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NVTC Commissioner Biographies
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DAVID
B. ALBO
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David
B. Albo was appointed to NVTC in October, 2002.
He has served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates since
1994 representing the 42nd District.
He serves on several House committees, including Courts of Justice
and General Laws. He chairs the Criminal Law Subcommittee and the General
Laws Subcommittee dealing with Alcohol, Tobacco and Gambling Issues. When
the General Assembly is out of session, he is a local business owner in
his Springfield-Arlington-Richmond law firm of Albo & Oblon, L.L.P.
He is active in employment, commercial and traffic defense
litigation. He previously
served as prosecutor for the City of Fairfax.
He is the chairman of the Virginia Crime Commission. Delegate Albo
earned his B.A. in economics from the University of Virginia and his Law
Degree from the University of Richmond.
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CHARLES
M. BADGER
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Mr.
Badger is the Deputy Director of the Virginia Department of Rail and
Public Transportation. He has
oversight responsibility for all state programs for rail and public
transportation in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Mr. Badger serves as the chief deputy to the agency Director and as
an advisor to the Commonwealth Transportation Board and the Secretary of
Transportation. He has worked for
the Commonwealth for over thirty-five years and in addition to his work in
rail and public transportation, he has held management positions in
highway design and construction, aviation planning, and urban
transportation planning. Mr.
Badger is a licensed professional engineer and holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University and a Master of Science degree in engineering from the
University of Maryland.
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SHARON
BULOVA
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Sharon Bulova, elected in November 1987, represents the Braddock District
on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
She is that Board’s vice chairman and Budget Committee chairman.
A member of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission since 1988,
Mrs. Bulova has served on the Virginia Railway Express Operations Board
since its inception in 1989. In
2004, She was appointed by Governor Warner to chair the Governor’s
Commission on Rail Enhancement for the 21st Century, and now
chairs the newly created Rail Advisory Board, which recommends funding for
freight and passenger rail projects throughout the Commonwealth that
provides a significant public benefit.
Mrs. Bulova is a member and past chairman of the Northern Virginia
Regional Commission and is chair of the Fairfax County/City of Fairfax
Committee. She is the
county's liaison on the Central Fairfax Chamber Board of Directors.
Mrs. Bulova also is a member of the MWCOG Metropolitan Washington
Air Quality Committee and chairs MWCOG’s Development Committee.
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KELLY
BURK
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Kelly Burk was elected to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
representing the Leesburg District in November, 2007.
She is chairman of the Board of Supervisors’ Transportation/Land
Use Commission and also serves on the Board’s Economic Development
Committee and the Joint Board/School Board Committee.
She currently represents the county on the District Home Board, the
Annexation Area Development Policy Committee, Loudoun County Disability
Services Board, and the Joint Committee of the County of Loudoun and the
Town of Leesburg. Supervisor Burk earned a Bachelor’s degree at George
Washington University and a Master’s degree from Virginia Tech.
She is a special education teacher for Loudoun County Public
Schools.
She was appointed to NVTC in January, 2008.
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| GERALD
E. CONNOLLY
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Gerry
Connolly joined NVTC in January, 1999.
He served two terms as the Providence District Supervisor on the
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and was elected to a four-year term as
Board Chairman, beginning in January, 2004.
He is also the president of the Virginia Association of Counties
and a member on the boards of the Metropolitan Washington Council of
Governments (where he served as chairman in 2001), the Fairfax City/County
Interjurisdictional Committee, the Northern Virginia Regional Commission
and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. Mr. Connolly received a B.A. in literature from Maryknoll
College and a M.A. in public administration from Harvard University. Mr.
Connolly is the Director of Community Relations for SAIC. He is serving as
NVTC’s chairman in 2006 and is also chairman of NVTC’s Legislative
Committee.
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ADAM
EBBIN

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Adam
Ebbin was appointed to NVTC in May, 2004.
He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2003
representing the 49th District.
