PATRICIA S. O'BANNON
RESIDENCE: Tuckahoe District
TELEPHONE: (H) 804/285-4728
FAMILY: Married to John M. O'Bannon, III, M.D.
Children are all graduates of Henrico County Public Schools and Douglas Freeman High School
EDUCATION: Virginia Commonwealth University, B.S.; Secondary Education
University of Oxford, England, Certificate of Attendance
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ.,
Certified Planning Commissioner Certificate
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT: Native of Richmond, Virginia; lifetime resident of Richmond metropolitan area;
Resident of Henrico County, 36 years
Elected Member, Henrico County Board of Supervisors, 1996 - Present
Chairman, Henrico County Board of Supervisors, 1999, 2004
Vice Chairman, Henrico County Board of Supervisors, 1998, 2003, 2008
Henrico County Audit Committee, Member, 2005 – Present
Virginia Building Code Technical Review Board, Member, 1997 – Present
Virginia Workforce Council, Member, 1999 - 2003
Henrico Transportation Safety Commission, Member, 1996 – Present
Interstate Commission:
Local Government Advisory Committee to Chesapeake Bay Program, Chairman 2000 -2002; Executive Committee, 2000-2002; Member, 1998 - 2002
Regional Commissions:
Richmond Regional Planning District Commission, Chairman, 2001; Member, Executive Committee, 1996-2007; Member, 1996-Present.
Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, Chairman, 2000; Member 1996 – Present;
Metro Richmond Air Quality Committee, Chairman, 2005 - Present
Graduate, Leadership Metro Richmond, Class of 1998
National Association of Counties
Vice Chairman, NACo Large Urban County Caucus Steering Committee, 2001-2002, 2003 and 2004-05; Member, 1997 – Present
Vice-Chairman, NACo Telecommunications & Technology Steering Committee, 2003- 2007; Member 2000-Present
Virginia Association of Counties
Chairman, VACo Telecommunications and Utilities Committee, 1998, 2004 – 2005, 2006-2008
VACo Nominating Committee, Member, 2002 – Present
VACo Resolutions Committee, 1998, 2004 - Present
VACo/VML Study Task Force, 2004, 2006
Legislative Committee Member, 2005-Present
Virginia Municipal League
VML Environmental Quality Policy Committee, Member, 1996 - Present; Steering Committee, Member, 2000
VML Executive Committee, Member, 2006-2008
Other
Henricus Foundation, Board of Trustees: 1986 - Present
Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute (VNRLI): Certificate
Asian American Society of Central Virginia, Member
Senior Connections (CAAA) Board of Directors, Member, 2001 - 2004
Virginia Health Quality Center (VHQC), Board of Directors: 2002 – 2006
President, River Road Hills Neighborhood Association, 1981 - 1983, and 1995 -1996
Editor, Neighborhood Newsletter, Neighborhood Watch and Civic
Association, 1981 – 2001
River Road Baptist Church, Member: 1980 – Present; Deacon, 2006-present
Richmond Academy of Medicine Alliance, Member, 1980 – Present; Speakers Bureau for RAMA and Commonwealth Parenting Center for Violence on View: How Violence in the Media Affects our Children, 1989 – 1991
Awards:
Winner, Good Housekeeping Magazine’s "Women in Government award", July 2000 (through Rutger's University's Center for American Women and Politics, The Partnership for Trust in Government, and The Ford Foundation) for work on Henrico County's Domestic Violence Team initiative, 1996 - Present (nominated by Virginians for Integrity in Government)
Winner, YWCA 2001 Outstanding Women Awards for Government/Politics,
Richmond Magazine: "Richmond's Best and Worst", August 2007 issue -- "Object of Our Affection #11: Pat O'Bannon".
PROFESSION:
Former English Teacher, Douglas Freeman High School
Former Community News Editor, Richmond Suburban Newspapers
Former Development Associate, Central Virginia's Public Broadcasting
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS: Virginia Press Women's Association
National Federation of Press Women
Virginia Government Communicators Association
Revised: 5/29/08
