BA, Government, University of Maryland
MPA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
JD, University of Virginia
January 2006 - Current: Administration of Governor Timothy M. Kaine; Assistant to the Governor for Commonwealth Preparedness. Coordinates Commonwealth strategy and initiatives related to all-hazards preparedness.
May 2005 - January 2006: Legal Counsel to Governor Mark R. Warner.
January 2002 - May 2005: Chief Deputy Secretary of Public Safety; Warner
Administration (during which time served as co-chair of the Commonwealth
Preparedness Working Group; co-chair, Critical Infrastructure Protection
Working Group; chair, Virginia Citizen-Soldier Support Council; chair,
Interagency Anti-Gang Working Group).
1993 - 2001: United States Attorney, Western District of Virginia.
1988 - 1993: Private practice of law in Charlottesville and Martinsville.
1976 - 1985: Clerk of the Circuit Court, Henry County.
Former member, George Mason University Board of Visitors.
Former member and chairman, Virginia State Community College Board.
Former member, Board of Directors, Virginia Museum of Natural History.
