Lawrence Webb
American politician
Lawrence Webb is an academic administrator and former politician from Springfield, Virginia. He was elected in 2008 to the Falls Church City Council, becoming the first openly gay, African-American elected official in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He ran for re-election in 2012 lost. He was elected to the Falls Church City School Board in November 2013. Webb was selected by his fellow board members to serve as chair of the board in 2017. He ran and was re-elected in 2017 to the school board and was selected to serve a second year as chair of the board.
Biography
Born in Kenbridge, Virginia, Webb earned a B.A. in Mass Communications and a graduate Certificate in Public Management from Shenandoah University, where he was the first African-American elected president of the Student Government Association. He interned at the Virginia State Senate Clerk's office and in two Capitol Hill offices, one with former Virginia Senator Chuck Robb.
Webb worked as an assistant director of admissions at the University of Mary Washington. Webb is currently the Coordinator of Graduate Admissions at Bowie State University.
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