CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Governor Abigail Spanberger reappointed four University of Virginia Board of Visitors members, including a holdover from former Governor Glenn Youngkin, in a Friday night release of visitors appointments in higher education institutions across the Commonwealth.
Three of her reappointments — Suffolk entrepreneur Owen Griffin, Arlington attorney Elizabeth Hayes and Arlington transportation executive Mohsin Syed — were members she chose during her first week in office in January, after five BOV members resigned upon her inauguration. Spanberger’s fourth reappointment was Amanda Pillion, the Mayor of Abingdon and an audiologist and double-Hoo, to another term after hers expires June 30.
The wife of Republican State Senator Todd Pillion, Mrs. Pillion was appointed to the UVA Board in 2022…