Anne Holton to speak at PVCC Commencement Ceremony
Piedmont Virginia Community College has announced its speaker for the 2015 commencement ceremony.
Anne Holton, Virginia’s Secretary of Education, will be the honored guest for PVCC’s 42nd commencement at John Paul Jones Arena on Thursday, May 14 at 6 p.m.
Anne Holton is an esteemed member of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s administration. Holton graduated from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and earned a law degree from Harvard Law School.
Holton has received numerous honors in her time of service including the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Life Award of Distinction and the Richmond YWCA Outstanding Woman in Law award in 2006. She is a great advocate for youth education, serving on the Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation Board from 2010-2012 and on the Voices for Virginia Children Board from 2010-2013.
In addition to her advocacy for education, Holton was involved in foster-care reforms during her husband Virginia Senator Tim Kaine’s tenure as governor. Her work in foster-care led to the “For Keeps: Families for All Virginia Teens” program, which was designed to help older foster children find permanent and strong families to grow up in.
Holton, a former Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court judge, is working hard with Governor McAuliffe to reform Virginia’s public school system and expand preschool programs along with an overhaul of the standardized testing system.
