FYI - Ft. Monroe
This release came from the Governor's Office.


> Delegate Glenn Oder Named Executive Director of Fort Monroe Authority
>
> RICHMOND –Governor Bob McDonnell today commended the Fort Monroe  
> Authority (FMA) Board for unanimously voting to appoint Delegate G.  
> Glenn Oder as the next Executive Director of the FMA. The FMA’s  
> selection process began in June with the board voting on the  
> recommendation today. Oder will succeed current Executive Director  
> Bill Armbruster who has served in the position since February 2008  
> and is retiring in September. Oder will resign from the House of  
> Delegates effective August 31st.
>
>  Speaking about the selection of Delegate Oder, Governor McDonnell  
> remarked, “As we move into the next phase of conversion of Fort  
> Monroe over to the Commonwealth, it is essential that the next head  
> of the Fort Monroe Authority is a proven leader and visionary who is  
> personally vested in its success. Delegate Glenn Oder fills all of  
> these attributes. Glenn is a highly-respected member of the House of  
> Delegates, who has enthusiastically served Newport News since 2002.  
> More importantly, his professional expertise lies in landscape  
> architecture, land development and land planning. He is a respected  
> landscape architect with immense knowledge of real estate and  
> community management in the Hampton Roads region. I cannot imagine  
> someone more qualified for this important role than Glenn. I know he  
> will effectively lead the conversion of Fort Monroe from a military  
> base to an important historic site for people across the  
> Commonwealth and the country to visit and learn about our nation’s  
> history for many years to come.”
>
> Oder is a lifelong resident of the City of Newport News and a  
> graduate of Virginia Tech where he received a Bachelor of Landscape  
> Architecture. He is currently licensed in the Commonwealth of  
> Virginia as both a Landscape Architect and a professional real  
> estate agent. During the mid to late 1990’s, Glenn served 5 years on  
> the Newport News Planning Commission and in 1998 he was elected  
> President of the Peninsula Housing and Builders’ Association. From  
> 1999 to 2001 Glenn served as the Principal Deputy Director for the  
> Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for the  
> State of Virginia. Oder just finished his ninth year in the Virginia  
> General Assembly where he serves on the Transportation, the General  
> Laws and the County, Cities, and Towns Committees. In 2008, he was  
> appointed by the Speaker to serve as vice chair of the House  
> Transportation Committee. He also serves as the chair of the Housing  
> subcommittee of General Laws.
>
>  The Fort Monroe Authority(FMA) is the legal entity created by the  
> legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia to oversee the  
> transition of Fort Monroe from federal to state ownership. The FMA  
> is governed by a 12-member board of elected officials, business and  
> civic leaders. The board retains experts inBRAC law, environmental  
> engineering, historic architecture and preservation planning,  
> structural engineering, housing, commercial/retail, public relations/ 
> marketing, and tourism planning. The FMA team and consultants are  
> working collaboratively to create the best outcome for the future of  
> Fort Monroe.


Alyson L. Taylor-White
804-920-2783




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