Delegate Ebbin serves on the Transportation, Education, and Health,
Welfare and Institutions House committees.
He previously served as the Chief Deputy Commissioner of the
Virginia Department of Labor and Industry for Governor Mark Warner.
Delegate Ebbin is a graduate of the American University in
Washington, D.C. and was a Fellow at the University of Virginia’s
Sorenson Institute of Political Leadership in 2000.
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WILLIAM
D. EUILLE
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William
D. Euille has served on the Alexandria City Council since 1994 and was
re-elected in 1997 and 2000. In 2003 he was elected to a three-year term
as mayor. He co-chairs the Alexandria Welfare Reform Committee (Alexandria
Works!), the Call to Community initiative on racial and ethnic diversity,
the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Task Force and the “PTO” Task Force.
He serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alexandria
Economic Development Partnership Inc., the Board of Directors of the INOVA
Heath System, and the City Council’s Human Service Committee. He also is
a member of the Alexandria Economic Opportunities Commission, the Local
Emergency Planning Committee, and the Pension Study Committee.
He represents Alexandria on the WMATA Board of Directors and the
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. Mr. Euille is President/CEO of
Wm. D. Euille & Associates, Inc., an Alexandria construction services
firm. Mr. Euille received a B.S. in accounting from Quinnipiac University.
He joined NVTC in July, 2000 and served as its chairman in 2004.
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JAY
FISETTE
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Jay Fisette joined NVTC as a commissioner in March, 1999.
He was elected to the Arlington County Board in 1997 and served as
chairman in 2001 and 2005. He is currently chair of the Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments Board of Directors and is vice-president
of the Executive Committee of the Virginia Municipal League. Mr. Fisette
also represents Arlington on the Greater Washington Initiative of the
Greater Washington Board of Trade and serves on the Board of Directors of
Equality Virginia. He is a
member of the Washington District Council of the Urban Land Institute and
was appointed by Governor Warner as a Commissioner to the Board of the
Virginia Housing Development Authority, now serving as the vice-chair.
Mr. Fisette is also a member of the Washington Area Bicyclist
Association and Leadership Greater Washington.
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PAT
HERRITY

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Pat Herrity was elected to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in
November, 2007, representing the Springfield District.
He has served on the Northern Virginia Technology Council, REGION
(an association of Northern Virginia business organizations), the Fairfax
County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council.
Mr. Herrity is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of Arrowhead Global Solutions, Inc., a premier provider
of integrated communications solutions.
He was a founder and served on the Steering Committee of the
Washington Area Conference on Telework. He
graduated from Virginia Tech in 1982 with a Bachelor’s degree in
accounting and then earned his Certified Public Accountant certificate in
1985. He was appointed to NVTC in January, 2008 and will also serve as a
member of the VRE Operations Board.
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CATHERINE
HUDGINS

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Catherine
Hudgins was first elected to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in
1999 and re-elected in 2003. She
joined NVTC in January, 2004. She
is a member of the Washington Area Housing Trust Fund Board, the
Transportation Planning Board, the Northern Virginia Regional Commission
and the Virginia Association of Counties Board of Directors.
She also serves as an alternate member of the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board.
Governor Warner reappointed her to the State Emergency Medical
Services Advisory Board.
Supervisor Hudgins has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics
education from University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and a master’s
degree in public administration from George Mason University.
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MARY
HYNES
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Mary Hynes was elected to the Arlington County Board in November, 2007.
She served on the Arlington School Board from 1995-2006, and
chaired that Board three times.
She served several times as the School Board’s liaison to the
General Assembly and as a representative to the Washington Area Boards of
Education
Ms. Hynes graduated from the College of St. Benedict, in St.
Joseph, Minnesota, and in 2007 the college honored her as a distinguished
alumna.
Mary Hynes was appointed to NVTC in January, 2008.
