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Chip
Woodrum represented
the Roanoke
area in the Virginia House of Delegates from
1980-2004. He
chaired the joint House and Senate committee that
created Virginia’s Freedom of Information Advisory Council and
served as the council’s first chairman. He
was chairman of the State Crime Commission from 1995
to 1999.
Will
Vehrs works as
an economic developer for the Commonwealth
of Virginia. He
writes regularly on punditry for Bacon’s
Rebellion, and he is the creator, author, and
editor of Pundit
Watch, an on-line magazine covering politics,
public policy, and the media.
Joe
Bageant lives
and works in Winchester.
He
writes on politics, policy, and popular culture and
is internationally published.
His dispatches from Burt’s Westside Tavern are known and read world-wide.
Barnie
Day represented
Patrick County
and parts of Carroll and Henry in the Virginia House
of Delegates from 1997 to 2001.
His column on Virginia politics and public policy appears weekly in a
number of publications throughout Virginia. A collection of his columns, A
Mule Yule (Jesus didn’t ride in on an elephant)
was published by the Democratic Party of Virginia in
2003.
Vince
Callahan has
represented a portion of Fairfax
County in the Virginia House of Delegates since 1968.
He is chairman of the House Appropriations
Committee.
Paul
Goldman, a widely published commentator on
Virginia
politics and policy, is a senior advisor to Richmond
Mayor L. Douglas Wilder. The
New York Times credited
him with leading “a revolution in American
politics for his role in breaking America’s 300-year-old color barrier in state politics”
for his role in
Wilder’s historic election as governor of Virginia. A
former chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia,
he writes frequently on Virginia politics and policy.
Alan
Diamonstein represented
part of the City of
Newport News
in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1968 to
2001. One of
the ‘New Democrats’ who challenged the Byrd Organization’s
hold on the Democratic Party of Virginia, he was a
champion of higher education in Virginia and
strongly supported equal opportunity admissions for
women and minorities.
A partner at Patten, Wornom, Hatten &
Diamonstein, the Newport News law firm, he is a
member of the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors.
Jeff
Schapiro covers
politics and state government for The
Richmond Times-Dispatch. His
widely-read column appears Sundays.
George
Allen represents
Virginia in the United States Senate, first elected in 2000.
He served as a member of the Virginia House
of Delegates, representing the
Charlottesville
area, from 1983-1991.
He served one term in the United States House
of Representatives from 1991-1993 and was elected
governor of Virginia
in 1994. He is
widely credited with being a key player in the
resurgence of the Republican Party in
Virginia. His
senate committee assignments include Commerce,
Science and Transportation, Energy and Natural Resources, Foreign Relations,
and Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
He is chairman of the National Republican
Senatorial Committee. He is
considered a contender for the Presidency in 2008.
Bob
Gibson covers
politics and state government for The
Daily Progress in Charlottesville. He
frequently hosts Evening Edition programs for
Virginia Public Radio WVTF.
A.
Barton Hinkle is a
columnist and associate editor of the editorial page
at The
Richmond Times-Dispatch. He
writes frequently on Virginia
politics and public policy.
Reginald
Shareef is a
professor of public policy at Radford
University. Until recently, his column of Virginia
politics and public policy ran regularly at
www.roanoke.com.
Ed
Lynch is a
professor of public policy at Hollins
University. A former
chairman of the Roanoke Republican Party,
he writes frequently on Virginia
politics and public policy.
Dwayne
Yancey is a
projects editor at The
Roanoke Times. A published
playwright, he is the author of When
Hell Froze Over, the definitive work on the
historic election of L. Douglas Wilder
as governor of
Virginia.
Jay
DeBoer represented
the City of Petersburg and parts of Chesterfield
and Dinwiddie counties in the Virginia House of
Delegates from 1983 to 2001. He was a member of the Virginia Code
Commission, the Joint Commission on Health Care and
the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
An attorney by profession, he is a
widely-acknowledged expert on the Code of Virginia.
