PLP Class of 2002

PLPClassof2002.jpg

Kenneth Alexander, Norfolk, businessman; member of Norfolk Planning Commission.

William Bestpitch, Roanoke, social work consultant; member of Roanoke City Council; member of the Roanoke Valley Alleghany Regional Commission.

Valerie Bruffey, Clifton Forge, deputy Commissioner of the Revenue for Alleghany County; former Commissioner of the Revenue for Clifton Forge.

Thomas Burrell, Prince William County, businessman; chairman of civic league’s committee on planning, environment, land-use and transportation.

Patricia Cox, Colonial Heights, nurse director at a medical center; member of the Colonial Heights City Council.

Jason Dodd, Norfolk, lawyer; sports chairman of the International Azalea Festival.

Matt Erskine, Arlington County, Deputy State Secretary for Commerce and Trade; served as chairman of the Young Professionals for Mark Warner.

Joan Fenton, Charlottesville, businesswoman; chairwoman of the city’s Board of Architectural Review and the Downtown Business Association Committee.

Shannon Fisher, Richmond, businesswoman; vice chairwoman for finance and fund-raising of the Richmond Democratic Party.

Clifford Foster, Richmond, vice president of an investment firm; president of the VMI Club of Richmond and board member of VMI Keydet Club.

Harold Gastler, Chesapeake, businessman; chairman of the Chesapeake Industrial Development Authority.

Anne Gavin, Fairfax County, director of federal-state relations for Massachusetts Governor’s Washington office; former spokeswoman at the Republican National Committee.

David Giesen, Virginia Beach, businessman; director of Virginia Beach Vision and vice president of the Virginia Beach Council of Civic Organizations.

Hal Greer, Richmond, chief legislative analyst, Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC); led recent nine-month review of funding system at Virginia Department of Transportation.

Holly Herman, Augusta County, legislative aide for state Sen. Emmett Hanger; chairwoman of the Central Shenandoah Valley Youth Commission.

Jacqueline Jackson, Richmond, information technology planner; member of the Richmond School Board.

Maurice Jones, Charlottesville, director of communications for the city; member of the board of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the “I Have a Dream Foundation.”

Jim Kelly, Fairfax County, procurement analyst for the Office of Naval Research; member of Fairfax County Consumer Protection Commission.

Stephanie Merkli, Prince William County, graduate student; staffer in Mark Earley’s 2001 campaign.

Faye Mithcell, Chesapeake, Clerk of Court, Chesapeake Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court; chairwoman, Supreme Court Case Management User Group.

Tyrone Morrow, Fairfax County, major and commander of patrol bureau division in the Fairfax County Police Department; adjunct professor at Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason University.

Richard Ottinger, Norfolk; lawyer, co-chairman of the Virginia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division Disaster Assistance Relief Committee.

Matthew Peanort, Richmond, city manager’s liaison to city council; vice president, Urban League of Greater Richmond Young Professionals Network.

Paul Pelletier, Alexandria, senior legislative representative for the American Association of Retired Persons; member of the Ethics Committee of the American Association of Political Consultants.

Nicole Rovner, Richmond, director of government relations for The Nature Conservancy; former staff attorney for the Division of Legislative Services.

Michael Sclesinger, Falls Church, International copyright and trademark lawyer; also Vice President and Associate General Counsel of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), a consortium of copyright-based trade associations; was a teaching fellow in Japan for three years.

James Schliessmann, Richmond, assistant state attorney general; chairman of the Republican Party of Hampton.

Andres Tobar, Arlington County, publisher and editor-in-chief of a magazine; national vice president of the League of United Latin American Citizens.

Forest Ward, Hampton, businessman; member of the Salvation Army Advisory Board.

Greg Werkheiser, Fairfax County, lawyer; executive director of the Virginia Citizen Institute.

Martha Williams, Albemarle County, environmental planner for a corporation; member of the Izzak Walton League.

Joyce Woodson, Alexandria, businesswoman; member of the Alexandria City Council.

Charles Wynder, Hampton, deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney; adjunct professor at Hampton University.
 

 Profiles are current with the program application.
If you are a graduate and would like to update your profile,
please contact Coy Barefoot at the Sorensen Institute.