Samuel A. Nixon

Samuel A. Nixon
Chief Information Officer of Virginia
In office
April 5, 2010 – March 16, 2015
GovernorBob McDonnell
Terry McAuliffe
Preceded byGeorge F. Coulter
Succeeded byNelson Moe
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 27th district
In office
March 10, 1994 – April 4, 2010
Preceded bySteve Martin
Succeeded byRoxann Robinson
Personal details
Born (1958-11-09) November 9, 1958 (age 65)
Martinsville, Virginia
Political partyRepublican
SpouseCarol A. Gibbs
ChildrenJohnathan
ResidenceChesterfield County, Virginia
Alma materJames Madison University
OccupationInformation technology

Samuel Anthony "Sam" Nixon, Jr. (born November 9, 1958) is an American politician. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from March 1994 to April 2010, representing the 27th district in Chesterfield County, the southern suburbs of Richmond. From 2010 until 2015, he was the Chief Information Officer of the state, and head of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA).[1][2][3]

In March 2015, Nixon assumed the position of Chief Administrative Officer of the Virginia State Corporation Commission having been nominated by the commissioners of that agency.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Virginia House of Delegates; Session 2010; Nixon, Samuel A. (Sam), Jr". Virginia House of Delegates. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  2. ^ "Samuel A. Nixon, Jr". Virginia Information Technologies Agency. Archived from the original on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  3. ^ a b "VITA director Nixon leaving". Roanoke Times. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  4. ^ "SCC NAMES SAMUEL A. NIXON, JR. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER". Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-09.