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Betsy Carr (I)

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Won the General, 2023 Virginia House of Delegates District 78

Won the General, 2019 Virginia House of Delegates District 69

Virginia House of Delegates, District 69 (2018 - Present)

Quick Facts
  • Full Name:
    Betsy B. Carr
  • Gender:
    Female
  • Birth Date:
    07/27/1946
  • Birth Place:
    Norfolk, VA
  • Home City:
    Richmond, VA
  • Religion:
    Episcopalian
  • Family:
    3 Children: Thomas, Gordon, James; 4 Grandchildren
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Subcommittee #2 (General Laws), Commonwealth of Virginia House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee #2 (Transportation), Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Compensation and Retirement, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Education

  • Attended, University of Richmond Management Training Institute
  • BA, Hollins College, 1968

Professional Experience

  • Attended, University of Richmond Management Training Institute
  • BA, Hollins College, 1968
  • Outreach Director, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, present
  • Former Supervisor, Statewide Programs, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  • Former Resource Development Chair, University of Richmond’s Women’s Resource Center
  • Former Development Associate, Virginia Historical Society

Political Experience

  • Attended, University of Richmond Management Training Institute
  • BA, Hollins College, 1968
  • Outreach Director, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, present
  • Former Supervisor, Statewide Programs, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  • Former Resource Development Chair, University of Richmond’s Women’s Resource Center
  • Former Development Associate, Virginia Historical Society
  • Minority Caucus Treasurer, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, 2014-present
  • Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates, District 69, 2010-present
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 69, 2019

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Subcommittee #2 (General Laws), Commonwealth of Virginia House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee #2 (Transportation), Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Compensation and Retirement, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Laws #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Block Grants

Member, Commission on Administrative Rules

Member, Commission on Employee Retirement Security and Pension Reform

Member, Commission on Legislative Audit and Review

Member, Commission on Manufacturing Development

Member, Commission on Virginia Housing

Vice Chair, General Laws Committee

Member, Joint Rules

Member, Memorial Commission on Doctor Martin Luther King Junior

Member, Rules Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Compensation and General Government

Member, Subcommittee on Health and Human Resources

Chair, Subcommittee on Higher Education

Member, Subcommittee on Housing/Consumer Protection

Member, Subcommittee on Joint Rules

Member, Subcommittee on King in Virginia

Chair, Subcommittee on Open Government/Procurement

Member, Subcommittee on Standards of Conduct

Member, Subcommittee on Studies

Chair, Subcommittee on Transportation Systems

Member, Subcommittee Work Group on Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument #1, Virginians on the Monument

Member, Task Force to Commemorate the Centennial Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote

Member, Transportation Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, University of Richmond Management Training Institute
  • BA, Hollins College, 1968
  • Outreach Director, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, present
  • Former Supervisor, Statewide Programs, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  • Former Resource Development Chair, University of Richmond’s Women’s Resource Center
  • Former Development Associate, Virginia Historical Society
  • Minority Caucus Treasurer, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, 2014-present
  • Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates, District 69, 2010-present
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 69, 2019
  • Member, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, present
  • Former Member, Audit and Finance Committees, Richmond School Board
  • Former Member, Community Partnerships Committee, City of Richmond School Board
  • Former Chair, Facilities Committee, Richmond School Board
  • Participant, Hope in the Cities’ Connecting Communities Fellowship Program
  • Founder/Former Director, Micah Initiative
  • Member, City of Richmond School Board, 2006-2010
  • Member, Virginia State Capitol Civil Rights Memorial Celebration Committee, 2008

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Outstanding Woman (YWCA, 2005)

  • 4

State Bills
Endorsements
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia
Events

2021

Feb. 13
Central Virginia COVID-19 Vaccine Town Hall

Sat 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Aug. 2
Give Us The Mic: Delegate Betsy Carr & Bianca Myrick

Sun 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM EDT

Jul. 1
Richmond Delegation Townhall

Wed EDT

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