About Jacques

Who is Jacques Roy?

In 2006, Jacques Roy was elected as Alexandria’s 23rd Mayor, capturing 76% of the vote in a runoff election and becoming one of the youngest mayors in Alexandria history at thirty-six years old. In 2010 and again in 2014, Jacques was elected in the primary, avoiding runoffs, going on to serve three terms as Mayor of Alexandria. During these years, his tenacious, hands-on, and proactive approach to City government resulted in a number of sweeping and transformative changes. Jacques implemented the largest redevelopment plan in the City’s history, called the SPARC plan, as well as award-winning community-planning safety initiatives and quality-of-life initiatives such as a downtown community college plan and a multi-day, multi-format festival series. He speaks on Smart Growth and Safe Growth initiatives for community-based planning, and his administrations were recognized nationally, and won numerous awards, for infrastructure programs and community development.

Jacques and his wife of twenty-seven years, Wendy, have one daughter, Catherine Marie, and one son, Jude-Michael.

In 2018, Jacques Roy decided to reenter private life and begin an executive consulting and select legal practice. This year, seeing a real existential crisis for our city in the area of safety and basic services, Jacques has reentered public life to run for mayor.

A Few of Jacques' Accomplishments

Downtown Initiatives

Proven support of local downtown business. He expanded convention business and grew our capacity for trained workforce to compete for future economic opportunity with the Downtown Hotel Initiative and Community College Initiative.

SPARC Infrastructure Program

Proven understanding of infrastructure. He led the largest parks and signage rebuild; overhaul of basic services and public utilities; and shepherded the fast-start cutting edge natural gas technology protecting us from volatile energy market forces. Jacques led massive city-wide development through the award-winning, largest-in-City-history SPARC infrastructure program.

AlexConnects

Proven commitment to do what’s right for Alexandria instead of playing politics. Along with SPARC, he added the SAFEALEX, AlexConnects, Diversity in Action, and other accountability programs using unprecedented community input. We had smart, financially sound, shared opportunity and transparent government.