Virginia Foxx

A Representative from North Carolina. Born in New York, New York County, N. Y. , June 29, 1943. Graduated from Crossnore High School, Crossnore, N. C. , 1961. A. B. , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. , 1968. M. A. C. T. , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. , 1972. Ed. D. , University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N. C. , 1985. Instructor, Caldwell Community College, Hudson, N. C. Instructor, Appalachian State University, Boone, N. C. Assistant dean, Appalachian State University, Boone, N. C. President, Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, N. C. , 1987-1994. Landscape nursery owner. Deputy secretary for management, North Carolina Department of Administration. Member of the Watauga County, N. C. , board of education, 1976-1988. Member of the North Carolina state senate, 1994-2004. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-present). Chair, Committee on Education and the Workforce (One Hundred Fifteenth and One Hundred Eighteenth Congresses). Chair, Committee on Rules (One Hundred Nineteenth Congress).