Commissioners
Town of
Ashland
Faye O. Prichard, Mayor, Town of Ashland
RRPDC
Vice Chairman and Executive Committee Member
Faye O. Prichard has been serving the
citizens of Ashland since 2002 when she was first elected to the Ashland
Town
Council. Concerned with growth issues in the town, she has been an active member
and vice president of Citizens For Responsible Growth.
Ms. Prichard earned her Master's degree
from Virginia Commonwealth University in Literature and has taught
Composition there for approximately 10 years. She is also a licensed
respiratory therapist.
Edward L. "Ned" Henson, III (Alternate), Ashland
Town Council
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Charles City County
Floyd H. Miles, Sr., Charles City County Board of Supervisors
RRPDC Executive Committee Member
No Alternate
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Chesterfield County
Daniel Gecker,
Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors
RRPDC Executive Committee Member
Steve Elswick, Chesterfield
County Board of Supervisors
Russell J. Gulley,
Chesterfield County Planning
Commission
Russell J. Gulley was first appointed to the RRPDC
board in January 2008, representing the Chesterfield County Planning Commission,
which he currently chairs. Mr. Gulley has served on the Planning Commission for
the past 17 years, being elected chairman on four separate occasions. He has
also served on the board of directors of the Citizens Planning and Education
Association of Virginia (formerly the Virginia Citizens Planning Association),
representing the Richmond region from January 2005 until January 2008. Mr.
Gulley received his undergraduate degree in mathematics and an MBA in finance
from the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. He also holds a Masters
Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University as well as a
Certified Planning Commissioner designation. Mr. Gulley is employed by Phillip
Morris-USA as a Project Manager-IT Organization.
James M. "Jim" Holland,
Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors
Dorothy Jaeckle,
Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors
Arthur S. Warren,
Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors
Arthur S. Warren has carried the distinct title of chairman of the
Chesterfield Board of Supervisors twice, having first been elected to the
Board of Supervisors in 1992. Prior to this, he was a member of the
Chesterfield County Planning Commission. Currently, he is chief of
Radiological Preparedness for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of
Emergency Services.
With a Bachelor's degree in Political
Science and History,
he hails from High Point University in North Carolina and from the
University of Tennessee, where he obtained a Master's degree in Urban
Planning. His Master's degree earned him title of Director of Planning for
Crater Planning District Commission and executive director of the Rapidan Planning
District Commission in Culpeper.
Mr. Warren is a member of many
committees, including the Richmond International Airport Commission and is
on the Board of Directors for the
Virginia Association of Counties. He has been a
member of the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission since 1992,
having served as chairman in 1998-99.
Millard D. "Pete" Stith, Jr., Citizen Representative
Millard D. "Pete" Stith, Jr.
retired in April of 2010 from Chesterfield County where he served as the
Deputy County Administrator since 1992.
He received his Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Public
Administration from Norfolk State University and attended law school at
the College of William and Mary.
Some of his posts include: Executive
Assistant to the County Administrator, Director of Parks and
Recreation, Senior Vice president of Jobs for Virginia Graduates, Inc.
and State Director of Housing. He was named as one of the "Ten
People Making Life Better South of the James" in 1989 by Style Weekly.
He served as rector of Virginia State University in 1996-97 and is a
participating member of the NAACP.
Alternate is vacant
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Goochland County
Ken Peterson, Goochland County Board of Supervisors
RRPDC Executive Committee Member
Ken
Peterson was graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point and
received his Masters of Business Administration from Northwestern
University. He holds Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Financial
Consultant certifications. Mr. Peterson is a corporate finance professional
with a career which includes 14 years with The Prudential and 5 years as
a partner with J&W Seligman & Co.
Mr.
Peterson
attained the rank of captain while serving in the US Army in the US and
overseas. He was elected to the Goochland Board of Supervisors in
2012 and appointed to the Richmond Regional Planning District
Commission in 2012.
James Crews, Goochland County Planning Commission
Ned S. Creasey (Alternate), Goochland County Board of Supervisors
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Hanover County
Evan Fabricant, Citizen Representative
Evan Fabricant graduated with a BS degree from Radford University in 1997. In
2008 he was appointed to the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission.
Mr. Fabricant is a Board member with the Greater Richmond Chamber Foundation and
the Hanover Parks and Recreation, and is a Stewardship Chair at Shady Grove
United Methodist Church, Mechanicsville. Mr. Fabricant works as a financial
services professional at MassMutual Financial Group and is married with one son.
