Joash Schulman- Incumbent District 9

Councilmember Joash Schulman was elected on Nov. 8, 2022, to serve as the District 9 representative. He serves as a City Council liaison to the Audit Committee, the Bayfront Advisory Commission, the Beaches and Waterways Advisory Commission, Green Ribbon Committee, the Historic Preservation Commission, Open Space Advisory Committee, the Process Improvement Steering Committee, the Stormwater Appeals Board, the Stormwater Management Implementation Advisory Group and the Central Business District. He has been
appointed to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, the Eastern Virginia Regional Industrial Facility Authority as an alternate elected official and the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization as an alternate member.

Joash was born and raised in the metro-Detroit area. Eventually, he and his wife relocated to Virginia Beach in 2007. He is a 2002 graduate of the James Madison College at Michigan State University, earning his undergraduate degree in international relations with a concentration in Latin American and Caribbean affairs. He continued his studies at Michigan State University College of Law and earned his degree as a juris doctor in 2005.

Prior to being elected to serve on City Council, Joash served as chair of the Virginia Beach Wetlands Board and vice chair of the Envision Virginia Beach 2040 Vision to Action Community Coalition. He has also served on numerous community boards, including Virginia Beach Vision, the Central Business District Association (CBDA), the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, Lynnhaven River Now and the Neptune Festival Foundation. He was a former president of the CBDX (the 40-and-under young professionals’ division of the CBDA), a 2022 graduate of the Civic Leadership Institute and a recipient of the Inside Business Top-40-Under-40 Award in 2015. Joash is passionate about our local economy and strategic growth initiatives, our public school system, coastal resiliency and environmental issues.

Professionally, Joash practices as a solo real estate and business attorney and serves as the managing partner of Town Center Office Suites, an executive office space serving over 160 small businesses in the heart of the Virginia Beach Town Center.

Joash and his wife, Elaine, reside in the city’s Thoroughgood neighborhood with their three daughters.

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