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Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Additional Administration and Board Appointments

For Immediate Release:September 12, 2025
Contacts: Office of the Governor:Peter Finocchio, [email protected]Office of the Governor:Peter Finocchio, [email protected]

Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Additional Administration and Board Appointments

RICHMOND, VA- Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced additional administration and board appointments.

ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS

HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES

  • Bella Griffin, Special Assistant, Secretary of Health and Human Resources
  • James "J.D." Spotts, Special Assistant, Secretary of Health and Human Resources

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY

  • Logan Babbs, Special Assistant, Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security

VETERANS AND DEFENSE AFFAIRS

  • Matthew Albertson, Special Assistant, Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

COMMERCE AND TRADE

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION

  • Hayley Allison of Richlands, Chief of Staff, Leader Terry Kilgore

EDUCATION

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

  • Sarah Bowman of Callaway, Corporate Relations Officer, Taubman Museum of Art

VIRGINIA STEM EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

  • Yushen Lin, PhD, RN, of Barboursville, Principal Data Scientist, Cigna Group

HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES

BOARD FOR THE BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED

  • Tracy Bowdish of Norfolk, Music Therapist, Sentara Neurology Specialists

BOARD OF MEDICINE

  • L. Blanton Marchese of North Chesterfield, President/CEO, Emergency Services Solutions Inc.

RARE DISEASE COUNCIL

  • Christina Peroutka, MD, FAAP, FACMG, of Manassas, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Biochemical and Clinical Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine

LABOR

BOARD FOR ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

  • Timothy Stromberg of Virginia Beach, Principal, Stromberg Garrigan & Associates, Inc.

BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL SOIL SCIENTISTS, WETLAND PROFESSIONALS, AND GEOLOGISTS

  • Richard Michniak of Chesterfield, Environmental Specialist II, Virginia Department of Health
  • John S. Pollard of Richmond, Owner and President, Pollard Environmental, LLC

LEGISLATIVE

BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS COMMITTEE

  • Paris D. Turner of Norfolk, retired teacher, Norfolk Public Schools

CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND ETHICS ADVISORY COUNCIL

  • Denise Burch of Powhatan, FOIA Officer and Executive Assistant to the Counselor to the Governor and Chief Transformation Officer, Office of the Governor

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