Birthname: | Jane Alexandra Haycock |
Order: | 10th Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources |
Governor: | Mark Warner |
Term Start: | January 14, 2002 |
Term End: | January 14, 2006 |
Preceded: | Louis Rossiter |
Succeeded: | Marilyn Tavenner |
State Senate1: | Virginia |
State1: | Virginia |
District1: | 34th |
Term Start1: | January 8, 1992 |
Term End1: | January 12, 2000 |
Preceded1: | Emilie Miller |
Succeeded1: | Leslie Byrne |
State Delegate2: | Virginia |
District2: | 37th |
Term Start2: | January 13, 1988 |
Term End2: | January 8, 1992 |
Preceded2: | Stephen E. Gordy |
Succeeded2: | Bob Harris |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 10 October 1946 |
Birth Place: | Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
Death Place: | Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
Spouse: | James R. F. Woods |
Alma Mater: | American University (BA) |
Jane Haycock Woods (October 10, 1946 – July 18, 2022)[1] was an American educator and Republican politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1992 to 2000, and Virginia House of Delegates from 1988 to 1992.
She was for many years an elementary teacher with Fairfax County Public Schools.
In 1999, Woods lost her Senate reelection bid against former U.S. Representative Leslie L. Byrne. In 2002, she was appointed Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources by Democratic Governor Mark Warner, serving in that role until 2006.[2] [3]