Will Sessoms | |
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24th Mayor of Virginia Beach | |
In office January 1, 2009 – April 30, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Meyera Oberndorf |
Succeeded by | Bobby Dyer |
Vice Mayor of Virginia Beach | |
In office July 1, 1992 – June 30, 2002 | |
Preceded by | Robert Fentress |
Succeeded by | Robert C. Mandigo Jr. |
Member of the Virginia Beach City Council, At Large | |
In office July 1, 1988 – June 30, 2002 | |
Succeeded by | Ron Villanueva / Peter W. Schmidt |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1954 (age 70–71) |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Virginia Commonwealth University (BBA) |
Occupation | Politician, Bank Officer |
Website | Mayor website |
William Douglas Sessoms Jr. (born c. 1954) is an American politician and bank officer who served as the mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia from 2008 until his resignation in April, 2018. He was president and CEO of Towne Financial Services Group, a division of TowneBank of Hampton Roads, Virginia from 2011 to 2014.
Sessoms was previously councilman (1988–2002) and vice mayor of Virginia Beach (1992–2002). He declined to run for re-election as Vice Mayor in 2002. Sessoms was previously as president and director of the Virginia Beach region at TowneBank (2005-2011).