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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Renée LaFollette Named Director of Leesburg’s Department of
Public Works and Capital Projects, Effective July 1, 2015
Leesburg, VA (February 26, 2015) –
Leesburg Town Manager Kaj Dentler
announced at Tuesday’s Town Council
meeting that Renée LaFollette has
been selected to lead the newly
combined Department of Public Works
and Capital Projects, effective July 1,
2015.
Ms. LaFollette is the current Director of
Capital Projects, a position she has held
since June 2012. She first joined the
Town of Leesburg in November 2000 as
a Senior Engineer in the Department of Engineering and Public Works, with the Office of Capital
Projects Management. In 2004, the office was separated into its own department. She was
promoted to Deputy Director of Capital Projects in December 2009, and served as Acting
Director from October 2011 until June 2012.
A licensed Professional Engineer in Ohio and Virginia, Ms. LaFollette holds a Bachelor’s Degree
in Construction and Geotechnical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Geotechnical
Engineering from The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the Town of Leesburg, Ms.
LaFollette worked for the Ohio Department of Transportation.
When the departments of Public Works and Capital Projects are merged on July 1, 2015, the
current Director of Public Works, Tom Mason, will move into the Town Manager’s Office as
Assistant Town Manager. Mr. Mason began with the Town as the Director of Engineering in
January 1985, and will retire in April 2016.
Contact:
Betsy Fields
Research & Communications Manager
bfields@leesburgva.gov
703-771-2734
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