| Its 14 voting members, appointees of the governor and GOP officeholders, candidates and political action committees, will decide the fate of an I-73 plan that is recommended by VDOT Chief Engineer James Browder. He will rely on information provided by Salem Manager Fred Altizer, VDOT consultants and staff members. |
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| Roy Parrish Byrd |
Grey Folkes Jr. |
John Grubb Jr. |
| Chatham, Lynchburg district
Cattleman
Contributed $700 |
Chesapeake, at-large urban-areas
President of Hassell and Folkes, an engineering firm.
Partner in several real estate development companies.
Contributed $14,500 |
Marion, at-large rural-areas
Retired sheriff of Smyth County.
No contributions |
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| Benjamin Humphreys Jr. |
Bryan Kornblau |
Carter Myers III |
White Stone
Fredericksburg district
Owner of a telecommunications company.
Contributed $2,975 |
Richmond
Richmond district
CEO of Eagle Construction of Virginia Inc., which builds houses.
Contributed $43,283 |
Charlottesville
Culpeper district
President and director of Petersburg Motor Co. Inc., CMA Properties Inc., and Autolease Inc.
Chairman and director of Autorent Inc., Heritage Chevrolet Inc., HCM/MTE Associates Inc. and Colonial Honda.
Director of Alliance Agronomics Inc. and Glendale Holdings
Contributed $1,200 |
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| Max Porter |
Olivia "Libby" Welsh |
Ulysses White |
| Boykins, at-large rural-areas
President of Porter's Wood Products Inc.
Contributed $4,507 |
Staunton, Staunton district
Owner of Livia Properties, which leases industrial and warehouse property; Broadmoor Plaza Partnership; Stuarts Draft shopping center; Virginia Office Building in Staunton; K. C. Limited, apartments in Danville.
Contributed $5,000 |
Manassas, at-large urban-areas
Equal Employment Opportunity specialist for Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
Contributed $735 |
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| J. Kenneth Klinge |
L. C. "Sonny" Martin |
Leonard "Hobie" Mitchel |
| Alexandria, Northern Virginia district
Lobbyist for Colonial Downs horse racing and companies in wholesale and retail sales, hospitals and drug manufacturing.
Contributed $575 |
Pennington Gap, Bristol district
Executive vice president and CEO of Powell Valley National Bank.
Contributed $7,750 |
Chantilly, at-large urban-areas representative.
President of Landsdowne, a real estate developer. Also develops golf courses.
No contributions
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| William Prettyman |
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| Virginia Beach, Suffolk district
President of General Farms and Land Co. Inc., real estate.
Contributed $4,507 |
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| These transportation board members are administrators employed by the state. They rarely vote on highway projects. |
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| Shirley Ybarra |
Charles Nottingham |
Leo Bevon |
| Secretary of Transportation
Transportation board chairwoman
A state employee, she votes only in case of a tie.
Contributed $100 |
Commissioner, VDOT
Transportation board vice chairman
A state employee, he votes only if there's a tie and Ybarra is absent.
Contributed $2,765 |
Director, Department of Rail and Public Transportation
A state employee, he is a nonvoting member.
No contributions
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SOURCES: Board members' Statements of Economic Interest filed with the Secretary of The Commonwealth; Roanoke Times analysis of campaign finance data matched against a database of transportation board members.
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