Jay Wayne DeBoer
Director
Governor Tim Kaine appointed Jay Wayne DeBoer as Director of the Department
of Professional and Occupational Regulation in the spring of 2006. Immediately
prior to joining DPOR, he served as Commissioner of the Virginia Department for
the Aging from 2002-2006.
Mr. DeBoer was born on July 30, 1953, in Petersburg, Virginia. He attended
public schools, and graduated from Dinwiddie County High School in 1971. He was
the first National Merit Scholarship finalist in Dinwiddie County history. He
received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the College of William
and Mary in Virginia in 1975, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the
Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary, in 1979.
Mr. DeBoer was an attorney in private practice in the Petersburg area from 1979
until 2002. He is a past president of the Prince George Bar Association, and was
a member of the Petersburg Bar Association.
Mr. DeBoer was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1982, and from 1983
until 2002, represented the 63rd House District in the General Assembly. He
served as Co-Chair of the Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee, and was a
member of the Finance, General Laws, Claims, Interstate Cooperation, Science and
Technology, and Agriculture Committees. Mr. DeBoer was also a member and past
Chair of the Joint Commission on Health Care, member and past Chair of the
Virginia Code Commission, and member of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review
Commission (JLARC).
Known for what newspapers called "his keen intellect and quick wit," Mr. DeBoer
was JEOPARDY! champion in appearances on that television program in 1986.
Mr. DeBoer is married to the former Dawn Bonham of Salem, Virginia, who is an
attorney in Richmond. The DeBoers reside in Sutherland, in Dinwiddie County, and
have two daughters, Sydney and Skylar.
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