Post Office Box 700
Portsmouth, VA 23705
Mailing Address:
Senate of Virginia
Post Office Box 396
Richmond, VA 23218
Pocahontas Building
900 East Main Street, Room E604
Richmond, VA 23218
Post Office Box 700
Portsmouth, VA 23705-0700
Full Name:
L. Louise Lucas
Gender:
Female
Family:
3 Children: Lisa, Theresa, Jeffery (deceased)
Birth Date:
01/22/1944
Birth Place:
Portsmouth, VA
Home City:
Portsmouth, VA
Religion:
African Methodist Episcopal
MA, Urban Affairs, Norfolk State University, 1982
BS, Vocational-Industrial Education, Norfolk State University, 1971
President Pro Tempore, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, 2020-present
Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 18, 1992-present
Member, Virginia General Assembly, 1991-present
Member, Governors Commission on Information Technology, present
Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 18, 2023
Member, Federal Action Contingency Trust Fund, 2012
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 4, 2001
Member, Portsmouth City Council, 1984
Member, Block Grants
Member, Commerce and Labor Committee
Member, Commission on Electric Utility Regulation
Member, Commission on Virginia State Crime
Chair, Education and Health Committee
Member, Finance and Appropriations Committee
Member, Governor's Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates
Member, Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission
Member, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board of Trustees
Member, Joint Rules Committee
Member, Judiciary Committee
Member, Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee, Virginia
Member, Rules Committee
Member, Southern Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees
Chair, Subcommittee on Certificate of Public Need
Member, Subcommittee on Civil Law
Member, Subcommittee on Claims
Member, Subcommittee on Energy
Member, Subcommittee on General Government
Member, Subcommittee on K-12 Education
Member, Subcommittee on Local Government Fiscal Stress
Chair, Subcommittee on Public Safety
Member, Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission
Member, Virginia Delegation of the Roanoke River Bi-State Commission
Member, Governors Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring, present
Member, Governors Commission on State Funding for Public School Construction, present
Member, Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commissio, present
Member, National Woman's Political Caucus, present
Member, Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, present
Former Chair, Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Committee, Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Cannabis Oversight Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Commission on Federal Action Contingency Trust (FACT) Fund Approval, Virginia State Senate
Former Member, Commission on Health Care, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Courts of Justice Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate
Former Member, Finance Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee General Government and Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Capital Outlay and General Government, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health Professions, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate
Member, Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission, 2013
Member, Commission on Electric Utility Regulation, 2010
President/Chief Executive Officer, The Lucas Professional Center, present
Assistant Professor, Department of Academic Affairs/Special Assistant, Norfolk State University, 1994-1998
Interim Executive/Executive Director, Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Project (STOP), 1985-1992
Shipfitter, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), 1967-1971
Member, African Methodist Episcopal Church, present
Golden Life Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, present
Vice-Chair of Outreach, Democratic Party of Virginia, present
Charter Member, Martin Luther King Leadership Steering Committee, present
Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), present
Member, National Council of Christians and Jews, Tidewater Chapter, present
Member, National Political Congress of Black Women, present
Deaconess, New Mount Olivet Baptist Church, present
Board Member At-Large, The Torch Club of Portsmouth, present
Board Member, Virginia Association of Black Elected Officials, present
Congressional Liaison, Old Dominion University, 1992-1994
Number of Grandchildren:
5 Grandchildren; 3 Great-Grandchildren