Full Name:
Christopher 'Chris' T. Head
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Betsy; 3 Children: Tori, Abbey, Michael
Birth Date:
01/13/1963
Birth Place:
Commerce, GA
Home City:
Botetourt, VA
Religion:
Baptist
BMUS, Music Education, University of Georgia, 1980-1985
Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 3, 2024-present
Delegate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 17, 2011-2024
Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 3, 2023
Former Member, Finance Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Joint Commission on Administrative Rules, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Privileges and Elections Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Roanoke Higher Education Authority, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Campaign Finance, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Finance #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Welfare and Institutions #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Welfare, and Institutions #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Militia, Police and Public Safety #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Owner, Home Instead Senior Care, 2001-present
Product Marketing Manager, Xerox, 2002-2003
Product Specialist, Xerox, 2000-2002
Product Sales Specialist, Xerox, 1996-2000
Agent Sales Representative, Summit Business Solutions, 1993-1996
Minister of Music and Youth, Heritage Baptist Church, 1989-1992
Minister of Music and Youth, First United Methodist Church, Commerce GA, 1988-1989
Minister of Music, First Baptist Church, Jefferson, GA, 1986-1988
Owner/Publisher, TANSTAAFL Magazine, 1983-1988
Deacon, Bonsack Baptist Church, present
Member, Downtown Roanoke Kiwanis Club, present
Volunteer Driver, Meals on Wheels, present
Member, National Rifle Association (NRA), present
Member, Home Instead Senior Care Franchise Exchange Council
Former Volunteer, Memory Walk
Member, Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Former Volunteer, The Roanoke Rescue Mission
Former Board Member, Virginia Association of Home Care and Hospice
Awards:
Roanoke Regional Small Business of the Year (2009)
Favorite Quote:
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
-C. S. Lewis
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
-C. S. Lewis
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
-Ronald Reagan
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
-Winston Churchill
All progress starts by telling the truth.
-Dan Sullivan
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Singing, biking, hiking, and reading