Rev. Dr. Veronica Coleman is the Pastor of New Jerusalem Ministries in Virginia Beach, Virginia and a 2017 candidate for the House of Delegates. Dr. Coleman is the immediate Past President of the Virginia Beach Interdenominational Ministers Conference and has served in leadership capacities with other civic and religious organizations. Dr. Coleman is a native of Halifax County, Virginia and received her undergraduate education at Danville Community College and Averett College, completed graduate studies at Old Dominion University and Virginia Union University, and earned her Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.