Melanie
Scarborough is a
former editorial writer for The
Richmond Times-Dispatch. Her columns
on
Virginia
politics and public policy in The Washington Post are
widely read throughout
Virginia.
L.
Douglas Wilder, a former lieutenant governor and governor of
Virginia, is currently the mayor of
Richmond.
He was
the first African-American governor in the nation’s history.
Preston
Bryant has
represented the City of
Lynchburg
and part of Amherst County
in the Virginia House of Delegates since 1996.
Until recently his commentaries on Virginia
politics and public policy were carried regularly at
www.roanoke.com..
Margaret
Edds covers
state government for The
Virginian-Pilot, in Norfolk. Her columns
on politics and public policy are widely read
throughout Virginia.
Charlie
Davis is
president of Davis Consulting.
He is the chief Richmond
lobbyist and legislative strategist for Philip
Morris.
Kerry
Dougherty writes
for The
Virginian-Pilot, in
Norfolk. Her
commentaries on Virginia
politics and public policy are widely read
throughout Virginia.
Tony
Troy is an
attorney with the law firm Troutman Saunders.
He served as attorney general of Virginia
from 1978 to 1979. Among his many other accomplishments:
he once fired a cannon in the Boston Pops
rendition of the 1812 Overture, under
the direction of Arthur Fiedler.
Claire
Guthrie Gastanaga is president and chief strategist
of CG2 Consulting, a Richmond
firm specializing in advocacy for women and
minorities. She
was the first woman to serve as Virginia’s chief deputy attorney general, under Mary Sue
Terry, and served as chief of staff and counsel to former
Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Tom Moss
.
Steve
Haner is vice
president for public policy of the Virginia Chamber
of Commerce.
He
writes frequently on taxation and transportation
issues and is widely read throughout Virginia.
James
Bacon is publisher of Bacon’s
Rebellion, on-line at www.baconsrebellion.com,
the Bacon’s
Rebellion newsletter, by subscription, and more
recently, the Bacon’s
Rebellion Blog, at www.baconsrebellion.blogspot.com.
He writes frequently on Virginia economic and
government issues.
Bob
Marshall has
represented portions of Prince William and Loudoun
counties in the Virginia House of Delegates since
1992. He is
vice president for communications and business
development for Shenandoah Electronic Intelligence.
Brian
Gottstein, an avowed Libertarian, advises conservative
candidates in the Roanoke
Valley. Until
recently, his commentaries appeared regularly
on-line at www.roanoke.com.
Joyce
Wise Dodd is the
founding publisher and editor of
Southern
Virginia
(Virginia
Outside the Beltway), on-line.
Bob
Brown is an
award-winning photojournalist for The
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
He is
a three-time winner of the Virginia News
Photographer of the Year award and a recipient of
the prestigious Miley Award, the highest honor
bestowed by the Virginia News Photographers
Association. He
has covered the Virginia General Assembly since
1970. He was
inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of
Fame in April, 2005.
Linwood
Holton was the
first Republican governor
of
Virginia in a century, serving 1970-1974.
He championed racial equality, mental health
issues, and the environment, and later served as
president of the Center for Innovative Technology.
Paul
Harris represented
parts of Albemarle, Greene, and Rockingham counties
in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1998-2001.
The first African-American Republican elected
to the House since Reconstruction, he is a senior
attorney for Raytheon, the defense contractor.
Larry
Sabato is the
Robert Kent Gooch professor of politics and founder
of the Center for Politics at the
University
of
Virginia. The author
of many books and articles on contemporary politics
in America, he is known and quoted world-wide on politics and
policy.
Frosty
Landon, a former executive editor of The Roanoke Times, is executive director of the Virginia Coalition
for Open Government (www.opengovva.org).
He is a nationally recognized expert on open
government and freedom of information issues.
Gerald
Baliles was
Virginia’s attorney general 1982-1985, and
governor of Virginia 1986-1990. Baliles
was Virginia’s last “transportation governor.”
