The Honorable Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.
Mt. Solon
Patron of SJR 219

• Member of the Senate of Virginia
  
• Represents 24th District
  
• Chairman of the Commonwealth Competition Council

The Reverend Dr. S. Strother Smith, III
Abingdon
Chairman of Taskforce

• Manager of a 501 (c) (3) private foundation and rector of a church
  
• Professor of business law at King College
  
• Serving on a number of governing boards
  
• Member of the Commonwealth Competition Council

s3@netva.com

Robert A. Archer
Salem

• Vice President, Blue Ridge Beverage Company, Inc. (Wholesale Beverage)
  
• Member of the Small Business Commission
  
• Member Board of Directors Virginia Chamber of Commerce
  
• Member of the Commonwealth Competition Council
  
• Served as Chair of Virginia's Small Business Advisory Board
  and Virginia's Indigent Health Care Trust Fund, and as President of Virginia Health Information
  
• Active in state trade associations (VA Beer Wholesalers Association & VA Wine Wholesalers Association)

RAARCHER@cs.com

Richard D. Brown
Richmond

• Deputy Director, Virginia Department of Planning and Budget
• Member of the Commonwealth Competition Council
• Member of Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, Richmond Area Association for Retarded Citizens

rbrown@dpb.state.va.us

The Honorable Gene R. "Ray" Ergenbright
Staunton

• Commissioner of the Revenue, City of Staunton
• Former Owner/Operator Ray's Shop & Save Supermarket
• Member of the Blue Ridge Education and Training Council

ErgenbrightGR@ci.staunton.va.us

The Honorable J. Granger Macfarlane
Roanoke

• Former member of the Senate of Virginia
  
• Member of the Commonwealth Competition Council

The Honorable Deborah M. Marston
Dinwiddie

• Commissioner of the Revenue, Dinwiddie County
  

Dr. Earl H. McClenney, Jr.
Richmond

• Professor and Chair of Public Administration at Virginia State University
• Vice Chair of the Commonwealth Competition Council
• Managing Partner, First Associates Publishing
  
• Administrative Law Judge

emcclenn@vsu.edu