Jeff Frederick
Jeffrey M. Frederick (born September 23, 1975) is an American politician, CEO, entrepreneur, and craft beer brewery owner.Born to an American father and Colombian mother,[1] Frederick spent his early childhood in Northern Virginia before moving to Florida after his stepfather's retirement from the U.S. Navy.After his first year in the legislature, where he was the only freshmen in his House class to oppose Governor Mark Warner's historic[14] increase in state taxes, Warner made Frederick a top target for defeat by state Democrats, tapping another long time Prince William politician in Hilda Barg, an 18-year Democratic member of the Prince William Board of Supervisors,[15] who challenged Frederick.Frederick was chosen to deliver the House Republican response to Governor Tim Kaine's State of the Commonwealth Address in January 2007.He had a number of significant legislative accomplishments, including major land-use reforms such as requiring traffic impact studies[22] (Gov.[43] The following year, he was removed from the position by the party's central governing body,[44][45] after a series of disputed allegations characterized as "a thin case that one can only suspect there were other motives behind Frederick's demise.