Full Name:
Matthew James
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Karen; 2 Children: Lauren, Kelly
Birth Date:
09/11/1955
Birth Place:
Norfolk, VA
Home City:
Portsmouth, VA
Religion:
Baptist
Attended, United States Naval Academy
MBA, James L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1981
BA, Economics and Mathematics, Hampton University, 1978
Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates, District 80, 2010-2020
Former Member, Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Government and Capital Outlay, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Welfare and Insitutions #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Welfare, and Institutions #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Peninsula Council for Workforce Development, present
Former Director of Economic Development, City of Portsmouth
Former President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Peninsula Council Workforce Development
Peninsula Region Advisory Board Member, BB&T, present
Member, Civic Leadership Institute, present
Member, Eureka Club, Inc, present
Member, Main Street Baptist Church, present
Member, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, present
Former Board Member, Mary Immaculate Hospital
Former President/Vice President/Treasurer/Secretary, Virginia Economic Developers Association
Former Board Member, Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee