Keyanna Conner


Keyanna Conner is the Virginia Secretary of Administration of Governor Ralph Northam. She originally hails from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. After earning a chemistry degree from Hampton University in 2006, she moved to Richmond, where, in 2012, she served as the Chair of the Democratic Committee in Henrico County. In 2014, Conner joined Mark Warner's 2014 campaign for the U.S. Senate as a senior adviser and political director. A year later, she received a doctorate degree in organic chemistry from Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to joining the Northam administration, she worked for Warner in the Senate, first as his Director of Government and Community Affairs and then as his State Director.