Omarh Rajah
Matoaca
District
U. Omarh Rajah was elected to the School Board in November 2007 to represent the Matoaca District. He is the first teacher from the Matoaca District and the first African-American to be elected to the School Board. Mr. Rajah holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Randolph-Macon College and a master’s degree from Virginia State University.
After teaching and coaching in the Amelia County school system, Mr. Rajah returned for two years to his alma mater, Manchester High, to teach history and government and coach basketball and volleyball. Since 2002, he has worked in Petersburg as a teacher for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
An involved member of the community, Mr. Rajah organized Chesterfield County’s first community gang awareness conference in 2005. He has been appointed to several statewide panels, including Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling’s advisory committee, where he works to fight childhood obesity and other health problems.
Mr. Rajah and his wife, Vantrece, have been married 12 years and have a 9-year-old daughter who attends Spring Run Elementary and a 4-year-old son. They are members of Spring Creek Baptist Church.
Contact
(804) 639-8035 (voice mail)
(804) 639-8036 (fax)
