Executive Director

Functional Responsibilities

• Manage BRAC Process - including coordinate reuse planning and transition to organization to execution of the final plan as well as manage on-going relationships with Congress, DoD and the Army
• Develop Mission, Vision and Values
• Community Outreach, Programming, Marketing
• Intergovernmental relations with local, state and Federal government
• Secure funding for operation of the organization
• Report to the Board
• Serve as Executive Director of Foundation
• Hire and manage the Division Deputy Directors

G. Glenn Oder Bio

Glenn Oder is a lifelong resident of the City of Newport News and a graduate of Virginia Tech where he received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture. He is currently licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as both a Landscape Architect and a professional real estate agent.

During the mid to late 1990's, Glenn served 5 years on the Newport News Planning Commission and in 1998 he was elected President of the Peninsula Housing and Builders' Association. From 1999 to 2001 Glenn served as the Principal Deputy Director for the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for the State of Virginia.

Glenn just finished his tenth year in the Virginia General Assembly where he serves on the Transportation, General Laws and the County, Cities, and Towns Committees. In 2008, he was appointed by the Speaker to serve as Vice Chair of the House Transportation Committee. He is also the Chair of the ABC/Gaming Subcommittee of General Laws. He is a member of the Joint Committee on Transportation Accountability. Glenn puts citizens first and has sponsored legislation on behalf of many residents to address needs ranging from out-of-control textbook costs to using port revenue to improve our roads without tax increases. Additionally, Glenn serves on the Governor McDonnell's Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring and is the Chair of the Government Simplification and Operations Committee.

Glenn and his wife Mary celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary last summer. They are the proud parents of three grown daughters and, most recently, three grandchildren. Glenn and Mary reside in the Deep Creek area of Newport News and attend First Baptist Church where they both serve as Deacons and Glenn serves as a substitute Sunday School Teacher.

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Staff

G. Glenn Oder, ASLA, Executive Director
Phone: 757-251-2748
Fax: 757-637-7776

Jesica Turner, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director and Government Relations Coordinator
Phone: 757-251-2748
Fax: 757-637-7776
Email: jturner@fmauthority.com