino Leaders Council

The Honorable Mary Sue Terry

Former Attorney General of Virginia

Former Member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Kelly Thomasson

Former Secretary of the Commonwealth

Andrea Valverde

Former Special Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff for the Office of Management and Administration, Biden Administration

Brittany Whitley

Senior Vice President, Lamar Consulting

Greg Yates

Owner, Yates Properties

Nicky Zamostny

President, Riverside Strategies