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JOE
T. MAY

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Delegate
Joe May is currently serving his sixth term in the House of Delegates
representing the 33rd House District (all of Clarke County and
part of Loudoun County). He
serves as chairman of the House of Delegates Science and Technology
Committee, is a member of the House Appropriations Committee where he
chairs the Appropriations subcommittee on Transportation, and is the
vice-chairman of the House Transportation Committee.
He also serves as chairman of the Joint Commission on Technology
and Science and is a member of the Virginia Research and Technology
Advisory Commission. Delegate May, a registered professional engineer who
holds 18 patents, is founder and CEO of the Virginia based electronic
engineering and manufacturing firm, EIT.
He is a graduate from Virginia Tech where he earned his BSEE
degree. He joined NVTC in June, 2006.
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JEFFREY
C. MCKAY
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Jeffrey C. McKay was elected to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in
November 2007 and was appointed to NVTC in January, 2008.
Before his successful race for the Lee District seat, Supervisor
McKay was chief of staff for former Lee District Supervisor Dana Kauffman
from 1996 through 2007. Supervisor
McKay is a sworn Reserve Deputy Sheriff for Fairfax County, a member of
the Southeast Health Planning Task Force and the Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors Committee on Reapportionment. He chairs the Fairfax County
Board’s Transportation Committee. He
earned a B.A. in Public Administration from James Madison University and
is a graduate of the Sorenson Institute of Political Leadership at the
University of Virginia. Supervisor
McKay will serve as an alternate to the WMATA Board of Directors and the
VRE Operations Board.
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THOMAS
DAVIS RUST
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Thomas
Davis Rust was appointed to NVTC in June of 2006.
He has served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates since
2002.
Prior to that time he served as a Town Councilman and Mayor of the
Town of Herndon.
Delegate Rust serves on the Transportation, Education, and Science
and Technology Committees of the House of Delegates.
He chairs the House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education.
He previously served as a member of the Northern Virginia
Transportation Coordinating Council and was chair of the Northern Virginia
Regional Commission.
Rust has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from
Virginia Tech, a Master of Science in Public Works Engineering from George
Washington University, and a Master of Planning in Urban and Environmental
Planning from the University of Virginia.
In his professional career he is chairman of the Board of Directors
of Patton Harris Rust and Associates, a regional Mid-Atlantic engineering
firm.
Rust is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Certified Planner.
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R.
SCOTT SILVERTHORNE
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R.
Scott Silverthorne is serving his eighth term on the City of Fairfax City
Council. Mr. Silverthorne has
played an active role on many issues in the community, including economic
development, tax and budget matters, public safety and park and
recreational issues. He was a
lead sponsor of the city’s successful open space referendum, which
created a dedicated funding source for preservation of open space and
resulted in an additional 56 acres on the city’s six square miles.
As a member of the City Council, he has served locally on the
Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Virginia Regional
Commission and co-chaired the city’s bicentennial celebration, which
took place in 2005. A
lifelong city resident, Mr. Silverthorne is director of government
relations at Capital One Financial Corporation, a leading financial
services company based in Virginia. He
received a degree in business administration in 1988 from Radford
University.
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PAUL
C. SMEDBERG
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Paul
C. Smedberg was first elected to the Alexandria City
Council in May 2003.
He serves on the Council of Governments' Public Safety Policy
Committee, Economic Opportunities Commission, Northern Virginia Regional
Commission, Pension Study Committee, Sister Cities Committee, and the
Eisenhower Partnership. He is director of public policy at the American
Society of Nephrology.
He earned degrees in Economics and History from Allegheny College.
He became a NVTC alternate in June, 2005 and now serves as a
commissioner.
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DAVID
F. SNYDER
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David
F. Snyder was elected to the Falls Church City Council in 1994 and became
a NVTC commissioner in that year.
He served as NVTC’s chairman in 2000.
