FOXX, VIRGINIA ANN, , a Representative from North Carolina; born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 29, 1943; graduated from Crossnore High School, Crossnore,
N.C., 1961; A.B., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1968;
M.A.C.T., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1972; Ed.D.,
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C., 1985; instructor, Caldwell
Community College, Hudson, N.C.; instructor, Appalachian State University,
Boone, N.C.; assistant dean, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.;
president, Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, N.C., 1987-1994; landscape
nursery owner; deputy secretary for management, North Carolina Department of
Administration; member of the Watauga County, N.C., board of education,
1976-1988; member of the North Carolina state senate, 1994-2004; elected as a
Republican to the One Hundred Ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 2005-present); chair, Committee on Education & the Workforce
(One Hundred Fifteenth Congress).
