Virginia Secretary of Administration

The secretary of administration is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet. Margaret "Lyn" McDermid is the current incumbent and serves under Governor Glenn Youngkin.^[1]

Secretary of Administration of the Commonwealth of Virginia
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Incumbent Margaret "Lyn" McDermid since January 15, 2022 (2022-01-15)
Style	Madam Secretary
Member of	Virginia Governor's Cabinet
Nominator	The governor
Appointer	The governor with advice and consent from the Senate and House
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	T. Edward Temple
Formation	April 8, 1972
Website	administration.virginia.gov

Duties

The Secretary is responsible for overseeing Virginia's elections, state employee benefits, and information technology throughout the commonwealth's executive branch agencies.^[2]

The following agencies report to the Secretary:^[3]

• Virginia Department of Elections
• Virginia Department of General Services
• Virginia Department of Human Resource Management
• Virginia Information Technologies Agency
• The Virginia Compensation Board
• Virginia Office of Data Governance and Analytics

List of secretaries

Administration (July 1, 1972 – July 1, 1976)

• T. Edward Temple (1972–1974)
• Maurice B. Rowe III (1974–1976)

Administration and finance (July 1, 1976 – July 1, 1984)

• Maurice B. Rowe III (1976–1978)
• Charles Walker (1978–1981)
• Stuart Connock (1981–1982)
• Wayne F. Anderson (1982–1984)

Administration (July 1, 1984 – present)

• Andrew B. Fogarty (1984–1985)
• David K. McCloud (1985–1986)
• Carolyn J. Moss (1986–1990)
• Ruby Grant Martin (1990–1994)
• Michael E. Thomas (1994–1998)
• G. Bryan Slater (1998–2001)
• Donald L. Moseley (2001–2002)
• Sandra Bowen (2002–2006)
• Viola Baskerville (2006–2010)
• Lisa Hicks-Thomas (2010–2014)
• Nancy Rodrigues (2014–2018)
• Keyanna Conner (2018–2020)
• Grindly Johnson (2020–2022)
• Lyn McDermid (2022-present)