C. Harold Padgett,
Hanover County Planning Commission
C. Harold Padgett was first appointed to serve on
the RRPDC board as Hanover County's Planning Commission representative in
January 2008. Holding degrees from The Citadel and the University of South
Carolina, Mr. Padgett is a financial consultant with Franklin Financial Center.
Prior to his tenure with Franklin Financial, Mr. Padgett was a financial manager
with E.I. DuPont in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Padgett is a current board
member and past president of the Mechanicsville Rotary Club and former board
member and past president of the Ashcreek Homeowners Association.
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Henrico
County
Thomas M. Branin, Henrico County
Planning Commission
Richard W. Glover, Henrico County Board of
Supervisors
RRPDC Executive Committee Member
Richard W. "Dick" Glover has
served the people of Henrico since
1987, when he was first elected to the Board of Supervisors. He
attended Virginia Commonwealth University and J. Sargeant Reynolds
Community College, then later became a certified planning commissioner through
the VPI Extension program.
During his many years of public service, he has had the opportunity to
serve on various committees and boards, including the Capital Region Airport
Commission, the Regional Water Resources Task Force, the Henrico County
Planning Commission, the Capital Area Training Consortium, the Virginia
Municipal League and the Virginia Association of Counties, to name just a
few. He was appointed to the Richmond Regional Planning District
Commission in 1989 and to the Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization in 1992. He served as chairman of both boards in 1993.
David A. Kaechele, Henrico County Board of Supervisors
David A. Kaechele was first elected to the
Henrico Board of Supervisors in 1979. During his long tenure
of serving his constituents, Mr. Kaechele has had occasion to be a
part of many committees and boards. He was appointed by Governor George
Allen to serve on the Human Service and Information Referral Board; he has
been a member of the National Association of Counties, the Virginia
Association of Counties and the Virginia Municipal
League, serving on committees; the Richmond Air Quality
committee; the Metropolitan Economic Development Council; the Capital Area
Training Consortium; the Capital Region Airport Commission and the
Regional Task Force on Solid Water Management—all of which he has
chaired at one time. He has been a member of the Richmond Regional Planning
District Commission Board since 1981.
Mr. Kaechele is a graduate of Michigan
State with a degree in Civil Engineering. He is a member of
several technical societies, including the American Society of Metals and
the Society of Automotive Engineers. He is retired from Reynolds Metals
Company as a senior development engineer with the Research and Development
division.
John H. Mitchell, Citizen Representative
Tyrone E.
Nelson, Henrico County Board of Supervisors
Patricia S. O'Bannon, Henrico County Board of
Supervisors
Patricia S. O'Bannon, a resident of Henrico
County for 32 years, was first elected to the Henrico Board of
Supervisors in 1995. She became a board member of the Richmond
Regional Planning District Commission in 1996. Ms. O'Bannon earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Virginia Commonwealth
University, a Certificate of Attendance from University of Oxford,
England and a Certificate in Fundraising Management from Purdue
University. She is a recipient of the "Women in Government Award,"
awarded by Good Housekeeping Magazine, Rutgers University Center for
American Women in Politics, the Council for Excellence in Government and
the Ford Foundation.
This former English teacher is also the current chair of the
Metropolitan Air Quality Committee, and a member of the Board of
Trustees for the Henricus Foundation. She serves on the Board of
Directors for the Virginia Coalition of Open Government, the National
Association of Counties, and the Virginia Association of Counties. In
addition, Ms. O'Bannon serves on the NACo 2010 and 2011 Presidential
Initiative Planning Committee, and committees for the Virginia Municipal
League.
Frank J. Thornton, Henrico County Board of
Supervisors
Frank J. Thornton has been a member of the
Henrico Board of Supervisors since 1996. His political career
includes posts to the Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning Organization; the Henrico County Parks and
Recreation Advisory Commission and the Volunteer Rescue Squads, Inc.; VACo's Education Steering Committee and Resolutions Committee; NACo's
Human Services and Education Steering Committee and VML's Human
Development and Education Policy Committee and Legislative
Committee. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Social
Services and has been appointed by Governor Kaine to the Virginia Policy
Task Force and by Governor Allen to the Region 3
Open Space Preservation Advisory Board; the Henrico County Democratic
Committee, the Local Elected Democratic Caucus Advisory Board and the VML
Legislative Committee. He has been a member of the Richmond Regional
Planning District Commission board since July 2001.
As a graduate of
Leadership Metro Richmond (LMR) and former member of
the Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Richmond as well as a Past
President/Co-founder of the Henrico County Civic League, he demonstrates
his far-reaching involvement within the community willingly.
