Governor Northam Announces Administration Appointments

RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his Administration today.

Secretariat of the Commonwealth
Board Appointments

Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation

• Nil Eguz of Fairfax, Managing Vice President, Capital One
  
  

Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers

• Mia F. Mimms* of Midlothian, President, Mimms Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Richmond
• Joseph Michael Williams of Mechanicsville, Funeral Service Licensee, Bliley’s Funeral Home
  
  

Board of Housing and Community Development

• Claudia Cotton of Suffolk, CEO, Coastal Virginia Building Industry Association
• Richard W. Gregory* of Goochland, Chairman, Lynx Ventures
• Sylvia M. Hallock of Crozet, Retired Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity Virginia
• Mark Jackson of Blacksburg, Vice President, Community Housing Partners
• Monique Johnson of Richmond, COO, Better Housing Coalition
   

Broadband Advisory Council

• Richard Schollmann of Henrico, Executive Director, Virginia Telecommunications Industry Association
   

Soil and Water Conservation Board

• Jay C. Ford of Belle Haven, Virginia Policy and Grassroots Advisor, Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Owner, Shine and Rise Farm
• Pamela Mason of Yorktown, Research Scientist, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  
  

State Board of Health 

• Holly S. Puritz MD, FACOG* of Norfolk, Physician, The Group for Women
• Stacey Swartz PharmD* of Alexandria, Pharmacist and Co-Owner, Neighborhood Pharmacy of Del Ray
• Mary Margaret Whipple* of Arlington, Regional Director, Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association
   

Virginia Board for the Blind and Vision Impaired 

• Bonnie Atwood* of Richmond, Governmental Consultant, Tall Poppies Consulting
• Ken Jessup* of Virginia Beach, Retired Lobbyist, Ken Jessup & Associates and Contributor, Virginia Capitol Connections
  
  

Virginia Marine Resources Commission

• Heather Lusk* of Quinby, Vice President, H.M. Terry Co., Inc.
• James JJ Minor* of Richmond, President, Richmond Virginia Branch NAACP
   

Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads

• August B. Bullock of Newport News, Retired Teacher and School Administrator and Director, New Works Reading Series, DC Black Theater Festival
• Reverend Dr. Kirk T. Houston, Sr. of Norfolk, Senior Pastor, Gethsemane Community Fellowship Church
• The Honorable Dr. Amelia Ross-Hammond of Virginia Beach, Founder and Chairman, Virginia African American Cultural Center, Inc.
   

*denotes reappointment

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