About the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board

The Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board is a public 24-member policy board that is responsible for several aspects of GO Virginia’s implementation.

Responsibilities

Specifically, the GO Board is responsible for:

• Promoting collaborative regional economic and workforce development opportunities;
• Certifying the GO Virginia Regions and Regional Councils;
• Distributing Virginia Growth and Opportunity Fund monies;
• Reviewing applications for monies from the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Fund and rewarding those funds to qualifying projects;
• Collecting and disseminating information regarding local, state, and national best practices related to collaborative regional economic and workforce development activities;
• Organizing advisory committees around industry clusters and other areas of opportunity to inform the work of the regions; and
• Advising and reporting to the Governor and General Assembly

Board Members

The current members of the Growth and Opportunity Board are: