Today
Program: Lt.
Governor of Virginia
Speaker: Tim
Kaine
Tim Kaine was inaugurated in January 2002 as Virginia’s 39th
Lieutenant Governor. He previously served for 7 years as City Councilman and
Mayor of Richmond.
As Richmond’s Mayor, Kaine supported tax incentives to spur job growth,
particularly among small businesses. He reorganized the City’s budget to
promote school construction and rehabilitation. He was a leader in Richmond’s
award-winning Project Exile program. As Lieutenant Governor, Kaine has
embarked on an ambitious effort to visit schools in all of Virginia’s 134
cities and counties. Using the knowledge gained in these visits, he has
promoted educational reforms. He is also working to bring public broadcasting
of General Assembly proceedings to the entire Commonwealth. Kaine serves on
the Secure Virginia Panel, the state’s anti-terrorism task force, where he
successfully championed improvements to Virginia’s Emergency Alert System. He
is also chair of Virginia’s Disability Commission and serves on Virginia’s
Military Advisory Council.Kaine graduated from the University of Missouri and
Harvard Law School. During law school, he took a one-year leave of absence to
work with Catholic missionaries as the principal of the Instituto Tecnico
Loyola, a vocational school teaching carpentry and welding to teenagers in El
Progreso, Honduras.
Lt. Gov. Kaine's wife, Anne Holton, is a Judge of the Richmond Juvenile Court.
They have three children
Invocation offered by: Elizabeth
Chisolm
