Will Sessoms

Will Sessoms
24th Mayor of Virginia Beach
In office
January 1, 2009 – April 30, 2018
Preceded byMeyera Oberndorf
Succeeded byBobby Dyer
Vice Mayor of Virginia Beach
In office
July 1, 1992 – June 30, 2002
Preceded byRobert Fentress
Succeeded byRobert C. Mandigo Jr.
Member of the Virginia Beach City Council, At Large
In office
July 1, 1988 – June 30, 2002
Succeeded byRon Villanueva /
Peter W. Schmidt
Personal details
Bornc. 1954 (age 69–70)
Political partyRepublican
Alma materVirginia Commonwealth University (BBA)
OccupationPolitician, Bank Officer
WebsiteMayor website

William Douglas Sessoms Jr. (born c. 1954) is an American politician and bank officer who served as the mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia from 2008 until his resignation in April, 2018. He was president and CEO of Towne Financial Services Group, a division of TowneBank of Hampton Roads, Virginia from 2011 to 2014.

Sessoms was previously councilman (1988–2002) and vice mayor of Virginia Beach (1992–2002). He declined to run for re-election as Vice Mayor in 2002. Sessoms was previously as president and director of the Virginia Beach region at TowneBank (2005-2011).