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.
"Ty" Morrow is now the Chief of Police for the City of Bryan, Texas. Prior to his appointment as the Chief, Murrow worked for the Fairfax County Police Department in Fairfax. He rose through the ranks there before retiring as a Major and Director of the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy. Morrow has a 27-year background in law enforcement and the recipient of several local, state, national, and international awards.
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 is an international copyright and trademark lawyer; also counsel for the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA). He was a teaching fellow in Japan for three years, and now teaches copyright at George Washington University School of Law.
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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