DANIEL J. LOMBARDO 423 N. 18th

434-242-6965 St., Richmond, Va.

lombardod@vcu.edu EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Hard-working, reliable team player with excellent communication and writing skills. Accomplished writer, editor and interviewer with exceptional integrity and ethics as well as the ability to learn quickly. Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: BUZ AND NEDS REAL BBQ, RICHMOND, VA 4/11-Present Assistant Manger/Line Cook • Pay raise after 2 months due to leadership skills • "Exceeds Expectations” on performances reviews • Maintain strong relationships based on trust and respect with management and co-workers • Created new product restocking procedure enabling product to remain on hand improving

customer satisfaction • Continual review of procedures ensuring quality in compliance with all health law CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE STAFF MEMBER, RICHMOND, VA 1/12-Present Writer/Journalist

• Skilled and relatable interviewer for all levels of state personnel from Gov. McDonnell to senators to Capitol Building Services personnel

• Exceptional integrity, ethics, and the ability to maintain confidentiality in journalism • Demonstrated multi-tasking skills with several articles working and published weekly

REMAX, RICHMOND, VA 9/09-2/10 Real Estate Administrative Assistant • Maintained confidential files ensuring efficient retrieval of information • Drafted real estate listings and postings; added them online to Multiple Listing Service • Data entry and maintenance; created, delivered, and set up signs; manned office phones • Greeted customers remaining sensitive to needs and concerns during transition • Effectively reduce client anxiety associated with sale/purchases • Scheduled realtor appointments; screen properties for price and clean up • Maintained customer spreadsheet with vital info, appointment schedule BODO’S BAGELS, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 4/2006 – 8/2009 Bagel sandwich shop Cashier/Cook • Promoted to head cashier within one month during fast-paced lunch and dinner rushes • Restocked product, and ensured quality of product to the customer • Effectively worked cash register with 100% accuracy after first week of training 106.1 THE CORNER, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 9/07-5/08, Radio Station Intern

WHEELS 4 LESSS, RUCKERSVILLE, VA 6/06-8/09, Car Sales (family-owned business) ACAC FITNESS CENTER, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 4/04-5/05, Health Center Poolside Cafe EDUCATION: • B.A. Journalism, School of Mass Communications, Virginia Commonwealth University,

Richmond, VA. May 2012 • Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, VA, Advanced Honors degree, May 2008 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Society for Human Resource Professionals (SHRM) • Alexandrian Society • Student Government Association • Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)

PUBLISHED WORKS: • “Law Expedites Help for Families of Slain Officers” – The Potomac Local • “Local Legislator is One of the Commonwealth’s Youngest” – RVA News Virginia • “State Song is still Sound of Silence” – Henrico Citizen • Commonwealth University School Newspaper (Commonwealth Times) Contributor

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Local legislator is one of the Commonwealth’syoungestBY RVANEWS STAFF

From Capital News Service, Daniel Lombardo

It would be understandable if you saw Peter Farrell in the General Assembly

Building and thought he was a legislative intern. With his earnest smile and tight

haircut, he could easily pass for a college student.

But Farrell isn’t working for a lawmaker; he is one. He represents the 56th House

District, which includes Louisa County and parts of Goochland, Henrico and

Spotsylvania counties.

At 28 – he’ll turn 29 in June – Farrell is the third youngest member of the House.

(In age, he comes after Joe Yost, 25, of Blacksburg and Tazewell County’s Will

Morefield, who turned 28 in January.)

Farrell, a Republican, doesn’t let his age or newcomer status hold him back. He

brings a light, unassuming attitude to his job, with a willingness to meet anyone.

“I have an open-door policy,” Farrell said. “If I’m here, I will talk to them.”

Being among the youngest of the 100 delegates can be an advantage: It gives Farrell

a fresh perspective on issues – and an opportunity to be a voice for the next

generation. “I think it’s a good thing. We have every right to serve,” he said. “We’re

the group of people that are buying our first houses, our first home.”

Farrell graduated from the University of Virginia in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in

government. He is the founder of Recast Energy, which provides thermal energy to

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industrial customers. In his business, Farrell said that he has dealt with government

regulations and red tape and that he understands “the necessity of a business climate

that encourages investments and growth.”

A vice chairman of the Henrico County Republican Committee, Farrell describes

himself as “a commonsense conservative who knows we need to get back to the

basics.”

Farrell entered the 56th House District race after the incumbent delegate, Bill Janis,

resigned to run for commonwealth’s attorney in Henrico County. GOP leaders

selected Farrell as the party’s nominee, and he ran unopposed for the seat. In his

campaign, Farrell vowed to “work to grow our economy in Virginia, create new

jobs, reduce unnecessary government regulation and promote quality education.”

Despite his age, Farrell is no stranger to the corridors of power. His father, Thomas

Farrell, is president, chairman, and chief executive officer of Dominion Resources,

the Richmond-based energy conglomerate. Gov. Bob McDonnell appointed the elder

Farrell to chair the Governor’s Higher Education Commission and to sit on Virginia

Commonwealth University’s governing board.

Peter Farrell raised more than $133,000 for his House campaign. The Republican

Party chipped in $22,000, Farrell’s father donated $10,000, and several large

contributions came from prominent Richmond-area residents.

For instance, Richard Cullen, chairman of the McGuireWoods law firm, gave

Farrell $8,325, and William Goodwin Jr., chairman of CCA Industries, provided

$5,000, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, which compiles campaign

finance data.

In a recent interview in his Capitol Square office, Farrell said the strength of the

General Assembly is that it includes people from all walks of life. “We’re a citizen

legislature. We have doctors and a wide array of perspectives to start out with a bill,”

Farrell said. “So many people see it, so we have a vast array of different

perspectives.”

