Delegate Kristen J. Amundson

Kris Amundson represents Virginia’s 44th District in southeastern Fairfax County. Elected in 2001, she serves on two committees: Counties, Towns and Cities; and Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.

Before being elected as a member of the General Assembly, Amundson served for nearly a decade on the Fairfax County School Board, including two years as its chairman. In 1999, she was President of the Virginia School Boards Association. She served on the Commission on the Future of Public Education in Virginia and the Commission on Educational Accountability.

Amundson is the president of KJA Communications, an educational communications business located in Alexandria, Virginia. The company develops and writes educational materials for school administrators, school board members, parents, teachers, and students. She is the author of the books, School Violence: Safeguarding Our Children, and Kids Don't Come with Instruction Books.

Kris Amundson has been actively involved in community organizations and was president of the Westgrove Citizens Association and New Hope Housing, which operates homeless shelters in Fairfax County. In 2001, she was named a Flemming Fellow, recognizing her as one of the new leaders in statehouses across the country. She is a member of the Vestry of historic Christ Church in Alexandria. Her daughter, Sara, graduated from West Potomac High School and attended Princeton University.

Her legislative record includes:

• Giving incentives to teachers to retain and attract the best educators to Virginia
• Steamlining state government for efficiency and reforming budget accountability
• Ensuring that all women with breast or cervical cancer … regardless of income … can receive quality health care.
• Protecting Virginia’s first responders against air and blood-borne diseases
• Leading the fight for legislation to choose our own doctors and to hold HMOs accountable for bad decisions.
• Continuing to fight for our fair share of transportation dollars.

Neighbors may speak with Kris Amundson without an appointment during her Community Office Hours on the second Saturday of every month from 10:00 am to noon at Sherwood Regional Library in Mount Vernon.