Mr. Thornton, an Assistant Professor of
French at Virginia Union University, hails from The Virginia Union University,
graduating with a Bachelor's degree in French and from The American
University, receiving his Master's degree in 20th Century French.
Randall R.
Silber (Alternate), Henrico County Deputy Manager for Community Development
Randall R. Silber was first appointed to serve as
Henrico County's alternate voting member to the RRPDC in January 2008. Mr.
Silber holds undergraduate and advanced degrees in geography and planning from
the University of Maryland and the University of Northern Colorado,
respectively. In addition to his duties as Henrico's Deputy County Manager for
Community Development, Mr. Silber has been acting as the county's liaison over
the Economic Development Authority - Henrico County since 1985.
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New
Kent County
Edward W. Pollard, New Kent
County Planning Commission
Edward W. Pollard is a Retired Management Analyst,
Yorktown Naval Weapons Station (1995). He is on the Board of
Directors of the Navel Weapons Station Federal Credit Union, a post he was first
elected to in 1983, and he currently serves as Vice President
Mr. Pollard has been a member of the New Kent County Planning
Commission for 10 years, serving as Chairman in 2004. He is a graduate of
Morgan State College (Baltimore, MD) with a BS in Business
Administration and has pursued graduate studies at the University of Richmond
and the College of William and Mary.
Mr. Pollard was elected to the New Kent County Branch of
the NAACP in 1976. He has also served on the New Kent County Highway
Safety Committee; New Kent Vocation Education Committee, former chairman; Naval
Weapons Station EEO Advisory Committee, former chairman; and St. Luke Baptist
Church, superintendent of christian education
James H. Burrell, New Kent County Board of Supervisors
RRPDC Executive Committee Member
Kelli Le Duc (Alternate), Planner, New Kent County
Planning Department
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Powhatan County
Richard Ayers, Powhatan County
Planning Commission
Richard Ayers is a member of the Powhatan County Planning Commission, a
member and Associate Director of the Monacan Soil and Water Conservation
District and serves as a Master Gardner with the Virginia Cooperative
Extension Service. He is also a former Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop
823.
Mr. Ayers earned a Bachelors of Science in Biology from the University
of Richmond and a Masters of Science in Aquatic Ecology from VCU. He
retired after 30 years as Aquatic Ecologist with Virginia State Water
Control Board.
Carson L. Tucker, Powhatan County Board of Supervisors
Carson Tucker earned his
Bachelors of Arts from Virginia Military Institute in 1970, and holds
Masters degrees from the College of William and Mary (1971) and George
Washington University (1989). Mr. Tucker is retired from Philip
Morris USA (Altria) where he served as the Director of Leadership
Planning. He is currently a member of the Powhatan County Board of
Supervisors.
David Williams, Powhatan County Board of Supervisors
Bill Melton
(Alternate), Powhatan County Board of
Supervisors
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City
of Richmond
Douglas G. Conner, Jr., Richmond City Council
Kathy C.
Graziano,
Richmond City Council
RRPDC
Executive Committee Member
Kathy C. Graziano is a retired lobbyist who was first elected to the
Richmond City Council in 2004. She was appointed to the Richmond
Regional Planning District Commission in February 2005.
Her
membership on the City Council's standing committees include the Land Use
and Housing Committee, of which she is vice chair, the Organizational
Development Committee and the Governmental Operations Committee.
Ms.
Graziano participates is many organizations, including the Richmond
Ambulance Authority Board, the Electoral Board, the Richmond Grand Jury
and the Richmond Personnel Board, to name just a few. She is
also a member of other boards and committees, including St. Michael's
Episcopal School, Benedictine High School, St. Gertrude High School, St.
Joseph's Villa and the Maymont Foundation.
E. Martin Jewell, Richmond City Council
Lynn McAteer,
Richmond
Planning Commission
Charles
R. Samuels,
Richmond City Council
L. Ray Ashworth, Citizen Representative
L. Ray Ashworth was a Member of the
Virginia House of Delegates representing the City of Emporia and the
Counties of Charles City, Greensville, New Kent, Sussex and Surry from
1969 to 1981. He currently serves on the boards of the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and the Virginia Sate
Fair.
Mr. Ashworth now retired, is a graduate of
the University of Richmond and a US Army veteran. He was a
lobbyist and political consultant from 1993- 2004, and served as the
Executive Vice President of the Virginia Trucking Association.
Douglas C. Dunlap (Alternate),
Planning/Development Review
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