Nottoway chairman elected president of the Virginia Association of Counties

Published November 14, 2019 by Robert Powell, III

The chairman of the Nottoway County Board of supervisors is the new president of the Virginia Association of Counties.

Stephen W. Bowen was elected 2019-20 president during VACo’s 85th Annual Conference in Bath County.

He succeeds Wythe County Chairman Timothy A. Reeves.

Bowen was first elected to the Nottoway County Board of Supervisors in 2008 to represent the county’s Burkeville area.

He also serves on the Nottoway planning commission, the Piedmont Geriatric Association and the Piedmont Regional Jail Authority.

Other members of the association’s executive committee are:

• President-elect: Jeff C. McKay, Fairfax County
• First vice president: Meg Bohmke, Stafford County
• Second vice president: Jason D. Bellows, Lancaster County
• Secretary-treasurer: Donald L. Hart Jr., Accomack County