Pierce Homer
{{Short description|Former Virginia Secretary of Transportation}}
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| office = 11th Virginia Secretary of Transportation
| governor = Mark Warner
Tim Kaine
| term_start = April 1, 2005
| term_end = January 16, 2010
| preceded = Whittington W. Clement
| succeeded = Sean Connaughton
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|01|25}}
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| birthname = Pierce Robinson Homer
| party = Democratic
| spouse = Stacy Lee Luks
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| alma_mater = Haverford College
University of Texas at Austin
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Pierce Robinson Homer (born January 25, 1956) is a former Virginia Secretary of Transportation, serving from 2005 to 2010 under Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. He was previously Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 2002 to 2005.{{cite web|url=http://pilotonline.com/inside-business/news/maritime-and-transportation/pierce-homer-virginia-secretary-of-transportation-state-of-virginia/article_7f5bc6e0-7917-560b-881c-a4413ba43572.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211227222544/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qogdDTcBsVwJ:https://www.pilotonline.com/inside-business/article_7f5bc6e0-7917-560b-881c-a4413ba43572.html+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us |archive-date=2021-12-27 |title=Pierce Homer, Virginia Secretary of Transportation, State of Virginia |work=Pilotonline.com |date=2009-12-08 |access-date=2017-01-23}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/tag/pierce-homer/ |title=Out of the Box: Pierce Homer
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831012224/http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/tag/pierce-homer/ |archive-date=2014-08-31 |website=Virginia Memory |url-status=dead |date=July 16, 2014 |access-date=2017-01-23}}
Homer attended Haverford College and the University of Texas, where he earned a master's in public affairs. He served in Prince William County government from January 1987 until 2002, when he was named Virginia Deputy Secretary of Transportation by incoming governor Mark Warner. {{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/04/10/new-transit-secretary-road-tested-in-county/8086862c-40ca-4cf9-8a0d-78f904ef6490/ |title=Steven Ginsberg, “New Transit Secretary Road-Tested in County,” Washington Post, April 10, 2005.}}
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Category:State cabinet secretaries of Virginia
Category:Haverford College alumni
Category:University of Texas at Austin alumni
Category:People from Prince William County, Virginia
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