SEARCH SITE

VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

ACROSS SESSIONS

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2019 SESSION


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 370
Commending Catherine M. Hudgins.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 21, 2019

 

WHEREAS, Catherine M. Hudgins, Fairfax County Supervisor representing the Hunter Mill District, will retire in 2019; and

WHEREAS, Catherine “Cathy” M. Hudgins was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1999 to represent the county’s largest magisterial district; she currently chairs the board’s human services and housing committee, and serves as a member of the governing board for Fairfax County’s Initiative to Prevent and End Homelessness; and

WHEREAS, a resident of Reston since 1969, Cathy Hudgins earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics education from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and she holds a master’s degree in public administration from George Mason University; prior to entering politics, she worked as a math teacher and as a computer programmer, instructor, analyst, and consultant for AT&T; and

WHEREAS, Cathy Hudgins was first elected as a Virginia national committeewoman on the Democratic National Committee in 1984; her political work before joining the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors also included two years as secretary of the Fairfax County Electoral Board, starting in 1993, and serving as chief of staff for chairman Katherine Hanley from 1995 to 1999; and

WHEREAS, Cathy Hudgins’ work earned her the Public Official of the Year Award from the Virginia Transit Association in 2010, as well as the Distinguished Leadership Award from the Coalition for Mentally Disabled Citizens of Northern Virginia; her commitment to affordable housing has been recognized by the Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers, a regional network of housing providers dedicated to increasing the supply of affordable housing in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Catherine M. Hudgins, Fairfax County Supervisor representing the Hunter Mill District, hereby be commended on her well-deserved retirement; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Catherine M. Hudgins as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for her years of public service and her tireless advocacy for the Hunter Mill District.