SCC names new comms director

Greg Weatherford has been named the Virginia State Corporation Commission‘s new communications director, according to a Monday announcement.

Weatherford succeeds Andy Farmer, who retired earlier this year from the SCC. Farmer served the commission, which  is a state agency with regulatory authority over economic interests that include public utilities, insurance and railroads for a quarter-century.

In 2023, Weatherford joined the SCC as deputy director of the information resources division. Previously, he held communications positions with Virginia Commonwealth University and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Before pivoting to communications, Weatherford worked in journalism. In the late 1990s, he was a business reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Later, he became editor of Richmond’s Style Weekly. He also worked at the Associated Press and The Virginian-Pilot and contributed to numerous other publications.

He has played drums in bands including Cracker and Chrome Daddy Disco under the name Go Weatherford.

The child of U.S. Foreign Service officials, Weatherford spent his childhood in places such as Korea, Afghanistan, Guinea and Brazil. He earned a degree in mass communications and a Master of Fine Arts in writing at VCU.

Andy Farmer served the SCC’s Division of Information Resources (IRD) for 25 years as information resources manager, deputy director and director of IRD. He served as IRD director for four years.