Governor Terry McAuliffe has appointed VAR legal consultant Jay DeBoer as Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR). DPOR oversees the Virginia Real Estate Board and 16 other regulatory boards, from architects and asbestos inspectors to barbers and boxers.

This is not DeBoer's first time at the helm of DPOR; he served as Director from 2006 until 2010. Since then, while working at VAR, he's helped thousands of REALTORS across the commonwealth with a long list of real estate topics, and -- thanks to his previous DPOR experience -- he's been VAR's resident expert on anything related to the Department.

DeBoer also served in the General Assembly as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for nineteen years.