Tampa, Florida
Appointed: June 2022 by Gov. Glenn Youngkin
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C. Ernest Edgar IV ’87 is the General Counsel and Chief Human Resources Officer for DAWSON, a Native Hawaiian global business enterprise serving the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies.  Operating worldwide, DAWSON is headquartered in Honolulu, HI, with offices across the United States.  Previously, he served as General Counsel for Atkins North America, an engineering, design, and project management company headquartered in Tampa, employing more than 5,000 engineering and scientific professionals across the country.

A third-generation VMI graduate, Edgar earned his degree in civil engineering and served as an Army engineer officer in Germany and in the Persian Gulf War, and later as an activated reservist after the September 11 attacks.  He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and is a member of the bar in Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Florida, and is a registered professional engineer in Virginia.  Edgar previously served on the board of VMI Research Laboratories, Inc., including as Chair, and as the 1987 Class Agent.