2026 SPECIAL SESSION I
ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 2061
Commending Wyatt Shields.
Agreed to by the Senate, June 22, 2026
WHEREAS, Wyatt Shields, an esteemed civil servant and city manager of the City of Falls Church, who has greatly served the locality for 23 years, will retire on September 4, 2026; and
WHEREAS, a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, Wyatt Shields began his career on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and worked in Dominion Energy's Office of Government Relations before entering local government as the town administrator of the Town of Scottsville; and
WHEREAS, Wyatt Shields joined the City of Falls Church as assistant city manager in 2003, then briefly served as acting city manager following the death of city manager Daniel E. McKeever before he was formally named city manager in January 2007; and
WHEREAS, in his role as city manager, Wyatt Shields oversees the operations and administration of the City of Falls Church, while working with the Falls Church City Council and other local partners to ensure the locality's growth and success; and
WHEREAS, during his tenure, Wyatt Shields advanced a number of initiatives to bolster Falls Church's financial position, foster economic development, improve critical infrastructure, and guarantee the timely and effective provision of government services; and
WHEREAS, Wyatt Shields made an impact regionally through his service as a member and chair of the Northern Virginia Chief Administrative Officers Group and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Chief Administrative Officers Committee; and