Alakai's CEO, Dendy Young, Attends NVTC Executive Visit to Policymakers in Richmond

February 10, 2011

As the 2011 General Assembly session approached the halfway point last week, members of NVTC's Board of Directors and the NVTC TechPAC Board of Trustees, including Alakai CEO, Dendy Young, spent a day in Richmond to discuss NVTC's legislative priorities with policymakers. The group participates in legislative meetings with Speaker Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg) and Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw (D-Fairfax), as well as Delegate Ben Cline (R-Amherst), Delegate Barbara Comstock (R-McLean), Delegate Tag Greason (R-Sterling), Senator Mark Herring (D-Leesburg), Senator Janet Howel (D-Reston), Delegate Tim Hugo (R-Fairfax), Delegate Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Delegate Joe May (R-Leesburg) and Delegate Jackson Miller (R-Manassas).

The delegation also attended a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Education where NVTC President and CEO Bobbie Kilberg testified in support of the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011. This legislation represents a first step on the path to adding more than 100,000 Virginians with college degrees to the workforce over the next 15 years; places an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, math, healthcare and other high-demand subjects; and promotes affordable access to education through key reforms to promote long-term affordability.