Dorothy McAuliffe
Dorothy McAuliffe was the First Lady of the Commonwealth of Virginia from January 2014 to January 2018.Personal life
Dorothy Swann married Terry McAuliffe on October 8, 1988. She graduated from the Catholic University of America with a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science in 1985 and from the Georgetown University Law Center. They have five children: Dori, Jack, Mary, Sally, and Peter.Career
Lawyer
Dorothy previously worked for the law firms of Thompson & Mitchell and Heron Burchette Ruckerett & Rothwell.Private sector
Dorothy served on the boards of several privately held companies in the real estate development area, including the Jefferson National Management Company, Jefferson National Title Insurance Company, and the Columbia Land and Development Corporation.First Lady of Virginia
Dorothy was the first Virginia first lady to set up and office in the Patrick Henry Building, where cabinet secretaries and agency heads work.Non-profit work
Dorothy currently serves on the boards of Service Year Alliance, FoodCorps, and No Kid Hungry VA. She previously served on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Friends of the Georgetown University Child Development Center.Politics
McAuliffe briefly considered running for the Democratic nomination to challenge Rep. Barbara Comstock for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia's 10th congressional district in 2018, but ultimately decided not to.Academia
She was a Spring 2018 Fellow at the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service.
