Judy S. Lyttle, chair of the Surry County Board of Supervisors, has been elected 2015-2016 president of the Virginia Association of Counties.
Lyttle succeeds Fairfax County Supervisor Penny Gross.
Lyttle became the first African-American woman to sit on the Surry Board of Supervisors when she was elected in 1999.
Lyttle retired after working 33 years as a program assistant and assistant manager with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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