Recognized Local Government

Local Government	Population	Form of Recognition	Year of Recognition	Chief Administrative Officer
Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission		G	1975	Bonnie Riedesel
Central Virginia Planning District Commission		G	1977
City of Alexandria	139,966	C	1922	Mr. James Parajon, FAICP
City of Bristol	17,835	C	1919	Randall Eads
City of Buena Vista	6,650	C	1952	Mr. Jason Tyree
City of Charlottesville	43,475	C	1913	Mr. Charles Boyles
City of Chesapeake	222,209	C	1963	Mr. Christopher Price, AICP
City of Colonial Heights	17,411	C	1960	Mr. Douglas Smith, MPA
City of Covington	5,961	C	1925	Ms. Krystal Onaitis, MPA
City of Danville	43,055	C	1950	Mr. Ken Larking
City of Emporia	5,927	C	1953	Mr. William Johnson, MBA
City of Fairfax	22,565	C	1956	Mr. Robert Stalzer
City of Falls Church	12,332	C	1950	Mr. Wyatt Shields
City of Franklin	8,582	C	1922	Randy Martin
City of Fredericksburg	24,286	C	1912	Mr. Timothy Baroody, MPA
City of Galax	7,042	C	1922	Mr. Matthew Settlemyer
City of Hampton	137,436	C	1952	Ms. Mary Bunting
City of Harrisonburg	48,914	C	1939	Mr. Alexander Banks
City of Hopewell	22,591	C	1924	Mr. John Altman
City of Lexington	7,042	C	1938	Mr. James Halasz
City of Lynchburg	75,568	C	1920	Wynter Benda
City of Manassas	37,821	C	1927	Mr. William Pate, ICMA-CM
City of Manassas Park	14,273	C	1982	Mr. Laszlo Palko
City of Martinsville	13,821	C	1949	Mr. Leon Towarnicki, PE
City of Newport News	180,719	C	1958	Ms. Cynthia Rohlf
City of Norfolk	242,803	C	1918	Mr. Douglas Smith
City of Norton	3,958	C	1938	Mr. Fred Ramey, MPA
City of Petersburg	32,420	C	1920	Mrs. Tangela Innis, CPPB, MBA
City of Poquoson	12,150	C	1952	Mr. James Wheeler
City of Portsmouth	95,535	C	1917	Ms. Angel Jones
City of Radford	16,408	C	1920	Mr. David Ridpath
City of Richmond	204,214	C	1948	Mr. Lincoln Saunders
City of Roanoke	97,032	C	1918	Mr. Bob Cowell, ICMA-CM, AICP
City of Salem	24,802	C	1922	Mr. James Taliaferro, MPA, PE
City of Staunton	23,746	C	1908	Ms. Leslie Beauregard, MPA
City of Suffolk	84,585	C	1919	Mr. Albert Moor, PE
City of Virginia Beach	437,994	C	1950	Mr. Patrick Duhaney
City of Waynesboro	21,006	C	1928	Mr. Michael Hamp
City of Williamsburg	14,068	C	1932	Andrew Trivette, AICP
City of Winchester	26,203	C	1915	Mr. Daniel Hoffman
County of Albemarle	98,970	C	1933	Mr. Jeffrey Richardson
County of Amelia	12,690	G	1982	Mr. A. Harvie
County of Amherst	32,353	G	2001	Mr. Dean Rodgers, JD, BA, LL.M.
County of Arlington	207,627	C	1932	Mr. Mark Schwartz
County of Buckingham	17,146	G	1984	Ms. Rebecca Carter
County of Campbell	54,842	G	1970	Mr. Francis Rogers, MPA
County of Charles City	7,256	G	1978	Ms. Michelle Johnson, BA
County of Chesterfield	316,236	G	1977	Joseph Casey, CPA, Ph.D.
County of Culpeper	46,689	C	1981	Mr. John Egertson
County of Fairfax	1,081,726	C	1952	Mr. Bryan Hill, MPA
County of Fauquier	65,203	G	1981	Mr. Paul McCulla
County of Fluvanna	25,691	G	1976	Mr. Eric Dahl
County of Franklin	56,159	G	1973	Mr. Christopher Whitlow
County of Frederick	78,305	G	1973	Larry Oliver
County of Gloucester	36,858	G	1970	Mr. George Bains , PE
County of Goochland	21,717	G	1973	Mr. Victor Carpenter
County of Greensville	12,243	G	1978
County of Halifax	36,241	G	1976	Ms. Stephanie Jackson
County of Hanover	99,863	G	1982	Mr. John Budesky
County of Henrico	306,935	C	1934	Mr. John Vithoulkas
County of Isle of Wight	35,270	G	1975	Mr. Randy Keaton
County of James City	67,009	G	1974	Mr. Scott Stevens
County of King William	15,935	G	1972	Mr. Percy Ashcraft
County of Loudoun	312,311	G	1969	Mr. Timothy Hemstreet
County of Mecklenburg	32,727	G	1976	Mr. Wayne Carter
County of Montgomery	94,392	G	1969	Craig Meadows
County of Northampton	12,389	C	2001	Mr. Charles Kolakowski
County of Page	24,042	G	1979	Ms. Amity Moler
County of Pittsylvania	63,506	G	1976	Mr. Otis Hawker
County of Powhatan	28,046	G	1973
County of Prince George	35,725	G	1970	Mr. Jeffrey Stoke, CEcD, ICMA-CM
County of Prince William	402,002	C	1996	Mrs. Rebecca Horner, AICP
