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:
Nancy Howell Agee
Chairman
Todd A. Stottlemyer
Vice Chairman
Del. Terry Austin
Sen. George Barker
Benjamin J. Davenport Jr.
Jim Dyke
Hon. Steve Cummings
Secretary of Finance
Heywood Fralin
Leah Fremouw
Del. Todd Gilbert
Speaker of the House of Delegates
Hon. Amy Guidera
Secretary of Education
Eva Teig Hardy
Sen. Janet D. Howell
Doug Juanarena
De. Terry Kilgore
John King
Del. Barry Knight
Hon. Caren Merrick,
Secretary of Commerce and Trade
Sen. Frank M. Ruff
Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani
Marilyn H. West
John O. “Dubby” Wynne