Linwood Howard Rose was the fifth president of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Rose held 11 other positions at JMU before being named acting president in the fall of 1997, chief executive in September 1998, and being formally inaugurated on September 17, 1999.
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.
Douglas William Domenech is an American government official and the current Assistant United States Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas. He is the former Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Department of the Interior, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, and a George W. Bush administration appointee to the White House Working Group on the Political Status of Puerto Rico.
Former Attorney General of Virginia Bob McDonnell was the Republican nominee for the 2009 gubernatorial race in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. At the Virginia State Convention on May 30, 2009, he officially received the party's nomination, as Republican Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling decided against opposing him. His opponent in the general election was State Senator Creigh Deeds, a Democrat from Bath County. Although the race was close in September, McDonnell began take a commanding leads in the poll heading into election day, when he defeated his opponent by a margin of 18 points. He was inaugurated on January 16, 2010 at the Virginia State Capitol.
Gerard Tousand Robinson is a school choice proponent and former president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options in the U.S. He was selected to be Virginia Secretary of Education for Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell in 2010.
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, becoming the first African American to serve in this role and the youngest member of Governor Terry McAuliffe's administration.
Janet Vestal Kelly is a former Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, serving from 2010 through 2014 as part of the cabinet of Governor Bob McDonnell. She previously served as Chief Operations Officer of McDonnell's gubernatorial campaign and on his staff in the Attorney General's office. During McDonnell's federal corruption trial, Kelly served as a key witness for the defense.
Todd Patterson Haymore completed his term as Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade for Governor Terry McAuliffe on January 13, 2018. He previously served as the Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry under Governors Bob McDonnell and Terry McAuliffe. Prior to these two posts, he served in Governor Tim Kaine's administration as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
Maurice Antonia Jones is the president and CEO of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a national community development financial institution. Previously, he served as the Deputy Undersecretary of HUD in the Obama administration, and then as the Virginia Secretary of Commerce in the cabinet of Governor Terry McAuliffe.
Basil Ivanhoe Gooden is an American politician who served as the 3rd Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry under Governor Terry McAuliffe. He became the first African-American to serve in this position and during his tenure from September 2016 until January 2018, he was the only black Secretary of Agriculture in any state in the United States. In his capacity as Secretary, he worked to support Governor McAuliffe’s mission of building a new Virginia economy in agriculture and forestry, two of Virginia’s largest private industries with an annual economic impact of $91 billion on the Commonwealth.
Dietra Yvette Trent had served as the Virginia Secretary of Education under Governor Terry McAuliffe. She previously served as Deputy Secretary of Education from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2016 and was elevated after Anne Holton's resignation to campaign for her husband, Tim Kaine's vice presidential bid in 2016.
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 Technology is a former member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet. The office was last held by Karen Jackson. The Secretary oversees the Virginia Information Technologies Agency and Virginia Center for Innovative Technology. It was absorbed into the Secretariat of Commerce and Trade in 2018 under Governor Ralph Northam.
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. The office is currently held by Carlos Hopkins, who succeeded retired Admiral John C. Harvey, Jr. in 2017.
James Donald Duffey, Jr. was the Virginia Secretary of Technology from 2010 to 2014, serving under Governor Bob McDonnell. He previously spent 24 years at Electronic Data Systems and was vice chairman of the Northern Virginia Technology Council.
Laura Worley Fornash is a former Virginia Secretary of Education, serving from 2011 to 2013 under Governor Bob McDonnell. Previously working as Virginia Tech's director of state government relations, she was appointed Deputy Secretary of Education in 2010 and was elevated to secretary upon the resignation of Gerard Robinson. She left in 2013 to take a position with the University of Virginia.
Javaid Edward Siddiqi is an American educator who served as Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell's Secretary of Education from November 2013 to January 2014. After attending Chesterfield County Public Schools from kindergarten until his graduation from Matoaca High School, he served for a number of years as a science teacher and school administrator in the district. In 2011, he was appointed as Deputy Secretary of Education and in 2013 was made Secretary. He currently serves on the Chesterfield County school board, representing the Midlothian district.
Patrick Owen "Pat" Gottschalk is an American attorney. A partner at Williams Mullen, he previously served as Virginia Secretary of Commerce under Governor Tim Kaine.
