Political Leaders Program Class of 2009
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Kenneth Alger, II, Stanley; Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Shenandoah County; Board of Governors, Virginia State Bar YLC; Chair, Page County United Way; Mentor, Intensive Supervision and Counseling Services; Foundation Board, Lord Fairfax Community College; Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging Board; Page Disaster Action Team; Response Domestic Violence Shelter Board; 2008 Virginia State Bar YLC Young Lawyer of the Year. |
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Jaime Areizaga, Arlington; Attorney, Infrastructure Finance; 2007-2008 White House Fellow, Department of the Treasury; Lieutenant Colonel, Army National Guard, JAG Corps. |
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Donald A. Bewkes Jr., Goochland; Chief Deputy, Goochland County Sheriff’s Office; Richmond Metro Crime Stoppers; University of Richmond Alumni Association; Life Member Virginia Forensic Science Academy Alumni Association. |
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Seneca Bock, Suffolk; Chief Strategist, Founder, Community Capacity Builders, LLC; President, League of Women Voters of South Hampton Roads; Virginia Cooperative Education and Consumer Sciences Board; Grassroots organizer with Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy; Member, Assocation of American University Women; Old Dominion University Town and Gown. |
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Keela A. Boose, Norfolk; CEO, Boose Publishing/Media Relations; Co-Chair, Southside Coalition; Co-Chair, Southside Business Alliance; former President, Campostella Heights Civic League; Board of Directors, Greater Hampton Roads Black Chamber of Commerce; Norfolk Democratic Committee; past Board of Professional and Occupational Regulation; past Norfolk Planning Commission; past National Maritime Museum Board of Directors; Norfolk’s Community Educational Board; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; author, The Book of Love. |
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Matt Charles, Danville; Owner and Operator, Train with Matt Charles; Writer; Actor/Host; Former New York City Special Investigator (Sex and Drug Crimes against Children); Former Chesterfield County Police Officer; Kiwanis Club of Danville; Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Trustee; Danville Young Men's Baseball League. |
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Steve Cochran, Blacksburg; Director of Human Resources, HHHunt Corporation; Chair, Montgomery County Democratic Committee; Second Vice Chair, Virginia Association of Democratic Chairs; Planning Commissioner; former board member, Mental Health Association of the New River Valley; member, former officer, Society for Human Resource Management. |
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Michael Coker, Portsmouth; Director, Coker Training and Associates, Consultant, Public Agency Training Council; Retired Police Sergeant, Portsmouth Police Department. |
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Matt Conrad, Richmond; Attorney; Director, Virginia Wine Council; former Assistant Attorney General and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney; Church Hill Association Board of Directors; President, Union Hill Civic Association. |
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Kelly Eplee, North Garden; Executive Director, Madison House; University of Virginia Community University Research Service Partnership; Building Goodness Foundation Board of Directors; Migrant Advisory Committee for Albemarle County; Spanish and Haitian Creole Interpreter, UVA Medical Center. |
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Carolina Espinal, Arlington; Government Relations Associate and Political Organizer; Member, Commonwealth of Virginia Council on Human Rights; former Policy Manager, NAACP Civic Engagement Department. |
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Shawn Eure-Hill, Chesapeake, Special Education Teacher, writer and entrepreneur; Council for Exceptional Children; Education Association of Norfolk; National Education Association; Chesapeake for Change; AAU girls basketball coach; mentor, Excellence Girls Club; Public Information Officer, Parkside Civic League; American Red Cross Instructor. |
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Suzanne Gandy, Roanoke; Director of Development: Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc.; Roanoke Jaycees; Taste of the Blue Ridge Blues & Jazz Festival; Governing Council, Congregations in Action. |
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Douglas Garcia, Richmond; Assistant Secretary of Education, Office of Governor Tim Kaine; Parent Information Resource Center Board; Association of Hispanic Americans of Richmond Board; Co-Chair, Hispanic Youth Symposia, Hispanic College Fund. |
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Amy E. Gardner, Arlington; Staff Writer, The Washington Post; PTA Fundraising Committee, Classroom Volunteer, Tuckahoe Elementary School. |
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John Wilkes Hedges, Charlottesville; Small Business Owner; former U.S. Air Force; Reserve Deputy, Albemarle County Sheriff’s Office; Development Committee, The Pregnancy Centers of Virginia; former Mayor and City Council Member, City of Newport Beach. |
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Alicia Rochelle Hughes, Alexandria; Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; former Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama; former Congressional Fellow; Chair, Corporate Book Drive, Association of Junior Leagues International; Chapter President, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; Social Services Advisory Board, Early Childhood Commission, City of Alexandria. |
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Larry Jackson, Manager External Affairs, Appalachian Power Company; Registered Lobbyist – Virginia; Central Virginia Community College Foundation Board; Junior Achievement of Virginia's Piedmont Board; United Way of Central Virginia Board. |
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Susan H. Kelly, Chesapeake; CEO, Jo-Kell, Inc.; Vice Chair, Chesapeake GOP; Vice Chair Mid-Atlantic Region, Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition; Board Chair, Lead Hampton Roads; Chair, Chesapeake Division, Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce. |
