Transportation 2025: LAYNE JR., AUBREY L.

Layne, a former state secretary of finance and secretary of transportation under two governors, has worked at Sentara, a 34,000-employee regional health system, since July 2021, overseeing several teams, including legislative affairs, real estate, construction, supply chain, security, compliance, internal audit and privacy.

He also chairs the Virginia Port Authority board, which oversees the Port of Virginia, one of the state’s economic drivers. Port-related business and activity account for more than $124.1 billion in total spending and $5.8 billion in state and local tax revenues annually. His five-year term runs through June 2026.

Among others, Layne is also a member of the TowneBank corporate board and a member of An Achievable Dream’s endowment board.

A native of Hampton Roads and graduate of the University of Richmond, Layne earned his MBA from Old Dominion University. In 2024, Layne received UR’s Spider Athletics Alumni Achievement Award. He was a member of the university’s baseball team before graduating in 1979.

FIRST JOB: Selling cotton candy at the Hampton Coliseum as a youth

MOST VALUED POSSESSION: My great grandfather’s Bible

STREAMING SHOW I’VE ENJOYED: “MobLand”

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