Augustine Thomas O'Donnell,Baron O'Donnell,is a former British senior civil servant and economist,who between 2005 and 2011 served as the Cabinet Secretary,the highest official in the British Civil Service.
William Troy Bolling is an American businessman,politician and educator who served as the 39th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
Robert Francis McDonnell is an American attorney,businessman,politician,and former military officer who served as the 71st governor of Virginia from 2010 to 2014. His career ended after his corruption scandal and conviction,which was later unanimously overturned by the Supreme Court. A member of the Republican Party,McDonnell also served on the executive committee of the Republican Governors Association. McDonnell was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve. He also served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2006,and was attorney general of Virginia from 2006 to 2009.
Robert Gerald Marshall is an American businessman,author and former politician,who was a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 13th District. His district included portions of Prince William and Loudoun counties. He is known for his failed "bathroom bill" proposal,which would have forced people to use restrooms that correspond with the sex on their original birth certificates. In the November 7,2017,general election,Marshall was defeated by nine percentage points by Democrat Danica Roem,the first openly transgender candidate elected to a state legislature in the United States.
Karen Rollins Jackson is a former Virginia Secretary of Technology. Appointed in 2014 by Governor Terry McAuliffe,she was the last to serve in the office before it was dissolved under Governor Ralph Northam. She previously served from 2009 to 2014 as Deputy Secretary of Technology under Governors Tim Kaine and Bob McDonnell. Jackson was born in Newport News,Virginia and was raised in Poquoson. She attended Christopher Newport University,graduating in 1987,and received a Master in Business Administration degree from the College of William &Mary.
Emmet Thomas Flood IV is an American attorney who served as the interim White House Counsel to U.S. President Donald Trump from October 17,2018,to December 10,2018,following the resignation of Don McGahn. He also served as a Special Counsel during the George W. Bush Administration.
The 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election took place in Virginia on November 3,2009. The incumbent Governor,Democrat Tim Kaine,was not eligible to run due to term limits established by the Virginia Constitution,though others in the state's executive branch were not restricted. Republican Bob McDonnell was elected as Governor as part of a Republican sweep. Republican Bill Bolling was reelected as lieutenant governor,and Republican Ken Cuccinelli was elected as attorney general. The winners were inaugurated on January 16,2010,and served until January 11,2014.
Douglas William Domenech is an American government official who served as the Assistant United States Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2021. He is a former a George W. Bush administration political appointee who served in roles of Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Department of the Interior,and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior,as well as held a position on the White House Working Group on the Political Status of Puerto Rico.
Jeremy John Heywood,Baron Heywood of Whitehall,was a British civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary to David Cameron and Theresa May from 2012 to 2018 and Head of the Home Civil Service from 2014 to 2018. He served as the Principal Private Secretary to Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 1999 to 2003 and 2008 to 2010. He also served as Downing Street Chief of Staff and the first Downing Street Permanent Secretary. After he was diagnosed with lung cancer,he took a leave of absence from June 2018,and retired on health grounds on 24 October 2018,receiving a life peerage;he died a fortnight later on 4 November 2018.
Richard Cullen is an American attorney currently serving as counselor to Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin. He is a former Attorney General of Virginia,United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia,and partner and chairman of McGuireWoods LLP.
Phil Cox is an American long-time political operative,having served as the campaign manager or senior strategist to more than one hundred campaigns and super-pacs for Congress,Governor,U.S. Senate,and President. He is co-founder of 50 State,a bipartisan,state-focused government affairs firm,co-founder of GuidePostStrategies,a federal government affairs firm,Chairman of IMGE,a digital marketing firm,and partner at P2,a public affairs firm. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia,and lives in McLean,Virginia,with his wife and two children.
The 2013 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2013,to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. The incumbent Lieutenant Governor,Republican Bill Bolling,had originally planned to run for Governor of Virginia in the 2013 gubernatorial election,but withdrew upon the entry of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
C. Daniel Clemente is a prominent American attorney,business executive,and consultant. He is the founder and CEO of Clemente Development Company,Inc.,a real estate property management and development company based in Tysons Corner,Virginia. Clemente is a noted expert on real estate bankruptcy and corporate liquidation and has served as a court-appointed Receiver and Trustee for numerous companies. He is the former chair of the Board of Visitors for George Mason University,holding the position from July 2012 through June 2014. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.
Levar Marcus Stoney is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia and the 80th mayor of Richmond,Virginia. He served as the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2014 through 2016,the youngest member of Governor Terry McAuliffe's administration.
McDonnell v. United States,579 U.S. ___ (2016),was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the appeal of former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell's conviction under the Hobbs Act. At issue on appeal was whether the definition of "official act" within the federal bribery statutes encompassed the actions for which McDonnell had been convicted and whether the jury had been properly instructed on this definition at trial.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Virginia took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia,concurrently with other elections to the U.S. Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tim Kaine,who had been his party's nominee for Vice President two years earlier,was re-elected to a second term in office,winning this seat by the largest margin since 1988.
Lisa Michelle Hicks-Thomas is a former Secretary of Administration of the Commonwealth of Virginia,serving under Governor Bob McDonnell. She was formerly a state deputy attorney general from 2007 to 2010 and assistant commonwealth's attorney in her native Chesapeake.
William Andrew Hazel,Jr. is the current Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources. He was first appointed in 2010 by Governor Bob McDonnell and was reappointed in 2014 by Governor Terry McAuliffe. He served previously as assistant orthopedic surgeon for the Washington Redskins and as team physician for D.C. United soccer club;he was also a member of the American Medical Association's Board of Trustees.
The Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet. It was created by Governor Bob McDonnell in 2010 to succeed the position of the Assistant to the Governor for Commonwealth Preparedness. It was referred to as the "Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security" until 2014,when most homeland security responsibilities were transferred over to the Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security. The office was most recently held by Carlos Hopkins,who succeeded retired Admiral John C. Harvey Jr. in 2017. Craig Crenshaw has been nominated to serve as Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
James Donald Duffey,Jr. was the Virginia Secretary of Technology from 2010 to 2014,serving under Governor Bob McDonnell. At the time of his appointment,he was president and CEO of Duff Consulting which he founded after 24 years at Electronic Data Systems and was vice chairman of the Northern Virginia Technology Council.
