Youngkin's latest administration appointments
Youngkin announces new Poet Laureate for Virginia.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Mattie Quesenberry Smith as Poet Laureate
Youngkin announced Tuesday that Mattie Quesenberry Smith is the new Commonwealth of Virginia’s Poet Laureate.
Smith has served as a First Year Writing and Rhetoric Instructor at the Virginia Military Institute since 2013, teaching courses in rhetoric and writing. She is a published poet and has received numerous awards for her work.
Smith has recently earned her PhD from Virginia Polytechnic University and State Institution and will graduate in December.
Since 1988, the governor has appointed the honorary position of Poet Laureate of Virginia to serve a term of two years.
“Today, I have the privilege of announcing that I am appointing Mattie Quesenberry Smith as Poet Laureate of Virginia,” Youngkin said. “For thousands of years, poets have taken the everyday joys and lamentations that humans experience and expressed them through verse and prose. Poetry is an important art form worldwide, and I have no doubt that Ms. Smith will be an excellent ambassador of its virtues. On behalf of the Commonwealth, Suzanne and I extend our sincere congratulations to Ms. Smith and her family.”
Youngkin’s appointments
Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently announced these appointments to his administration: