“Progress in our country has always been too slow, and creating change has always been difficult, but we must continue marching towards those ideals written in our founding documents - that all people are to be treated equally under our laws.”

American physician and former politician

Ralph Northam is an American physician and former politician who served as governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. Born in 1959, he is a pediatric neurologist and a member of the Democratic Party. He also served as Virginia’s lieutenant governor before winning the governorship in 2017. Northam spent eight years as an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, from 1984 to 1992. He is known for combining a medical career with public service in Virginia, first as lieutenant governor and then as governor, leaving office in January 2022 after serving a single term.