An advocate for public education and the
environment, he founded the Patrick County Education
Foundation and
authored a book on the Chesapeake Bay. He is a partner at the Hunton & Williams law
firm and leads a practice group that focuses on
aviation, trade, and transportation law.
Charles
S. Robb is a
distinguished professor of law and public policy at George
Mason
University. He was
lieutenant governor of Virginia 1978-1982, governor
from 1982-1986, and represented Virginia
in the United States Senate 1989-2001.
He recently co-chaired the independent
Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the
United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Don
Beyer was
lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1990-1998. He
was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1997.
More recently, he served as national
treasurer of the Howard Dean presidential campaign.
Eva
Teig-Hardy is a senior vice-president for external
affairs and corporate communications at Dominion
Resources. She
served as secretary of health and human resources in
the Baliles administration.
Thomas
Morris is president of Emory and Henry
University. He writes
and comments frequently on
Virginia
politics and public policy.
Richard
Saslaw has represented a portion of Fairfax
County
in the Virginia Senate since 1976.
He is the minority leader of the Virginia
Senate.
Patrick
McSweeney is a
partner in McSweeney & Crump, a Richmond
law firm. He
is a former chairman of the Republican Party of
Virginia and was editor-in-chief of the University
of Richmond Law Review.
His commentaries on Virginia
politics and policy appear regularly in The
Daily Press, of Newport News, and in Bacon’s
Rebellion.
Jim
Dillard represented
part of Fairfax County
in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1972-1977,
and from 1980 through 2004.
A champion of public education in
Virginia, he was the long-time chairman of the House
Education Committee.
George
Grayson represented James
City and New Kent counties, part of Henrico, and the City
of Williamsburg in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1974 to
1982, and from 1984 to 2001.
A professor at the College
of
William and Mary, he is a widely-published expert on Mexican
politics and public policy.
Jim
Gilmore was
elected attorney general of Virginia
in 1993 and governor of Virginia
in 1997. He
led the implementation of Virginia’s Standards of Learning, created the nation’s
first secretariat of technology and spearheaded the
largest tax cut in Virginia’s history—the near elimination of the personal
property tax on personal-use vehicles.
He is a partner at Kelly-Drye,
the Washington
law firm.
Vance
Wilkins represented
the City of Staunton and parts of Amherst, Augusta, and Rockbridge
counties in the Virginia House of Delegates from
1978 to 2002. Widely
credited with leading Republicans to their first
majority in the House since Reconstruction, he was
minority leader 1992-1997, Republican leader
1998-99 and was elected speaker of the House in
2000. He
is a contractor in Amherst.
Mark
Rozell is a
professor of public policy and director of the
Master of Public Policy Program in the School
of
Public Policy
at George Mason University
in Arlington. Widely
published, he is a nationally recognized expert on
American politics and policy.
John
Chichester, president pro tempore of the Virginia Senate,
represents King George,
Lancaster, Northumberland, Prince William,
Richmond, Stafford
and Westmoreland counties, and part of Fauquier and
Fredericksburg
City. He is
chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
Bill
Wood recently
retired as director of the Sorensen Institute for
Political Leadership at the
University
of Virginia. He is a
frequent writer on Virginia politics and public policy.
Tom
Moncure serves as senior counsel for local and
intergovernmental affairs in the Office of the
Attorney General. Before 2002, he served 10 years as
clerk of the circuit court of Stafford. He
represented Stafford, and at varying times,
Fredericksburg and part of Fauquier in the House of
Delegates, 1982-1988.
Paul
Akers is opinion-pages editor for The Free-Lance
Star in Fredericksburg.
Becky
Dale edited E.
B. White: Writings from The New Yorker, 1927-1976
(HarperCollins, 1990).
She writes frequently on Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act.
Mark
Warner is
governor of Virginia. A graduate
of Harvard Law
School, he is chairman of the National Governors
Association and the Education Commission of the
States. During his
tenure as Virginia’s governor he has championed centrist, bipartisan
governance. His
education initiatives include Education for a
Lifetime and Project Graduation, programs that have
received national attention.
He is considered a contender for the
Presidency in 2008.
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