Full Name:
Lashrecse D. Aird
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Blaine; 2 Children: Blaine, Blake
Birth Date:
06/22/1986
Birth Place:
Buffalo, NY
Home City:
Petersburg, VA
Religion:
Baptist
Graduated, Minority Political Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University
Graduated, Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia
MPA, Public Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2011
BA, Mass Communication/Media Studies, Virginia State University, 2004-2008
Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 13, 2024-present
Former Member, Governors Council on Women
Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 13, 2023
Delegate, Commonwealth of Virginia House, District 63, 2016-2022
Former Member, Advisory Board on Geographic Information Network, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Commission on Tobacco Region Revitalization, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Commonwealth Council on Women, Virginia
Former Member, Finance Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Finance Subcommittee #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, General Laws Committee, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Online Virginia Network Authority, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Panel on Secure and Resilient Commonwealth, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee #4 (General Laws), Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on ABC/Gaming, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Compensation and General Government, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health and Human Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Welfare and Institutions #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Housing/Consumer Protection, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Local Government Fiscal Stress, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Social Services, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Safety, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on the Future Competitiveness of Virginia Higher Education, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee to Evaluate Tax Preferences, Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Twenty-First Century, Virginia House of Delegates
Chief Of Staff/Assistant to the President/Assistant Director of Development, Richard Bland College, College of William and Mary, 2012-present
Chief of Staff, Delegate Rosalyn R. Dance, 2008-2012
Chairman, Petersburg Democratic Committee, 2014-present
Member, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, 2008-present
Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Petersburg Alumnae Chapter, 2007-present
Chair, 4th Congressional District Committee, Democratic Party of Virginia,, present
Member, Board of Directors, Southside Regional Medical Center, present
Member, Loving Steps Community Action Network, present
Member, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Petersburg, present
Member, Virginia Association Democratic Chairs, present
Member, Virginia State University Alumni Association, present
Participant, Senior Leadership Seminar, American Council on Education Virginia Network for Women in Higher Education
Member, City of Petersburg Planning Commission, 2015-2016
Awards:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (2011)
Virginia Leadership Institute, Top Ten Leaders Under 40 (2014)
Virginia State University Alumni Association, Young Trojan Distinguished Alumni (2014-15)
Presidential Medallion (Virginia State University, 2016)