NORTHERN VIRGINIA ANIMAL SHELTERS: A coalition of Northern
Virginia Animal Shelters went to Mississippi to
assist the Humane Society of
Southern Mississippi (HSSM), and
organization devastated by Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita. Representatives
from Loudoun County Animal Care
& Control, Fairfax County Animal Care & Control, Prince
William County Police Animal Control Bureau, the Animal League
of Arlington, Manassas Animal Control Services & Adoption
Center, and the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria traveled to Gulfport
Mississippi in early February to
bring homeless animals to Northern
Virginia for adoption. Many of the
dogs in the Gulf Coast Region have not been spayed or neutered before the
hurricanes, and as a result there are litters arriving daily at
the shelter in Gulfport. The HSSM gets an average of 30 to 75 dogs and puppies
every day. Many are being surrendered by owners who can no
longer care for them due to a loss of housing after the storm,
while others are puppies born to animals who are now running
loose after losing their homes. Last year the HSSM took in over
15,000 animals, and the number is expected to grow in 2006. For more information call Laura Danis with
Loudoun County at (703) 737-8045 or ldanis@loudoun.gov.
NVRC: The Northern Virginia Regional Commission appointed Barbara
J. Gordon as their new director of communications. The commission is comprised of elected officials
from 14 Northern Virginia Cities,
Towns, and Counties. Barbara Gordon has
over 20 years of media relations and communications experience
for local governments to the commission. She was Alexandria Public Information Officer from July 2001 to July 2005. She also served as
Fairfax County Deputy Director of
Public Affairs, and as Falls Church
Public Information Officer. For
more information about NVRC go to www.novaregion.org or call (703) 642-0700.
RICHMOND: Harry E. Black has
been named Richmond City Chief
Financial Officer. His role will be
to provide leadership in fiscal management that is key to the
success of city government operations. He will oversee all
aspects of the city’s financial operations, including
coordinating departments of
finance, procurement, and budget and strategic planning. He was most recently vice president of the
Washington, DC design, engineering, and program management firm
McKissack & McKissack. Gene J.
Doody has been named
Richmond’s new director of
information technology. He was most
recently with Capitol One Financial
Services as a group information
officer. Prior to his work there, he was director of
information technology for Nationwide/
Provident and Campbell Soup Company. He had also been a vice president of online financial operations at MBNA America.
Rita R. Henderson has been tapped to lead the city’s office of minority business enterprise. She most recently served as director of the Virginia Council on Human Rights. There she administered legislative mandates and policies and developed a statewide Equal Employment Opportunity compliance program. From 2002 to 2004 she worked in the Office of the Governor for Constituent Services, another gubernatorial appointment. At the local level, she was chief of staff for then Richmond Mayor and now Governor Tim Kaine. She also worked for the city as
Provident and Campbell Soup Company. He had also been a vice president of online financial operations at MBNA America.
Rita R. Henderson has been tapped to lead the city’s office of minority business enterprise. She most recently served as director of the Virginia Council on Human Rights. There she administered legislative mandates and policies and developed a statewide Equal Employment Opportunity compliance program. From 2002 to 2004 she worked in the Office of the Governor for Constituent Services, another gubernatorial appointment. At the local level, she was chief of staff for then Richmond Mayor and now Governor Tim Kaine. She also worked for the city as
council liaison, district manager for
health care services, and director of youth and family support
programs. In the mid 1990s, she
worked for then Governor now Mayor Doug
Wilder in his office as scheduler.
In the early 1990s, she was deputy
director for the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. David L.
Avery is the new director of the
city’s department of justice services. He has served as deputy department director since 1996, and as the interim
director since January of 2005.
Prior to this, he was superintendent of the Hanover
Juvenile Correctional Center from
1989 to 1996, and assistant superintendent of Oak Ridge Learning Center from 1987 to 1989. Earlier in his career, he was a counselor supervisor
and an assistant superintendent with the Virginia
Department of Juvenile Justice Services, and a high school teacher in Lawrenceville, VA. John R. Pope Jr. is
the new Richmond Parks, Recreation
and Community Facilities Director.
Since 2001, he has been in charge of the West Virginia State Parks System, including 34 state parks, nine state forests, and
four wildlife management areas, as well as ten lodges, more
than 2,000 cabins and campsites, and an assortment of golf
courses, swimming pools, restaurants and museums. As chief of
the parks system, he managed a $31 million annual budget, of
which more than 60 percent was state generated revenue. He
oversaw 450 full time and about 1,000 part time employees. For more information contact Linwood Norman at
(804) 646-0434.
TOBACCO SETTLEMENT: Marty H. Kilgore has been appointed by Governor Tim Kaine to
serve as Virginia Tobacco
Settlement Foundation (VTSF) Executive Director, a position she previously held during Governor Mark Warner’s Administration. She served as executive
director of the VTSF from 2001 until fall
of 2005. Previously, she served as Deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth from
1998 to 2001. For more information contact Kevin Hall at (804)
225-4260.
VACO: Michael L. Edwards
has been appointed Virginia
Association of Counties (VACo) Deputy Executive Director in charge of legislative affairs. He was most
recently the executive director of the Foundation for Virginia, a
coalition that advocates on behalf of the state’s core
service providers including education, health care, natural
resources, public safety, and transportation. Before that, he
was the Virginia Municipal League
Deputy Executive Director where his
duties included that of a legislative analyst. For more information contact Wendy Jenkins at
(804) 343-2502 or wjenkins@vaco.org.