Todd Patterson Haymore is an American civil servant who served as Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade in the administration of Governor

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. He previously served as the

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under Governor

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and

. Prior to these two posts, he served in then-Governor

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's administration in the

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. In March 2018, he was appointed as Managing Director of the Global Economic Development, Commerce and Government Relations Group, based in the

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office of

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Education

Haymore received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the

University of Richmond The University of Richmond (UR or U of R) is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia. It is a primarily undergraduate, residential institution with approximately 4,350 undergraduate and graduate students in five schools: the School ...

, and his Masters of Business Administration from

Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virgini ...

. Haymore also completed training at the Performance Management Group's Virginia Executive Institute at

. In December 2016, during fall commencement ceremonies, VCU awarded Haymore an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for his contributions to Virginia in economic development and global trade promotion.

Career

Government

Haymore began his professional career as a legislative intern to former Virginia State Senator Onico Barker, and later served as a legislative assistant and communications director to

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Haymore served as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services under Governor

. In 2010, Haymore became Virginia's second Agriculture and Forestry Secretary, and was later re-appointed to the position by Governor McAuliffe in 2014. Haymore was appointed Secretary of Commerce and Trade by Governor Terry McAuliffe in September 2016.

Business

Haymore was an executive at both Universal Leaf Tobacco Corporation and

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, two of the world's largest leaf tobacco dealers.

Personal life

A native of

Danville, Virginia Danville is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, located in the Southside Virginia region and on the fall line of the Dan River. It was a center of tobacco production and was an area of Confederate activity ...

, Haymore is married to Margaret Cary Lewis. They have three children. The Haymore family resides in

Henrico County Henrico County , officially the County of Henrico, is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 334,389 making it the fifth-most populous county in Virginia. Henrico County is incl ...

References

External links

Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade
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