Shannon Valentine

Shannon Rutter Valentine (born January 31, 1959) is an American politician who served as the Secretary of Transportation for Virginia from 2018 to 2022.Following an assignment as a Director of the Transportation Policy Council in 2013 for then Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe's transition team, Valentine was appointed as the Lynchburg District representative to the CTB in May 2014.She led bipartisan efforts to create transparent government, expand clean energy production, and invest in intercity passenger rail service for the first time in Virginia's history.[7][8] She also graduated from the Sorensen Institute for Political leadership and completed an Education for Ministry certificate course through Sewanee University's School of Theology.[8][5][9] Valentine was named 2017 Transportation Woman of the Year by WTS Central Virginia Chapter.
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