The Salem Circuit Court followed the Salem Republican Committee’s recommendation to appoint Elizabeth “Liz” Bowles as the second Republican member of the Salem Electoral Board on Dec. 21.
She replaced Democrat Stephen Smeltzer on Jan. 1. Bowles will serve with Zach Agee as the two Republican members of the three-member Salem Electoral Board.
Bowles has served as an election official and poll watcher on Election Day and for early in-person voting. She is a member of the Salem Republican Committee, Roanoke Valley Republican Women and the Salem Kiwanis Club.
After graduating from Andrew Lewis, Bowles moved north, where she received an undergraduate degree from the Parsons School of Design in Manhattan. She has worked as an interior designer and as a senior project manager with the corporate headquarters for Prudential and BNY Mellon.
She is now an agent with Wainwright and Co., Realtors in Salem. She has been a licensed realtor in Virginia since 2011.
-The Salem Times-Register