About Del. Rich Anderson

Virginia General Assembly

Delegate, 51st House District
Deputy House Whip
Committee Assignments: House Finance Committee (and Subcommittee #2); House General Laws Committee (and “FOIA/Procurement Subcommittee” and “Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee”); and House Science and Technology Committee
Chair, General Assembly Military and Veterans Caucus
Member, Governor’s Commission on Military and National Security Facilities
Member, Virginia Board of Veterans Service (BVS)
Member, National Guard Caucus
Member, Virginia-North Carolina High Speed Rail Compact
Commissioner, Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC)
Member, JCOTS Intelligent Transportation Advisory Committee
Member, Virginia Geographic Information Network (VGIN) Advisory Board
Chair, Virginia Commission on Civics in Education
Member, Virginia Open Education Curriculum Board
Member, Executive Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Member, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
Member, Virginia Coalition on Open Government (VCOG)
Member, House Conservation Caucus
Member, Legislative Sportsman’s Caucus
Member, General Assembly Sunrise Caucus

Professional/Career

Retired in 2009 as a full colonel after a 30-year Air Force career
Former senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force
Former senior Military Assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Commanded Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) combat crews
Led and operated a Minuteman II ICBM squadron, missiles, and launch crews
Senior leader at Strategic Air Command Headquarters, U.S. Atlantic Command Headquarters, U.S. Pacific Command Headquarters, and the Pentagon

Education

Graduate of Northside High School, Roanoke, VA
Graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (BA, Political Science)
Graduate of Webster University, St. Louis, MO (MA, Public Administration)
Graduate of Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
Graduate of Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA
Graduate of Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
Graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, University of Virginia

Family

Native Virginian born in Roanoke
Married 25 years to Ruth Anderson, a retired 21-year Air Force veteran and Prince William County community leader
Father of four

Faith

Community Service

Served as National Commander of the United States Air Force Auxiliary (Civil Air Patrol); led 53,000 members and 1700 operational units in U.S. and overseas locations in flying search and rescue, humanitarian, counterdrug, border patrol, and Homeland Security missions
Chairman, Civil Air Patrol Board of Governors, a Congressionally-created board that governs and provides oversight of the United States Air Force Auxiliary on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force
Life Member, American Legion Post 364, Woodbridge, VA
Life Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1503, Woodbridge, VA
Life Member, Air Force Association (AFA), D. W. Steele, Chapter, Arlington, VA
Life Member, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), Mt. Vernon Chapter, VA
Member, Prince William Committee of 100
Member, Prince William Regional Chamber of Commerce
Life Member, Lake Ridge–Occoquan–Coles Civic Association (LOCCA), Woodbridge, VA
Member, Occoquan River Communities (ORC), Prince William, VA
Board Member, Occoquan District Committee, Boy Scouts of America
Chairman, 2010 “Heroes for the American Red Cross” Fundraising Campaign, Prince William Chapter, American Red Cross
Member, Prince William County Sesquicentennial Steering Committee

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