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 ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html