Mayor Rick West

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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