Youngkin announces new appointments

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced additional key administration and board appointments.

ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS  

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR 

  • Frank Green, II, Special Assistant, Office of the Children’s Ombudsman 

COMMONWEALTH 

  • Cecilia DamianDirector of Constituent Services 

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY 

  • Linda JacksonDirector, Department of Forensic Science 

BOARD APPOINTMENTS   

ADMINISTRATION 

VIRGINIA DATA ADVISORY COMMISSION 

  • Suzanne Tills of Elkton, Chief Information Officer, City of Fredericksburg 

AUTHORITY 

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 

  • Brad Kreps of Abingdon, Clinch Valley Program Director, The Nature Conservancy 

COMMERCE AND TRADE 

CLEAN ENERGY ADVISORY BOARD  

  • C. Meade Browder, Jr., of Henrico, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General
  • Thomas Turner of Suffolk, Virginia State Director, Conservatives for Clean Energy  

 

COMMONWEALTH 

VIRGINIA ASIAN ADVISORY BOARD 

  • Go Eun Kang of McLean, President, Omni Financial Risk Management, Inc 

COMPACTS  

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL  

  • The Honorable Sheila S. Noll of York County, Member, York County Board of Supervisors, District 2 

DESIGNATED 

STATE REHABILITATION COUNCIL FOR THE BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED   

  • Gerald Meredith of Chesterfield, retired Correctional Officer, Virginia Department of Corrections 
  • Francisco Semiao of Fairfax, Director of Regulatory Affairs for Washington, DC, MedStar Health 

EDUCATION 

BOARD OF REGENTS OF GUNSTON HALL 

  • Susan Seabury Aselage of St. Louis, Missouri, community volunteer 
  • Virginia Doughton Finley of Raleigh, North Carolina, community volunteer 
  • Nancy Stutsman Lamb of Barnstable, Massachusetts, community volunteer 
  • Claudia Stewart Lane of Northfield, Illinois, faculty, Chicago Botanic Gardens 
  • Ashley Manning Merrill of Tampa, Florida Retired, Banking Executive, Bank of America  
  • Virginia Carswell Nicholson of Marietta, Georgia, community volunteer  
  • Nancy Kelly White of Knoxville, Tennessee, community volunteer 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE FRONTIER CULTURE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA 

  • Ned Ruby of Staunton, retired Vice-President and Division Manager, Liphart Steel 

VIRGINIA STEM EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD 

  • Rashid E. Farrell of Arlington, HR Executive  

HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES 

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS COMMISSION 

  • Leslie Bowie of Williamsburg, community volunteer, Alzheimer’s Association, Southeastern VA Chapter 

OFFICE OF NEW AMERICANS ADVISORY BOARD  

  • Cuong Nguyen of Henrico, teacher, Vinh-Son Liem Vietnamese School 

PUBLIC GUARDIAN AND CONSERVATOR ADVISORY BOARD 

  • The Honorable Mary Jane Hall of Norfolk, Judge of the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk 

VIRGINIA INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL 

  • Dawn P. Ault of Ashland, Executive Director, Virginia Head Start Association 
  • Christina Harrison of Bristol, Early Intervention Program Manager and Early Intervention Practitioner, Commonwealth Children’s Services 

INDEPENDENT 

TASK FORCE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE HISTORY OF FORMERLY ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS IN VIRGINIA 

  • Roger Cheeks of Chesapeake, Senior Director of Outreach, International Fellowship of Christians and Jews 
  • Brenton Hammond of Alexandria, Defense Contractor 
  • Jonathan W. White of Newport News, Professor of American Studies, Christopher Newport University 

LABOR 

AUCTIONEERS BOARD 

  • Adrianna Cowan-Waddy of Orange, Broker and Co-Owner, Cowan Realty, Inc.  

BOARD FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY OPERATORS  

  • Rebekah Ellen Clark Thacker of Yorktown, retired Executive Director of the Peninsula SPCA 

BOARD FOR WATERWORKS AND WASTEWATER WORKS OPERATORS AND ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM PROFESSIONALS  

  • Pamela Pruett of Warrenton, President, Environmental Systems Consulting, LLC 

LEGISLATIVE 

BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS COMMITTEE 

  • Joan Johns Cobbs of Farmville, community advocate 

TRANSPORTATION 

MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER BOARD 

  • M’Lissa L. Dunn of Kilmarnock, Vice President, Dunn-Rite Auto Group 
  • Chip Lindsay of Alexandria, President and Owner, Lindsay Automotive Group 
  • Tim Pohanka of Fredericksburg, Chief Operating Officer, Pohanka Automotive Group 

TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT COMMISSION OF HAMPTON ROADS 

  • Anthony Goodwin of Portsmouth, Owner, G&A Marketing and Real Estate Services 

VETERANS AND DEFENSE AFFAIRS  

VETERANS SERVICES FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

  • Craig Colucci of Virginia Beach, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired); Owner, D-BAT Virginia Beach 

VIRGINIA MILITARY ADVISORY COUNCIL  

  • Jenny Jacobs of Williamsburg, Faculty, Walsingham Academy