Virginia Secretary of Administration

Secretary of Administration of the Commonwealth of Virginia
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Incumbent Margaret "Lyn" McDermid since January 15, 2022 (2022-01-15)
Style	Madam Secretary
Member of	Virginia Governor's Cabinet
Nominator	The governor
Appointer	The governor with advice and consent from the Senate and House
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	T. Edward Temple
Formation	April 8, 1972
Website	administration.virginia.gov

The secretary of administration is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet. Margaret "Lyn" McDermid is the current incumbent and serves under Governor Glenn Youngkin. ^[1]

Duties

The Secretary is responsible for overseeing Virginia's elections, state employee benefits, and information technology throughout the commonwealth's executive branch agencies. ^[2]

The following agencies report to the Secretary: ^[3]

• Virginia Department of Elections
• Virginia Department of General Services
• Virginia Department of Human Resource Management
• Virginia Information Technologies Agency
• The Virginia Compensation Board
• Virginia Office of Data Governance and Analytics

List of secretaries

Administration (July 1, 1972 – July 1, 1976)

• T. Edward Temple (1972–1974)
• Maurice B. Rowe III (1974–1976)

Administration and finance (July 1, 1976 – July 1, 1984)

• Maurice B. Rowe III (1976–1978)
• Charles Walker (1978–1981)
• Stuart Connock (1981–1982)
• Wayne F. Anderson (1982–1984)

Administration (July 1, 1984 – present)

• Andrew B. Fogarty (1984–1985)
• David K. McCloud (1985–1986)
• Carolyn J. Moss (1986–1990)
• Ruby Grant Martin (1990–1994)
• Michael E. Thomas (1994–1998)
• G. Bryan Slater (1998–2001)
• Donald L. Moseley (2001–2002)
• Sandra Bowen (2002–2006)
• Viola Baskerville (2006–2010)
• Lisa Hicks-Thomas (2010–2014)
• Nancy Rodrigues (2014–2018)
• Keyanna Conner (2018–2020)
• Grindly Johnson (2020–2022)
• Lyn McDermid (2022-present)

References

1. "A Guide to the Correspondence and Subject Files of the Virginia Secretary of Administration, 1978-1989 Administration, Virginia Secretary of, Correspondence and Subject Files 33750".
2. "Secretary of Administration". www.administration.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
3. "Agencies". www.administration.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2025-11-08.