Northam names Fairfax official Virginia’s next secretary of Commerce

(RECAP: Virginia Gov.-elect Ralph Northam has named a Fairfax County official as his secretary of Commerce and Trade. Esther Lee, vice chair of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, has a lengthy history with Fortune 500 companies and government service, holding positions with Burson-Marsteller, Siemens, and AOL/Time Warner. In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Lee a senior policy adviser to the U.S. secretary of Commerce.)

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