He filed 11 bills for consideration this legislative session. Two already have passed the

House – including a measure that would give health care providers access to the

state’s data on immunizations and newborn screening records.

Government operations and politics weren’t on Farrell’s mind when he was growing

up. Instead, he dreamed of being an actor. After a failed attempt in New York City

at achieving his Hollywood dreams, Farrell set his sights on other endeavors.

His interest in movies still lives with him, and he spends his free time enjoying films.

Like Jimmy Stewart’s self-effacing character in the Frank Capra classic “Mr. Smith

Goes to Washington,” Farrell said he hopes to make a difference in government.

“I hope I’m easygoing, willing to listen,” Farrell said. “I hope I’m not boring.”

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By Daniel Lom bardo, Capital News Service02/02/12

Like judges on “American Idol,” a panel of legislators this week deliberated over a song –a tune that had been proposed as Virginia’s new state song.

It didn’t make the cut.

“At Home in Virginia,” a bluegrass ballad written by Richmond retiree Ev i Bergin, got theboot from the House Rules Committee.

Delegate Betsy Carr, D-Richmond, had proposed that “At Home in Virginia” bedesignated as “the official song of the Commonwealth.” Virginia has been without a statesong since 1997 , when the General Assembly retired “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny ”because of its racially offensive ly rics.

Carr sponsored House Bill 833, which said Virginia “requires an official song that can besung on all occasions with pride and affection” – a song that “should reference the richtradition of the Commonwealth and invoke images of the natural and scenic beauty itscitizens celebrate.”

HB 833 recommended “At Home Virginia” for that honor. But on Tuesday , the committeetabled the bill on a voice vote.

Bergin spent a decade crafting her song. She believes it is worthy to be the official statesong.

“I just kept writing and rewriting it until I got this song,” Bergin said. “It wants toencourage people; that’s why it’s good.”

The song boasts of Virginia’s natural beauty – from honey suckles and sunsets to “acardinal that’s singing by the lacy dogwood tree.” It also highlights the commonwealth’srole in history and its nickname as “Mother of Presidents.”

Carr is glad that Bergin and her song got an audition.

“She is a very impressive indiv idual and has been working on this song for about 10y ears,” Carr said. “She certainly deserves a hearing, just like every one else.”

Now liv ing in a retirement community in Richmond, Bergin, 67 , has spent a lot of hertime try ing to make “At Home in Virginia” the official state song. She talks about her songas if it were her child.

“I kept singing and changing it little by little for eight y ears, until I loved it,” Bergin said.

Virginia had adopted “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny ” as the state song in 1940. It waswritten in 187 8 by an African American minstrel, James Bland. The ly rics are in dialectand express nostalgia for the day s of slavery . The final verse say s: “Carry me back to oldVirginny … There’s where this old darkey ’s heart am long’d to go.”

African Americans and many other people considered the ly rics offensive. In 1997 ,legislators made “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny ” the state’s “official song emeritus.”Since then, they have been searching for a new state song.

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Ly rics to ‘At Hom e in Virginia’From bey ond the Blue Ridge mountains to the seashore or the BaySunset in Virginia can take y our breath awayA cardinal that’s singing by the lacy dogwood treeBoast of Virginia’s natural beautyHoney suckle v ine by fields of cornLoving and learning, families are formedWisdom from a mentor teaches right from wrongWe’re traveling in Virginia now; won’t y ou come along?

Chorus:We are the people of VirginiaStrong and brave, bold and freeFeel right at home in VirginiaLand of hope and liberty !“Mother of Presidents,” “Mother of States”First surv iv ing English settlement, opened up the gatesFor the first lawmakers, in old JamestownThe shaping of our nation, history handed down.We honor those who died, hope with those who liveEach one in our Commonwealth has something to giveGiv ing love is from above, as we stake our claim“Virginia is for Lovers,” is more than just a name

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Mar. 25, 2012

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RICHMOND – A state legislator is asking Gov . Bob McDonnell to add the designer

drug 25i to the list of chemical compounds that would be outlawed under a bill

recently passed by the General Assembly .

Delegate G. Manoli Loupassi, a Republican who represents the 68th House

District in the Richmond area, urged McDonnell to ban 25i after police in

Chesterfield County said that in recent weeks, seven people there apparently

had overdosed on the drug and been hospitalized.

“I got a call from a deputy commonwealth’s attorney , and they were hav ing

massive problems with the substance,” said Loupassi, whose district includes

parts of Chesterfield County , Henrico County and the city of Richmond.

According to drug experts, 25i is a hallucinogen; some say it is as powerful and

dangerous as LSD. The drug comes as a white powder. Users, often y oung

people, inhale it. Officials say 25i causes erratic and even v iolent behavior.

“One kid took five officers to subdue,” Loupassi said.

He asked McDonnell to add 25i to House Bill 508, which is on the governor’s

desk waiting to be signed into law.

A y ear ago, the General Assembly passed a law aimed at prohibiting the sale and

possession of sy nthetic marijuana and designer drugs called “bath salts.” HB 508

would expand that law by adding more chemical combinations to the list of

prev iously criminalized substances.

If 25i is added to the list, it would officially become a controlled substance, and

possession of the drug would be a felony .

If McDonnell includes 25i in HB 508, his recommendation would be considered

by legislators during their “reconvened session” on April 18.

So far, the only reported cases of 25i have come from Chesterfield County . On

Sunday night, about 300 parents met with county officials to learn about the

drug.

Loupassi fears that if 25i remains legal, it is likely to gain popularity .

“I gather that it is going to start going to other places, too,” he said.

The Chesterfield County Police Department’s press release warning about the

designer drug 25i is at http://tiny url.com/drug25i.

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