FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Barry Lawrence
Clerk, Board of Supervisors
(804) 501-4318
June 24, 2009
Tuckahoe Supervisor O'Bannon to lead transportation planning
organization
Henrico County Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman and Tuckahoe
District Supervisor Patricia S. O'Bannon has been named chairman of the
Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (RAMPO). She will serve
a one year term beginning July 1.
RAMPO is a federally designated regional transportation planning
organization serving the city of Richmond, town of Ashland and Charles
City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan
Counties. The organization is responsible for developing a 20 year
transportation plan, a three year transportation improvement program and
related plans and studies for the region. Voting membership includes the
nine local governments, four transportation planning agencies and
Virginia Department of Transportation.
The only woman to serve on the Henrico Board of Supervisors,
O'Bannon was first elected to represent the Tuckahoe District in 1995.
She has served on a number of governmental boards and organizations,
including the National Association of Counties, Virginia Association of
Counties, the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission, the
Henricus Foundation and the Virginia Building Code Technical Review
Board. She is a past recipient of the Patrick Henry Award for Government
Service to the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Richmond Area YWCA
"Outstanding Women" award and Good Housekeeping magazine's "Women in
Government" award.
O'Bannon, a Richmond native and graduate of Virginia
Commonwealth University, is a former English teacher, news editor and
development associate for public television.