County of Pulaski	34,872	C	2001	Mr. Jonathan Sweet, ICMA-CM
County of Roanoke	92,376	G	1975	Mr. Richard Caywood, PE
County of Rockingham	76,314	G	1970
County of Scott	23,177	G	1975	Ms. Freda Starnes, MBA
County of Southampton	18,570	C	2003	Mr. Brian Thrower, ICMA-CM
County of Spotsylvania	122,397	C	2001	Mr. Mark Taylor
County of Stafford	128,961	C	2009	Mr. Michael Morris
County of Warren	37,575	G	1975	Mr. Robert Childress
County of Washington	54,876	G	1969	Mr. Jason Berry
County of Westmoreland	17,454	G	1981	Mr. Norman Risavi
County of Wise	41,452	C	1977	Mr. Michael Hatfield
County of York	65,464	G	1971	Mr. Neil Morgan
Crater Planning District Commission		G	1973
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission		G	1984	Mr. Robert Crum
Northern Neck Planning District Commission		G	1977	Mr. Jerry Davis
Northern Virginia Regional Commission		G	1977	Mr. G. Gibb
Southside Planning District Commission		G	1979
Town of Abingdon	8,191	C	1940	Dr. Mike Cochran, Ed.D
Town of Altavista	3,450	C	1936	Mr. J. Coggsdale
Town of Appalachia	1,754	C	1931	Mr. Fred Luntsford
Town of Appomattox	1,733	G	1986	Mr. Jeff Elder
Town of Ashland	7,225	C	1950	Mr. Joshua Farrar, ICMA-CM
Town of Bedford	6,222	C	1920	Mr. Barrett Warner, PHR, AICP
Town of Berryville	4,185	C	1962	Mr. Keith Dalton
Town of Big Stone Gap	5,614	C	1936	Ms. Judy Hall
Town of Blacksburg	42,620	C	1952	Mr. Marc Verniel
Town of Blackstone	3,621	C	1914	Mr. Philip Vannoorbeeck
Town of Bluefield	5,444	C	1930	Ms. Patricia Douthat
Town of Bowling Green	1,111	G	1994	Ms. Kathryn McVay
Town of Broadway	3,691	G	2001	Mr. Kyle O'Brien
Town of Brookneal	1,112	G	1986	Mr. Russell Thurston
Town of Cape Charles	1,009	C	1981	Mr. Brent Manuel
Town of Chase City	2,351	C	1981	Mr. Rickey Reese
Town of Chatham	1,269	C	1972	Richard Cocke
Town of Christiansburg	21,041	C	1956	Mr. Randall Wingfield, ICMA-CM
Town of Clarksville	1,139	C	1978	Jeff Jones
Town of Clifton Forge	3,884	C	1942	Ms. Mary McElwee
Town of Crewe	2,326	C	1926	Mr. Ralph Shelton
Town of Culpeper	16,379	C	1930	Mr. Christopher Hively, ICMA-CM, PE
Town of Dumfries	4,961	G	1991	Mr. Keith Rogers, MPA
Town of Farmville	8,216	C	1915	Dr. Christopher Davis
Town of Front Royal	14,440	C	1930	Ms. Kathleen Leidich, AICP
Town of Glasgow	1,133	C	1966	Mr. William Rolfe
Town of Grundy	1,021	C	1959	Mr. James Keen
Town of Herndon	23,292	C	1959	Mr. William Ashton
Town of Lebanon	3,424	C	1960	Mr. Kevin Blankenshiop, MA, PE
Town of Leesburg	42,616	C	1962	Mr. Kaj Dentler
Town of Luray	4,895	C	1937	Mr. Bryan Chrisman
Town of Marion	5,968	C	1951	Mr. W. Rush
Town of Middleburg	673	G	1981	Mr. Danny Davis, MPA
Town of Narrows	2,029	C	1948	Mr. James Kast
Town of Orange	4,721	C	1935	Mr. Greg Woods
Town of Pearisburg	2,786	C	1947	Mr. Timothy Meredith, MPA, MS
Town of Pulaski	9,086	C	1948	Ms. Darlene Burcham
Town of Purcellville	7,727	G	1983	Mr. David Mekarski, AICP
Town of Richlands	5,823	C	1952	Mr. John O'Daniel, MPA
Town of Rocky Mount	4,799	C	2001	Mr. Robert Wood, MPA
Town of Smithfield	8,089	C	1961	Mr. Michael Stallings, ICMA-CM
Town of South Boston	8,142	C	1946	Mr. Tom Raab
Town of South Hill	4,650	C	1936	Mr. Kim Callis
Town of Strasburg	6,398	C	1964	Mr. Wyatt Pearson
Town of Tappahannock	2,375	C	1938	Mr. Eric Pollitt, MPA
Town of Tazewell	4,627	C	1958	Mr. Daryl Day, ICMA-CM, MBA
Town of Victoria	1,725	C	1960	Ms. Diane Harding
Town of Vienna	15,687	C	1958	Mr. Mercury Payton
Town of Vinton	8,098	C	1936	Mr. Richard Peters
Town of Warrenton	9,611	C	1920	Ms. Brandie Schaeffer
Town of West Point	3,306	G	2004	Mr. John Edwards
Town of Wise	3,286	C	1963	Ms. Beverly Owens
Town of Woodstock	5,097	C	1960	Mr. Aaron Grisdale
Town of Wytheville	8,211	C	1927	Mr. Brian Freeman
Virginia Association of Counties	4,164,600	G	1996
West Piedmont Planning District Commission		G	1974	Mr. David Hoback

Population based on 2011 Census.
C = Council Manager Position G = General Management Position
Chief Administrative Officers with linked names are ICMA members

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