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Andria McClellan is a member of the Norfolk City Council, representing Superward 6 in Virginia. McClellan assumed office on July 1, 2016. McClellan's current term ends in 2020. McClellan is running for re-election to the Norfolk City Council to represent Superward 6 in Virginia. McClellan is on the ballot in the general election on May 19, 2020.

Early life
McClellan (b. March 26, 1970) was born in St. Petersburg, FL and moved to Ashland, OH with her family when she was four years old. Her family moved to Virginia Beach, VA when she was seven. At the age of 17, she graduated from Green Run High School in Virginia Beach City Public Schools, where she served as Student Council President, was named “Most Likely to Succeed” and attended the Governor’s School for Math & Science. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and later graduated from the Wharton Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Career
McClellan worked in sales and marketing for two Fortune 500 companies and ran two start-up enterprises - one in manufacturing and one in technology. She was appointed chair of the Virginia Small Business Advisory Board by Gov. Mark Warner.

She currently serves on the Executive Boards of 757 Angels and 757 Accelerate. She was appointed Vice Chair of the Southside Fiber Ring, a 110 mile ring of municipally-owned fiber that will provide high-speed connectivity to ISPs and institutions in the Hampton Roads region.

McClellan was appointed by Governor Terry McAuliffe to serve on the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Local Government Advisory Committee, which is focused on improving the water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. She co-chaired the Norfolk Mayor’s Commission on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation from 2018-2019, resulting in the area’s first ever Climate Action Plan. McClellan currently chairs the Coastal Resilience Subcommittee of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission. In 2020, McClellan was appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2020 Energy, Environment and Natural Resources federal advocacy committee. She is also a member of the American Flood Coalition.

Regionally, McClellan was elected Vice Chair of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission in 2019. She has also served since 2017 as a Commissioner on the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads (HRT), where she chairs its Smart Cities & Innovation Committee. McClellan also serves as a board member of CIVIC Leadership Institute (2014), WHRO (2015), the Democratic Business Alliance of South Hampton Roads (2016), the Elizabeth River Trail Foundation (2017), the Sorensen Political Leadership Institute (2018), and the UVa Center for Politics (2018). Previously, McClellan served as Vice Chair, Finance of the Democratic Party of Virginia (2014), the Norfolk Planning Commission, and on the boards of The Up Center, Samaritan House.

McClellan resides in Norfolk with her husband Mike and three sons.

2020
Incumbent Andria McClellan is running in the general election for Norfolk City Council Superward 6 on May 5, 2020

2016
The city of Norfolk, Virginia, held elections for mayor and city council on May 3, 2016. Two of the eight city council seats were up for election. Andria McClellan defeated incumbent 16-year incumbent Barclay Winn and Warren Stewart in the Norfolk City Council Super Ward 6 general election.

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