The Staff of Virginia21
The Virginia21 staff is dedicated to building a stronger, better Virginia. We work long hours to lead the Commonwealth’s (and country’s) first generational advocacy group and it is a pretty exciting. Our staff is not much older than the student and youth we represent, and we like it that way. Since 2002 we have chosen to lead by example and chose our staff from a very short list of excellent youths whom made a difference in politics even before they graced our group. Our staff is made up of every political spectrum because we are truly non-partisan in our work place as well as our politics. We would love to meet you and learn a little about you, however, until then learn a little about us.
Tom Kramer, Executive Director
Kramer is from Newport News and graduated from William & Mary in 2006. He began working in politics right after college working for State Senator Ken Stolle as a legislative aide in charge of constituent correspondence. He then worked for the Virginia Senate Clerk’s Office as a Page Supervisor helping organize the 14 year olds that work for the members during the General Assembly Session. After the 2007 Session, he worked for State Senator Creigh Deeds’s gubernatorial campaign for Governor as a fundraiser. After the primary, he worked on campaigns all across the country. He is now back home in Virginia, and very excited to take on his new role at Virginia21, helping young people tackle the multitude of challenges they face as they attend college and prepare for the future.
Brittany L. Tyler, Deputy Director
Brittany joined the Virginia21 in August of 2009 as the Membership Director. She is a 2009 graduate of Longwood University with a B.A in Political Science a minor in International Studies and a concentration in Pre-Law. Other than being involved in Virginia21, during her time as an undergrad Brittany served as the President of the Alpha chapter of Kappa Delta sorority, Alternative Spring Break, as well as The Order of Omega. She was also a member of the Longwood Ambassadors, Mortar Board, and the Campus Pan-Hellenic Council. Brittany graduated from The Rutherford Institute Summer Internship Program in 2008. Brittany looks forward to working with all the different students and is excited to help bring Virginia21 to the next level.
Chris Hollomon, Creative Director
Chris Hollomon is a 2000 Undergraduate and 2001 Masters Graduate of Corporate and Professional Speech Communications from Radford University. While in Radford Chris co-founded Whim, one, if not THE, first official online only student magazine in the country. He joined Virginia21 in the summer of 2007 after running a successful small design company in Richmond,Va for two years. Before this Chris worked for Jacobs Engineering as a senior graphic artist and marketing professional in Arlington,Va. He hopes to continually push Virginia21.org to the forefront of Virginia politics through creativity. Chris is a master of many trades which include ballroom dancing and cruising on his motorcycle. You can catch him cruising in the mountains or around lake anna most weekends… and we suspect some (*cough*) weekdays too.