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Rose Lopez Keravuori, Arlington; Program Director, BAE Systems; Major, US Army Reserves; Veteran of War on Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan; former Mrs. Virginia America. |
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Nick Kessler, Richmond, Deputy Commissioner, Virginia Employment Commission; former international trade attorney; past president, Metro Richmond Area Young Democrats; Richmond City Democrats; 2005 Political Assistant, Kaine for Governor. |
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Marisa LeForge, Williamsburg; Entrepreneur, Community Organizer and Volunteer; McCain for President; Williamsburg Montessori School; Williamsburg Community Chapel; Coast Guard Blue Dolphins Swim Team; Queens Lake Eagles Swim Team; Creekside Landing Social Committee. |
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Art Major, Winchester; President, GearClean, Inc.; Vice President, Winchester City Council; Frederick-Winchester Service Authority Board; Commission Member, Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission. |
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Janet Oleszek, Fairfax; Legislative Aide, Delegate Kristen Amundson; 2007 Candidate for 37th State Senate; former At Large School Board Member, Fairfax County Public Schools; Virginia State PTA Legislation Chairman; member of the Democratic Party. |
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Edgar James Turner Perrow, Jr., Lynchburg; President, Perrow Consulting Services; City Council, City of Lynchburg; Natural Resources Advisory Committee, City of Lynchburg; Regional Director, Virginia Military Institute Alumni Association; Virginia School of the Arts Board. |
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Josh Prueher, Virginia Beach; entrepreneur, former Vice President, Goldman, Sachs & Co., U.S. Navy veteran; Set America Free Coalition, Building America’s Future, Asia Society. |
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John V. Rainero, P.E., Bristol; Construction Engineer, Permatile Concrete Products Company, Inc.; Virginia Tech Myers-Lawson School of Construction YAC member; Bristol Country Music Alliance Board; National Precast Concrete Association Foundation Sub-Committee; Construction Division Head, Bristol United Way Campaign; Asheville School Alumni Association Rep. |
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Bree A. Raum, Arlington; Manager of Government Relations, American Wind Energy Association; National Committeewoman, Virginia Young Democrats; Jefferson Jackson Dinner Chair; Arlington County Democratic Committee; former President, Arlington Young Democrats; former finance chair, Arlington County Democratic Joint Campaign. |
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LaTonya Reed, Richmond; Policy Analyst, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy; former Legislative Aide to Delegate Rosalyn Dance; Former Intern, National Partnership for Women and Families; Former Intern, Legislative Office of Congressman Robert “Bobby” Scott. |
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Bryce Reeves, Spotsylvania: Small business owner; Chairman, Spotsylvania Republican Committee; Former US Army Officer, Infantry/Airborne Ranger; Former Detective, Prince William County Vice/Narcotics; Volunteer medical mission work in Moldova, Romania & Jamaica. |
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Lynne Rhode, Crozier; Attorney, Troutman Sanders LLP (Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group); Secretary, Richmond Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; State Legislative Liaison, Henrico Humane Society; Virginia Federation of Humane Societies Board; Covington Homeowners Association Board; Troutman Sanders Pro Bono Committee Member. |
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Scott Robinson, Heathsville; Senior Military Advisor, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon. |
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Chris Rogers, Richmond; Vice President, Harris Williams & Co.; former Captain, United States Marine Corps; Harvard Business School; United States Naval Academy. |
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Stephen Scott, Kents Store; Marketing, Communications, & Corporate Citizenship, IBM; former management consultant, United States Agency for International Development; Fluvanna County Economic Development Authority; Economic Development Commission; Fluvanna Leadership Steering Committee; Fluvanna Rotary. |
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Timmy Simmons, Staunton; Trooper II, Virginia Department of State Police; Field Training Officer; VSP Honor Guard; STARS Training Instructor; Virginia State Police Association; Fraternal Order of Police; SAW Council on Gang Prevention; past Staunton Police Department Reserve Officer. |
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Marion "Bo" Trumbo, Covington; Educator, Augusta, Bath, Loudoun counties; Elder, Presbyterian Church; Past President, Bridgewater College Alumni Association; Professional Baseball Talent Scout; past officer, professional baseball scouting organizations; former Rotarian; past officer, Loudoun County 4-H Riding for the Handicapped program; former basketball official |
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Jennifer Walle, Richmond; Richmond City Council Liaison for Councilman Bruce Tyler; Vice Chair, City of Richmond Republican Committee, Precinct Organization; Jennifer Byler Institute graduate, Class of 2008; Former Chesterfield County Unit Director, Republican Party of Virginia. |
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Keith West, Richmond; President, eGO Inc.; President, Church Hill Association; former member, Richmond School Board; State Director of Finance, Civil Air Patrol; President and Founder, September 11th Victim’s Relief Fund; former Pilot, U.S. Navy. |
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Andrea Tersanna Young, McLean; Partner, McLean Capital; Washington University Parent Council; John Dickinson Society, Dickinson College; Potomac Riverkeeper Board; Charityworks Board; alumna interviewer, Princeton University. |
