The secretary of administration is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet.
Duties The Secretary is responsible for overseeing Virginia's elections, state employee benefits, and information technology throughout the commonwealth's executive branch agencies.
The following agencies report to the Secretary:
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 (2022-2026) Traci DeShazor (2026-present)
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