In 1934, exactly 300 years after its establishment as one of the eight original shires in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Henrico became the only Virginia locality to adopt the county manager form of government. The Board of Supervisors is the policy-making body of the County of Henrico and annually elects a chair who presides at each board meeting and serves as the political head of County government for all official functions and ceremonial purposes. The formal portraits of Henrico County Supervisors who have held the office of Chair since 1934 are on display at the Government Center in the Board Room, where the Board of Supervisors holds its semimonthly meetings. Copies of the portraits are included below.
Oscar N. Nuckols,
1934
P. Pryor Lipscomb,
1935
W. Gordon Hately,
1936
George F. Franck,
1937-39
Dr. B. H. Martin,
1940-43
W. H. Ferguson,
1944-53
R. C. Longan,
1954-59
S. A. Burnette,
1960-67
B. Earl Dunn,
1968 – 69
Linwood E.Toombs,
1969-70
Edwin H. Ragsdale,
1971
Anthony P. Mehfoud,
1972-73, 1981, 1986, 1988 & 1991
George W. Jinkins, Jr.,
1974 & 1978
Eugene T. Rilee, Jr.,
1975 & 1979
Charles M. Johnson,
1976 & 1980
Victor W. Kreiter, Sr.,
1977
L. Ray Shadwell, Jr.,
1982, 1985 & 1989
David A. Kaechele,
1983, 1987, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2008-09, & 2013
John A. Waldrop, Jr.,
1984 & 1993
James B. Donati, Jr.,
1994, 1997, 2002 & 2007
Richard W. Glover,
1992, 1996,2001, 2006, 2012 & 2017
Patricia S. O’Bannon,
1999, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2017 & 2022
Frank J. Thornton,
2000, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2018 & 2023
Tyrone E. Nelson,
2016, 2019 & 2024
Thomas M. Branin,
2020
Daniel J. Schmitt,
2021 & 2025
