YRFV Convention 2008 Spotlight: Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, Republican State Leadership Address and Convention Silver Sponsor

Biography of Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling

Bill Bolling was born in Sistersville, West Virginia on June 15, 1957.  Bill's father was a coal miner, and he grew up in the coal fields of Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia.

Bill graduated from Sherman High School in Seth, West Virginia in 1975.  He then attended the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia and graduated in 1979 with a BA degree in political science.

It was while attending college that Bill met and married his wife, the former Jean Ann Kincaid.  In 1981, the Bollings moved to Mechanicsvile in Hanover County.  They have two sons, Matthew and Kevin.

Professionally, Bill is employed as a Vice President with Riggs, Counselman, Michaels and Downes, one of the nation's largest independent insurance agencies.

In 1991, Bill Bolling was elected to the Hanover County Board of Supervisors and served as a member and Chairman of the Board until 1995.  In 1995, Bill was elected to the Senate of Virginia.

As a member of the General Assembly, Bill Bolling served as Chairman of the Senate's sub-committee on Health Care, the Joint Commission on Health Care, the Commission on the Future of Virginia's Environment and the Chesapeake Bay Commission.

On November 8, 2005, Bill Bolling was elected to serve as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

For more information about Lt. Gov. Bolling, please feel free to visit his web site at: www.billbolling.com