Anne Petera
Anne Petera | |
---|---|
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intergovernmental Programs | |
In office April 17, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Chester Lunner (acting) |
Succeeded by | Juliette Kayyem |
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia | |
In office January 1998 – January 21, 2002 | |
Governor | Jim Gilmore |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | |
Personal details | |
Born | September 1, 1952 |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Virginia Commonwealth University |
Anne P. Petera (born September 1, 1952) is an U.S. politician from Virginia and North Carolina and a former United States Department of Homeland Security official.
Anne Petera served as Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Programs in the National Protection and Programs Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security from April, 2007 to January, 2009, after serving as Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Management at the Department since 2006. Prior to her appointment to DHS, she served as Director of Administration in the Office of Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore from 2002 to 2006. From 1998 to 2002, she served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Cabinet of Governor Jim Gilmore. She was appointed as Chair of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board by Governor George Allen, serving in that post from 1996 to 1998.
In addition to her state and federal government service, Petera is also an active member of the Republican Party, serving as Chair of the First Congressional District Committee from 1994 to 1998, Treasurer of the Republican Party of Virginia from 1998 to 2001, and as the Committee Woman from Virginia, a member of the Republican National Committee.
Her educational background includes a B.S. in business administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.
In July 2019 Petera announced a run for mayor of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, where she moved in 2015.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Anne Petera plans to run for mayor in Kill Devil HIlls". The Outer Banks Voice. Jul 7, 2019. Retrieved Oct 10, 2019.
![]() | This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (March 2014) |
- Department of Homeland Security Biography
- "Anne P. Petera Appointed Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Programs at DHS (www.GovTech.com)
- Anne P. Petera - National Committeewoman, Virginia (www.gop.com)[dead link]
- Secretary of the Commonwealth Anne P. Petera - Archived Biography
- State cabinet secretaries of Virginia
- Living people
- Secretaries of the Commonwealth of Virginia
- United States Department of Homeland Security officials
- Virginia Commonwealth University alumni
- Women in Virginia politics
- Virginia Republicans
- People from Dare County, North Carolina
- Women in North Carolina politics
- North Carolina Republicans
- 1952 births
- 21st-century American women
- Virginia politician stubs
- North Carolina politician stubs