Jeannemarie Devolites Davis

Member, The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership
State Advisory Board

Jeannemarie Devolites Davis served three terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, from 1997-2002, before being elected to the State Senate in 2003, where she served for four years. In her first term in the House of Delegates, she was elected as her Republican Freshman Class President, and her peers elected her Majority Whip in her third term–the only Republican woman ever elected to a leadership position in the General Assembly. She also represented the 34th Senatorial District as the only Republican Woman in the Virginia State Senate.

Ms. Davis has been active in the Northern Virginia area for over 20 years, 10 of which she has devoted to political service, sponsoring over 146 bills that have become law and spending much of her time with local organizations that focus on improving lives and strengthening the community.  Ms. Davis served on 5 committees during her Senate term including Transportation, Rules, General Laws & Technology, Privileges & Elections, and Rehabilitation & Social Services.

Ms. Davis was a partner with ICG Government, a technology consulting group, from 2003 until January 2010, when she accepted a position to serve as the Director of the Virginia Liaison Office, in the Office of Governor Bob McDonnell.

Ms. Davis graduated from Yorktown High School, in Arlington, VA, and earned a BA in Mathematics from the University of Virginia, in 1978. She is the mother of four daughters and resides in Vienna, VA, with her husband, former Congressman Tom Davis.