SR 187 — Commending Guy King Tower.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 23107324D I SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

187 NE Offered February 23, 2023 Commending Guy King Tower.

––––––––––N TAgreed Patron––Rouseto Rby ––––––––––the WHEREAS,Senate, GuyFebruary King24, Tower,2023 anR esteemed former attorney, mediator, educator, association O executive, and public servant, stepped down from the Virginia Beach City Council on December 31D31, L 2022;

and L WHEREAS, Guy Tower assumed office to represent the Beach District on April 23, 2019, filling a andancy on the Virginia Beach City Council, and on November 5, 2019, he was elected for a new tCrm;term;

E WHEREAS, as a member of the Virginia Beach City Council, Guy Tower served his constituents ED with great dedication and concern for their success and well-being;

and WHEREAS, Guy Tower served on various boards and commissions as the Virginia Beach City D Council's liaison to the City of Virginia Beach's Audit Committee, Advertising Advisory Commission, Atlantic Park Community Development Authority, Old Beach Design Review Board, Resort AdvisoryAdvisoryssion, Commission, and Towing Advisory Board, as well as the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission andWHEREAS, Guy Tower is a founding member of The McCammon Group, which provides mediation, arbitration, and other private dispute resolution services and is the largestSomething organization of its kind in the Commonwealth;Water Festival;

and WHEREAS,mediation, Guyarbitration, Tower'sand previousother professionalprivate positionsdispute includeresolution executiveservices directorand foris the VirgSnialargest Barorganization Association;of its kind in the Commonwealth;

directorand of8 educationalWHEREAS, servicesGuy forTower's theprevious Officeprofessional ofpositions theinclude Executiveexecutive Secretary,director Su1remefor Courtthe ofVirginia Virginia;E Bar Association;

shareholderdirector andof directoreducational atservices Kaufmanfor &the Canoles,Office P.C.;of the Executive Secretary, Supreme R of William and Mary and Old Dominion University;

adjunctpartner facultyand associate at Thewhat 7ollegewas offormerly WilliamHuntonlege and& MaryWilliams; and Old Dominion University;

partner and associatetax atattorney whatfor was formerly Hunton & WWHEREAS, Guy Tower has given generously of his time in service to the community as a charter member of the Virginia African American Cultural Center, a member of the Virginia Bar Association's Committee on Special Issues of National and State Importance, and on the boards of the Virginia Beach Library Foundation, Virginia Opera, Fort Norfolk Retirement Community, Inc., and theWestern DemocraticRailway BusinessCompany; Alliance of South Hampton Roads;

and WHEREAS, Guy Tower has providedgiven exemplarygenerously leadershipof his time in service to the community as vice-chaira charter Committee on Special Issues of National and State Importance, and on the boards of the Virginia Beach Public Library Board,Foundation, chairVirginia ofOpera, theFort OldNorfolk DominionRetirement UniversityCommunity, SchoolInc., ofand the Democratic Business andAlliance Publicof :South Hampton Roads;

35and WHEREAS, Guy Tower has provided exemplary leadership as vice-chair of the Virginia Beach Administration's Advisory Council, and member of the board of directors of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce;

now, therefore, be itberit of the board of directors of the Hampton Roads 36 RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Guy King Tower hereby be commended for his legacy /of 37RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of servicethe asSenate prepare a membercopy of this resolution for presentation to Guy King Tower as an expression of the VirginiaSenate Beachof CityVirginia's Council;admiration for his contributions to the Commonwealth.

and, be it / 38 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for 39 presentation to Guy King Tower as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for his contributions to the Commonwealth.