Louisa County
J. Mark Wood (Incumbent)
J. Mark Wood has resided in Louisa County for over 54 years. Wood recently retired from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) as the Area Land Use Engineer for Fluvanna, Louisa and Orange Counties. After graduating high school, Wood worked full time in the
surveying and engineering fields while attending college.
He earned an A.A.S. in civil engineering technology from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College and a B.S. in civil engineering technology from Old Dominion University. Wood is licensed as both a Professional Engineer and a Land Surveyor in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Wood oversaw land development and permitting activities for VDOT and served on the Fluvanna County Technical ReviewCommittee and the Orange County Application Review Committee. Wood reviewed all land development submittals for potential impacts to VDOT’s transportation system. Wood is a graduate of VDOT’s Leadership Development Program.
Wood worked for the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for 23 years and received national recognition from the States Organization for Boating Access and for his professionalism in boat access design standards — some of which were adopted nationwide. He has worked extensively on environmental permitting for construction projects from the Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wood is a lifetime member of the Louisa County Historical Society and the Greene County Historical Society. He has served as a coach and manager for Louisa Little League and AAU Baseball, a VDOT Adopt-a-Highway organizer, Louisa County Agriculture Fair Board of Directors, notary public, a Sunday school teacher and superintendent, an AWANA worker, church treasurer, adeacon, chairman of the deacons and assists with his church’s food pantry.
Since being elected to the REC Board, Wood has earnestly sought to be fully credentialed and informed of regulations and operations of electrical cooperatives. Wood has earned and maintains the NRECA Director Gold Credential. Wood currently serves as the REC Board Secretary and is the Vice Chairman of RE Communications.
Wood and his wife, Becky, reside in their 1880s home located in the Cuckoo area of Louisa County, where Mark has also managed their Tree Farm for the past 39 years.