This Statement of Economic Interests will be available to the public via the searchable database on the Virgina Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council website, as required by § 30-356.

REPORT TO THE BEST OF INFORMATION AND BELIEF Information required on this Statement must be provided on the basis of the best knowledge, information, and belief of the individual filing the Statement as of the date of this report.

AFFIRMATION

I swear or affirm that the information provided on this statement is full, true, and correct to the best of my knowledge.

State and Local Statement of Economic Interests

SCHEDULE A

OFFICES, DIRECTORSHIPS, AND EMPLOYMENT

NAME: Winsome Earle-Sears

QUESTIONS:

1. Do you or a member of your immediate family receive remuneration, benefits, or compensation for service as an officer or director of a business?

2. Do you or a member of your immediate family receive salary or wages in excess of $5,000 annually from any employer? DO NOT INCLUDE salary received from a state or local governmental or advisory agency.

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Business of which you or a member of your immediate family is an officer or director and receives remuneration, benefits, or compensation for service as an officer or director
• Employer paying you or a member of your immediate family salary or wages in excess of $5,000 annually

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SCHEDULE B

PERSONAL DEBTS

NAME: Winsome Earle-Sears

QUESTIONS:

1. Do you owe more than $5,000 to any one creditor, including any contingent debt to any one creditor?

DO NOT INCLUDE any debt owed to any government or any loan secured by a recorded lien on property if such lien is at least equal to the value of the loan.

2. Does a member of your immediate family owe more than $5,000 to any one creditor, including any contingent debt to any one creditor?

DO NOT INCLUDE any debt owed to any government or any loan secured by a recorded lien on property if such lien is at least equal to the value of the loan.

TABLES 1A, 1B, and 1C

INSTRUCTIONS:

Disclose personal debts, including contingent debts, owed by you to each category of creditor by selecting the appropriate category listed in TABLE 1A. To calculate the amount of personal debt to disclose for each category of creditor, include all debts owed to creditors within each category, but DO NOT INCLUDE any debt owed to any one creditor in an amount of $5,000 or less.

If you owe a personal debt to a business creditor that is not included in any category of creditor listed in TABLE 1A, disclose such debt in TABLE 1B. List the name of the business creditor and its principal business activity.

If you owe a personal debt to an individual creditor, disclose such debt in TABLE 1C. Identify the name of the individual creditor and his principal business or occupation.

If you owe a personal debt jointly with another person who is not a member of your immediate family, disclose only your share of the debt.

If you owe a personal debt jointly with a member of your immediate family, disclose any such debt in TABLE 1A, 1B, or 1C, as appropriate, as if you are solely liable for the total amount of the debt, and DO NOT DISLCOSE such debt in TABLE 2A, 2B, or 2C.

DO NOT REPORT:

• Any debt owed to any one creditor in an amount of $5,000 or less
• Any debt owed to any government
• Any loan secured by a recorded lien on property if such lien is at least equal to the value of the loan

My personal debts are as follows:

TABLES 2A, 2B, and 2C

INSTRUCTIONS:

Disclose personal debts, including contingent debts, owed by a member of your immediate family to each category of creditor by selecting the appropriate category listed in TABLE 2A. To calculate the amount of personal debt to disclose for each category of creditor, include all debts owed to creditors within each category, but DO NOT INCLUDE any debt owed to any one creditor in an amount of $5,000 or less.

If a member of your immediate family owes a personal debt to a business creditor that is not included in any category of creditor listed in TABLE 2A, disclose such debt in TABLE 2B. List the name of the business creditor and its principal business activity.

If a member of your immediate family owes a personal debt to an individual creditor, disclose such debt in TABLE 2C. Identify the name of the individual creditor and his principal business or occupation.

If a member of your immediate family owes a personal debt jointly with another person not yourself who is not a member of your immediate family, disclose only his share of the debt.

If you owe a personal debt jointly with a member of your immediate family, report any such debt in TABLE 1A, 1B, or 1C, as appropriate, as if you are solely liable for the total amount of the debt, and DO NOT DISCLOSE such debt in TABLE 2A, 2B, or 2C.

DO NOT REPORT:

• Any debt owed to any one creditor in an amount of $5,000 or less
• Any debt owed to any government
• Any loan secured by a recorded lien on property if such lien is at least equal to the value of the loan

The personal debts of members of my immediate family are as follows:

State and Local Statement of Economic Interests

SCHEDULE C

SECURITIES

NAME: Winsome Earle-Sears

QUESTION:

Do you or a member of your immediate family, separately or together, own securities valued in excess of $5,000 invested in one business or Virginia governmental entity?

INCLUDE securities held in (i) trusts; (ii) individual retirement arrangements (IRAs); (iii) defined contribution plans, including plans established in accordance with sections 401, 403, or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code; and (iv) any other type of investment account.

INCLUDE securities not held in your name or the name of a member of your immediate family if you or a member of your immediate family retains the right to control such securities or the right to receive the income from such securities.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Disclose each business or Virginia governmental entity in which you or a member of your immediate family, separately or together, own securities valued in excess of $5,000.

INCLUDE securities held in (i) trusts; (ii) individual retirement arrangements (IRAs); (iii) defined contribution plans, including plans established in accordance with sections 401, 403, or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code; and (iv) any other type of investment account.

INCLUDE securities not held in your name or the name of a member of your immediate family if you or a member of your immediate family retains the right to control such securities or the right to receive the income from such securities.

List the issuer and type of each security. List separately each security held in an IRA, defined contribution plan, or other type of investment account, if such security is valued in excess of $5,000.

