Virginia Bio announces John Newby will become CEO of Virginia Bio starting August 5, 2019.
John will be stepping down as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Veterans Services, where for the last 7 years he led this 800-member Agency located across more than 40 Virginia locations, delivering employment, education, benefits, behavioral health and long term health care services to Virginia’s Reservists, Guardsmen, transitioning service members and 725,000+ veterans. John is a graduate of the Air Force Academy and University of Virginia School of Law; he has a distinguished record of service in the Air Force in Iraq and practiced corporate and intellectual property law with national law firms.