Newsroom Archive for 1/11, 2006

On this first day of the 2006 session of the Viginia General Assembly
the Sorensen Institute would like to recoginze our 12 alumni who will
be serving in the House of Delegates. We want to thank each of them for
their service to Virginia and for their  dedication to the
principles of ethics and cooperation which are at the heart of the
Sorensen mission.

Kenny Alexander, Political Leaders Program Class of 2002, 89th District.

David Bulova, Political Leaders Program Class of 1997, 37th District.

John Cosgrove, Political Leaders Program Class of 1998 and a member of our State Board of Directors, 78th District.

Adam Ebbin, Political Leaders Program Class of 2000, 49th District.

Robert Hurt, Political Leaders Program Class of 2000, 16th District.

Lynwood Lewis, Political Leaders Program Class of 1999, 100th District.

Jennifer McClellan, Political Leaders Program Class of 2001, Candidate
Training Program Class of 2005 and a member of our State Board of
Directors, 71st District.

Danny Marshall, Candidate Training Program Class of 2001, 14th District.

David Nutter, Candidate Training Program Class of 2001, 7th District.

Stephen Shannon, Candidate Training Program Class of 2003, 35th District.

Mark Sickles, Political Leaders Program Class of 1998, Candidate Training Program Class of 2001, 43rd District.

Shannon Valentine, Political Leaders Program Class of 2005, 23rd District

The Sorensen Institute is proud to announce the members of the Class
of 2006 Political Leaders Program. The class will begin its 10-month
term in March. Competition this year was particularly rigorous. We had
over 80 outstanding applications from around the Commonwealth for only
37 spots. Each of these students is indeed an emerging leader in their
communities and will do great things for Virginia. The staff and Board
of the Sorensen Institute is looking forward to working with them.

The members of the Political Leaders Program Class of 2006 are:

Debra Allen, Forest
John Amiss, Amelia
Muneer Baig, Manassas
Hobart Bauhan, Harrisonburg
Sindy Benavides, Springfield
Andrew Block, Charlottesville
Marc Cheatham, Glen Allen
Bryan Collins, Chesapeake
Christie Craig, Chesapeake
Charles Ewald, Charlottesville
Michael Farruggio, Charlottesville
William Figaro, Roanoke
Rita Ghazal, Richmond
Steven Gould, Richmond
Conaway Haskins, Chesterfield
Charniele Herring, Alexandria
Brandon Hudson, Virgilina
Sharon Jadrnak, Emporia
Jay James, Charlottesville
Timothy Johnson, Arlington
Yvonne Johnston, Louisa
Krysta Jones, Arlington
Tarina Keene, Norfolk
Brian Kirwin, Virginia Beach
John Lawrence, Lynchburg
Norman Leahy, Richmond
Donald Lefeve, Alexandria
Blanton Marchese, Chesterfield
Cynthia McKay, Glen Allen
Melissa Neff, Richmond
Bradford Phillips, Hampton
Carlos Soles, Arlington
Michael Taylor, Ringgold
Shawn Utt, Pulaski
Margaret Vanderhye, McLean
Claire Ward, Richmond
Joyce Waugh, Roanoke