PLP Class of 2002
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.
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