Governor Appoints New Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry

Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced Samuel Thurston Towell as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry.

Samuel Thurston Towell joins the Administration from McGuireWoods LLP, where his clients included timber, agricultural, and environmental concerns. 

During the administration of Governor Mark R. Warner, he served variously as the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Finance, the Governor’s Fellow to the Chief of Staff, and a Legal Fellow to the Counselor.  His other government service includes clerkships with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Supreme Court of Virginia. 

Towell is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Economics, and the University of Virginia School of Law.