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Mayor Rick West
Dr. Richard W. "Rick" West
Mayor
306 Cedar Road
Chesapeake, VA 23322
Contact Number:
Office: 757-382-6153
Email: rwest@cityofchesapeake.net
- Elected to City Council in May of 2008
- Re-elected in May 2012 and 2016
- Assumed the Office of Mayor in November 2017 (unexpired term of Alan P. Krasnoff)
- Elected as Mayor in May 2018; re-elected in May 2020
- Great Bridge High School, 1970
- Old Dominion University Bachelor's Degree, Secondary Education, 1974
- University of Virginia Master's Degree, Educational Administration and Leadership, 1979
- Virginia Tech University Doctorate Degree, Leadership and Policy Studies, 1998
Regional
- Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission, 2017-present
- Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, 2017-present
- Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance, 2017-present
- Eastern Virginia Regional Industrial Facility Authority, 2020-present