Instructor: Christopher Saxman

Christopher Saxman
 Biography: Chris Saxman is the Executive Director of Virginia FREE, a non-partisan, nonprofit established in 1988 that informs the business community in order to advance free enterprise and responsible, pro-business government.

Delegate Saxman served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2010. During his time in the Virginia House, he served on the following committees:
  • Commerce and Labor
  • General Laws
  • Transportation
  • Counties, Cities, and Towns
  • Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources 
Saxman also chaired two subcommittees.

In 2007, U.S. Senator John McCain asked Saxman to co-chair his Virginia campaign for president along with U.S. Senator John Warner. In 2010, Saxman co-chaired the K-12 transition team for Governor-elect Bob McDonnell.

Saxman served as the General Manager of his family's bottled water business based in Staunton, Virginia, from 1995 until 2010. As part of his commitment to the industry, Saxman became the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the International Bottled Water Association in 2007.

Saxman was born in Pittsburgh, but primarily grew up in Staunton. He graduated from Washington & Lee University with a B.A. in European History in 1987. 

Saxman and his wife, Michele, relocated the family to the Richmond area in 2013. They have four children.

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