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2020 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 150
Commending Sherrin Cherrell Alsop.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 27, 2020
Agreed to by the Senate, January 30, 2020
 

WHEREAS, Sherrin Cherrell Alsop, a public servant in King and Queen County, was elected as 2017-2018 president of the Virginia Association of Counties at the organization’s 83rd annual conference in Bath County in November 2017; and

WHEREAS, Sherrin Alsop became the first president of the Virginia Association of Counties from King and Queen County, where for the past 20 years she has been on the county’s Board of Supervisors as a representative of the Newtown District; and

WHEREAS, since 2009, Sherrin Alsop has served on the Virginia Association of Counties’ Board of Directors, helping to further the organization’s mission to support county officials and represent, promote, and protect the interests of counties and the people they serve; and

WHEREAS, a 2005 graduate of the County Leadership Institute, a joint certification program of the National Association of Counties and New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, as well as the recipient of a bachelor’s degree, two master’s degrees, and a doctorate, Sherrin Alsop brought many years of training and experience to her role as president of the Virginia Association of Counties; and

WHEREAS, Sherrin Alsop supports her community as an active member of the King and Queen Volunteer Rescue Squad, contributing her time as board secretary and as a certified emergency medical technician and emergency vehicle operator; and

WHEREAS, beyond King and Queen County, Sherrin Alsop served the Commonwealth as a gubernatorial appointee to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board and as past chair of the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission; and

WHEREAS, Sherrin Alsop’s leadership and passion for serving others has greatly improved the lives of many and has been an inspiration to all; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Sherrin Cherrell Alsop for the distinction of being elected the 2017-2018 president of the Virginia Association of Counties in 2017; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Sherrin Cherrell Alsop as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect and admiration for her contributions to King and Queen County and the Commonwealth.