Ghazala F. Hashmi

Family

Husband: Azhar; 2 Children: Yasmin, Noor,

EDUCATION

PhD, English, Emory University, 1986-1992
BA, English, Georgia Southern University, 1982-1986

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Candidate, Lieutenant Governor, State of Virginia, 2025
Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 15, 2024-present
Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 10, 2020-2024
Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 15, 2023
Majority Caucus Treasurer, Virginia State Senate, 2022-present
Member, Commission on Technology and Science, Commonwealth of Virginia

COMMITTEES

Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee
Broadband Advisory Council
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Committee
Central Virginia Regional Transportation Authority
Commission on Technology and Science
Disability Commission
Education and Health Committee
Finance and Appropriations Committee
Health Workforce Development Authority
Memorial Commission on Doctor Martin Luther King Junior
Online Virginia Network Authority
Rules Committee
Subcommittee on Education
Subcommittee on Public Safety
Subcommittee on Public Safety and Claims
Transportation Committee
Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation
Virginia Housing Commission

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, 2014-present
Professor/Coordinator of Quality Enhancement Plan, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, 2002-present
Coordinator of Faculty Services, Averett University, 1999-2002
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Richmond, 1992-1994

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Board Member, Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, Richmond Chapter, present
Member, Strategic Plan Taskforce, 2013-present
Troop Leader, Girl Scouts of the United States of America, 2006-2008