For defined contribution plans administered by the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions, list the administering agency as the issuer of the security, unless the security is held in a self-directed brokerage account, in which case list the issuer of the security.

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SCHEDULE F

PAYMENTS FOR TALKS, MEETINGS, AND CONFERENCES

NAME: Winsome Earle-Sears

QUESTION:

Did you receive in your capacity as an officer or employee of your agency any lodging, transportation, money, or other thing of value with a combined value exceeding $100 during the prior calendar year for:

• your presentation of a talk or series of talks at the same event, or participation in a meeting
• OR
• your attendance at a meeting, conference, or event where your attendance at the meeting, conference, or event was designed to educate you on issues relevant to your duties as an officer or employee of your agency, or to enhance your knowledge and skills relative to your duties as an officer or employee of your agency?

DO NOT INCLUDE:

• Payments and reimbursements from the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions for meetings attended in your capacity as an officer or employee of your agency
• Payments and reimbursements from an employer already listed on Schedule A or from a source of income listed on Schedule D
• Payments and reimbursements if you returned the payment or reimbursement within 60 days

INCLUDE a payment if you donated it to a charity and claimed or plan to claim it as a charitable deduction on your taxes.

Disclose any lodging, transportation, money, or other thing of value received that does not satisfy the criteria listed above as a gift on Schedule G.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Disclose each source from which you received in your capacity as an officer or employee of your agency lodging, transportation, money, or any other thing of value with a combined value exceeding $100 for:

• your presentation of a talk or series of talks at the same event, or participation in a meeting
• OR
• your attendance at a meeting, conference, or event where your attendance at the meeting, conference, or event was designed to educate you on issues relevant to your duties as an officer or employee of your agency, or to enhance your knowledge and skills relative to your duties as an officer or employee of your agency.

State and Local Statement of Economic Interests

SCHEDULE H

PAYMENTS FOR REPRESENTATIONS AND OTHER SERVICES GENERALLY

NAME: Winsome Earle-Sears

PAYMENTS FOR REPRESENTATIONS BY YOU

QUESTION 1:

Did you represent any business before any state governmental agency during the prior calendar year for which you received compensation in excess of $5,000 for such representation?

DO NOT INCLUDE compensation for the performance of other services unrelated to the representation before the state governmental agency when calculating the amount of compensation received from a business. If you have job responsibilities other than those involving such representation, you should prorate your salary to determine the portion attributable to your representation.

DO NOT REPORT any business that you represented before a court or judicial officer, or where the representation consisted solely of the filing of mandatory papers and any subsequent representation regarding the mandatory papers.

PAYMENTS FOR REPRESENTATIONS BY ASSOCIATES

QUESTION 2:

Did persons with whom you have a close financial association represent any business before any state governmental agency during the prior calendar year for which compensation was received in excess of $5,000 for such representation?

DO NOT INCLUDE members of your immediate family when determining with which individuals you have a close financial association, unless you and your immediate family member are employed by or work for the same business or organization. 

DO NOT INCLUDE compensation for the performance of other services unrelated to the representation when calculating the amount of compensation received from a business.  If your associate has job responsibilities other than those involving such representation, you should prorate his salary to determine the portion attributable to his representation.

DO NOT REPORT any business that such persons represented before a court or judicial officer, or where the representation consisted solely of the filing of mandatory papers and any subsequent representation regarding the mandatory papers.

PAYMENTS FOR OTHER SERVICES GENERALLY

QUESTION 3:

Did you or persons with whom you have a close financial association furnish services to any business operating in Virginia during the prior calendar year for which compensation was received in excess of $5,000 for such services?

DO NOT INCLUDE members of your immediate family when determining with which individuals you have a close financial association, unless you and your immediate family member are employed by or work for the same business or organization.

DO NOT INCLUDE compensation reported on Table 1 or Table 2 of this schedule.

TABLE 1

PAYMENTS FOR REPRESENTATIONS BY YOU

INSTRUCTIONS:

Disclose each business that you represented before any state governmental agency during the prior calendar year for which you received compensation in excess of $5,000 for such representation.

For each business, list the type of business, the name of the state governmental agency before which you appeared on behalf of the business, and the purpose of the representation.

DO NOT INCLUDE compensation for the performance of other services unrelated to the representation before the state governmental agency when calculating the amount of compensation received from a business.

DO NOT REPORT:

• Any business that you represented before a court or judicial officer
• Any business where the representation consisted solely of the filing of mandatory papers and any subsequent representation regarding the mandatory papers

TABLE 2

PAYMENTS FOR REPRESENTATIONS BY ASSOCIATES

INSTRUCTIONS:

Disclose each business that persons with whom you have a close financial association represented before any state governmental agency during the prior calendar year for which compensation was received in excess of $5,000 for such representation.

For each business, list the type of business, the name of the state governmental agency before which such persons appeared on behalf of the business, and the purpose of the representation.

DO NOT INCLUDE compensation for the performance of other services unrelated to the representation when calculating the amount of compensation received from a business.

DO NOT REPORT:

• Any business that such persons represented before a court or judicial officer
• Any business where the representation consisted solely of the filing of mandatory papers and any subsequent representation regarding the mandatory papers

TABLE 3

PAYMENTS FOR OTHER SERVICES GENERALLY

INSTRUCTIONS:

Disclose each business operating in Virginia to which you or persons with whom you have a close financial association furnished services during the prior calendar year for which compensation was received in excess of $5,000 for such services.

Identify the businesses, by category, for which services were furnished and the type of service rendered to such businesses. To calculate the amount of compensation to report for each business category, include compensation received from all businesses within each category.

DO NOT INCLUDE compensation reported on Table 1 or Table 2 of this schedule.