James W. Dyke, Jr.

James Dyke is a Partner at McGuire Woods, McLean, Virginia, in the Corporate Services Department. His broad practice covers corporate, legislative, education, voting rights, governmental relations and municipal law. He formerly served as the group leader for the Tysons business group, co-chair of the education law team, and team leader for the Year 2000 Solutions Group. He also previously served as Secretary of Education under former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder and as Domestic Policy Advisor to former Vice President Walter Mondale.

He received his B.A. from Howard University, Washington, D.C., in 1968. He graduated Cum Laude from the Howard University School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, J.D., in 1971. Law Review: Howard Law Journal.

Other previous experience includes: Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1990 to 1993;
Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President of the United States, Walter F. Mondale, 1977 to 1981;
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Hon. Spottswood W. Robinson III, Law Clerk, 1971 to 1972.

He is an active leader in the Northern Virginia business community serving as past chairman of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce; chairman of the Northern Virginia Business Roundtable; chairman of the Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation; and chairman of the Emerging Business Forum, an organization focused on enhancing minority entrepreneurs' access to capital.

He has served on various commissions and committees including the governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education, and the Commission to Restructure Virginia's Tax Structure. He is a frequent speaker on educational, political and legal issues, including serving as a speaker on Workforce Training at the 1998 World Congress on Information Technology.

• Chairman, Metropolitan Council of Chambers of Commerce
• Virginia's lay member, Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
• Chairman, Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce (1999-2000)
• Chairman, Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation
• Chair, Northern Virginia Business Roundtable
  Member, Governor Gilmore's Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education (1998-2000)
• Commonwealth of Virginia, Joint Commission on Technology and Science
• Advisory Committee on the Year 2000
• Advisory Committee on Technology-Based Economic Growth in Virginia
• George Washington University Virginia Campus Advisory Board
• Southern Education Foundation, Chair of Panel on Desegregation in Higher Education, 1994-Present
• Virginia Commission on Educational Infrastructure, 1996-2000
• Arts Council of Fairfax
• Commission member, Commission to Study Virginia's State and Local Tax Structure for the 21st Century