Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Christopher Kilian Peace (born November 16, 1976, in Richmond, Virginia) is an American politician of the Republican Party. Since 2006 he has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He currently represents the 97th district in the Middle Peninsula, made up of New Kent County and parts of Hanover County and King William. Peace serves on the prominent Appropriations, Health Welfare and Institutions, and General Laws Committees. He serves as Chair of the General Laws Sub-committee on Housing. Prior to his public service in the legislature, Peace worked at McGuire Woods Consulting, a national public affairs and public relations firm. He began his public affairs career by working as a legislative aide to then-Delegate Eric Cantor (now 7th District U.S. Congressman), and as a law clerk for the Richmond City Attorney and Virginia Attorney General.Currently Peace consults for Smithfield Foods, Inc. and is an active member of the Virginia State Bar and the bar association of the District of Columbia. He has taught legal studies as an adjunct professor of legal studies at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. An avid history buff, Peace serves as the executive director of Historic Polegreen Church Foundation, a historic preservation non-profit foundation, and established the Road to Revolution State Heritage Trail to honor the life and influence of Virginia’s first governor Patrick Henry.Peace graduated from St. Christopher's School, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Hampden-Sydney College and earned his law degree from the University of Richmond. In 2005, Style Weekly magazine named Peace one of the “Top 40 Under 40.” He is an alumnus of Leadership Metro Richmond and University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. Sorensen presented Peace its 2008 alumni award for “Expression of Ideals.” Along with their daughter, Camden, son, Henry, and dog, Laney, Chris and his wife, Ashley, make their home in Mechanicsville and attend a local Episcopal Church.. }
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- Chris_Peace abstract "Christopher Kilian Peace (born November 16, 1976, in Richmond, Virginia) is an American politician of the Republican Party. Since 2006 he has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He currently represents the 97th district in the Middle Peninsula, made up of New Kent County and parts of Hanover County and King William. Peace serves on the prominent Appropriations, Health Welfare and Institutions, and General Laws Committees. He serves as Chair of the General Laws Sub-committee on Housing. Prior to his public service in the legislature, Peace worked at McGuire Woods Consulting, a national public affairs and public relations firm. He began his public affairs career by working as a legislative aide to then-Delegate Eric Cantor (now 7th District U.S. Congressman), and as a law clerk for the Richmond City Attorney and Virginia Attorney General.Currently Peace consults for Smithfield Foods, Inc. and is an active member of the Virginia State Bar and the bar association of the District of Columbia. He has taught legal studies as an adjunct professor of legal studies at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. An avid history buff, Peace serves as the executive director of Historic Polegreen Church Foundation, a historic preservation non-profit foundation, and established the Road to Revolution State Heritage Trail to honor the life and influence of Virginia’s first governor Patrick Henry.Peace graduated from St. Christopher's School, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Hampden-Sydney College and earned his law degree from the University of Richmond. In 2005, Style Weekly magazine named Peace one of the “Top 40 Under 40.” He is an alumnus of Leadership Metro Richmond and University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. Sorensen presented Peace its 2008 alumni award for “Expression of Ideals.” Along with their daughter, Camden, son, Henry, and dog, Laney, Chris and his wife, Ashley, make their home in Mechanicsville and attend a local Episcopal Church.".