Academic Dean
	Delegate Lee Ware has taught and coached for 31 years.  He has taught classes in Theology and English, but principally History and Government, during a career that includes a three-year stint at Lexington Christian Academy (Massachusetts), followed by 15 years at Powhatan High School and 13 years at Blessed Sacrament Huguenot, also in Powhatan. He has coached soccer, basketball and Battle of the Brains teams. Del. Ware has taken part in education policy-making while a member of the Virginia State Board of Education, by appointment of Gov. George Allen, and also as a member of the Boards of Trustees of Veritas School, and of Benedictine College Preparatory. Active in community and civic life, Del. Ware is in his eighth term representing the 65th District in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing portions of Chesterfield, Goochland, and Fluvanna Counties and all of Powhatan.  He serves on four standing committees and chairs three sub-committees.  He served two terms on the Powhatan Board of Supervisors, including a year as Chairman, and also the county’s Board of Social Services, with one term as Chair. He is also a former award-winning editor of newspapers in New England and Virginia.  Del. Ware is the recipient of numerous professional and civic awards. He graduated from Wheaton College with a B. A. in History and Literature, and undertook graduate studies at Harvard University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Marymount College.  He and his wife, Kathy, a certified public accountant, are parents of four grown children.  He is a member of St. John Neumann Roman Catholic Church in Powhatan.