Rockingham County
Director since July 2016
Current term: 2020 to 2024
At-Large Executive Committee Member; Chair, Governance Committee; Finance Committee
Suzanne S. Obenshain lives just north of Harrisonburg near Lacey Spring and has served as a director from Rockingham County since 2016. She currently serves as the Chair of the Governance Committee and is a member of the Finance Committee. Suzanne also represents SVEC on the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Board of Directors where she serves on the ODEC Executive Committee, Finance Committee and Audit Committee.
Suzanne is a small-business owner who has been heavily involved in the Shenandoah Valley since moving here over 30 years ago. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech, where she received a degree in history and minored in business. Suzanne is a Credentialed Cooperative Director and holds a Board Leadership Certificate through the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
A Powhatan County native, Suzanne has lived in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County for more than 35 years. In that span, she has and continues to serve her community through many state and local organizations, including as a member of the Commonwealth Council on Aging; the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors; United Way of Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Board of Directors; Sunnyside Retirement Community Board of Directors; the Harrisonburg Republican Committee, as chairwoman and treasurer; Harrisonburg Electoral Board as its secretary and as chair; and Generations Crossing, as a founding board member of the adult and child day care facility in Harrisonburg and as a member and treasurer of the Spotswood Garden Club and president of the Spotswood Garden Foundation. She currently serves on the Board of Visitors at James Madison University
A licensed nursing home administrator, Suzanne and her husband, current Virginia State Sen. Mark Obenshain, have two grown children, Tucker and Sam.