WILLIAMSBURG — Williamsburg Assistant City Manager Michele Mixner DeWitt has been named interim Commissioner of the Revenue, effective Jan. 2, the city announced.
DeWitt, a city resident, will fill the unexpired second term of Commissioner of the Revenue Lara Overy, whose resignation is effective Jan. 1.
Overy announced her resignation in September, citing her relocation to James City County.
The Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court granted its request to appoint DeWitt on Wednesday, Dec. 11, the city said.
The order allows DeWitt the “privileges and protections afforded by law to elected or appointed constitutional officers” and grants the city’s request not to hold a special election to fill the unexpired term.
DeWitt was sworn into office on Dec. 16.
DeWitt served as the city’s economic development director for 16 years before her promotion to assistant city manager in 2021, and she will maintain her position as assistant city manager while serving as the interim commissioner.
Prior to her time in Williamsburg, DeWitt’s public sector career has included work on the Middle Peninsula, West Point, and for the Commonwealth of Virginia. In Middlesex, she was the first environmental planner in a locality with 135 miles of shoreline, the city noted, and at the state level, she started as the manager of a new economic development program and managed several other economic development programs.
DeWitt currently chairs the Williamsburg Area Transit Authority and is also a past president of the Virginia Economic Developers Association. DeWitt is also a volunteer with, and former chairman of, Housing Partnerships. She is the current president of the Williamsburg Garden Club and serves on the Finance Committee of the Garden Club of Virginia.
