Molly Joseph Ward is a former

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. She was appointed to this position by Governor

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in 2014. Previously, she served as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at

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and as Mayor of

Hampton, Virginia Hampton () is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 137,148. It is the List ...

from 2008 to 2013.

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Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources
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