He was selected to serve as vice mayor for the city of Falls Church
in 1996 and mayor in 1998. He
is a vice president and assistant general counsel for the American
Insurance Association, specializing in legal reform, automobile insurance,
international trade and other transportation issues.
Mr. Snyder also represents the city of Falls Church on the National
Capital Region Transportation Planning Board. Recently, he coordinated the
transportation and evacuation component of the Regional Emergency
Coordination Plan approved by MWCOG on September 11, 2002. He is chairman of the Northern Virginia Transportation
Authority. Mr. Snyder
graduated Magna Cum Laude from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and
graduated from the George Washington University
Law School in Washington, D.C.
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MARY MARGARET
WHIPPLE
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Mrs. Whipple is a member of the Senate of Virginia and represents the 31st
District. Now serving her
third term, Senator Whipple is a member of the Senate Committees on
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources; Education and Health;
Local Government; Privileges and Elections and Rules. Senator Whipple is
also a member of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government’s Air
Quality Committee. Before being elected to the Virginia Senate, Mrs.
Whipple was a member of the Arlington County Board from 1983 to 1995.
She was a member of NVTC in 1985 and from 1988 to 1995 and
represented Virginia on the WMATA Board of Directors during those years.
She served as chairman of NVTC in 1995.
She returned to the commission in 1996.
Mrs. Whipple received a B.A. from the American University and a
M.A. from George Washington University.
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CHRISTOPHER
ZIMMERMAN
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Christopher
Zimmerman joined the commission in 1998, and served as chairman in 2002.
He is currently chairman of the Arlington County Board on which he
has served since 1996. Mr. Zimmerman has served on the WMATA Board of Directors
since 1998 and was its chairman in 2002.
He is also Chairman of the Northern Virginia Transportation
Authority, and serves on the Transportation
Planning Board for the National Capital Region. In addition, he is an alternate on the VRE Operations
Board. Mr. Zimmerman holds a
B.S. degree in Political Science and Economics from the American
University and a M.A. in economics from the University of Maryland.
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NVTC
ALTERNATES
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JEFFREY C. GREENFIELD

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Jeffrey C. Greenfield is serving his sixth term as a member of Fairfax
City Council. He serves on
the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments’ Board of Directors,
the COG Metropolitan Development Policy Committee and the COG Human
Service and Public Safety Committee.
A lifelong resident of the city, Greenfield works for the Regional
Operations Office of the Administrator at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture and is a small business owner.
He received both his B.A. in political science and his M.P.A. in
public administration from George Mason University.
He serves as an NVTC alternate.
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TIMOTHY
LOVAIN
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Timothy
B. Lovain was elected to the Alexandria City Council in 2006. He is Vice
President and General Counsel of Denny Miller Associates, a government
relations consulting firm, where he has been employed for 22 years. Mr.
Lovain earned a B.A. with honors in political science from the University
of Chicago, an M.A. in politics from Princeton University, and a J.D. with
honors from the University of Washington. He currently serves as a Deputy
Chair of the Alexandria United Way Campaign and as a member of the
Alexandria United Way Regional Council. He serves as a NVTC alternate.
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DANIEL
MALLER
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Daniel Maller is a member of the Falls
Church City Council and a NVTC alternate.
He is Executive Vice President/CFO of Williams Bridge Company and
General Counsel of its corporate parent Williams Industries, Inc. Mr.
Maller graduated with distinction in 1989 from the George Mason University
School of Law in Arlington, Va. He moved to the City of Falls Church in
1996. He serves on the
Council of Government’s Public Safety Policy Committee.
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MATTHEW
TUCKER
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Matthew Tucker was appointed as the director of the Virginia Department of
Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) on June 1, 2006, where he is
committed to providing transportation choices in Virginia through rail,
public transportation and commuter services.
In his previous position, Mr. Tucker was the Chief Operating
Officer for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in San
Jose, California.
Mr. Tucker’s transportation industry experience includes diverse
functional-area responsibilities at a variety of transit properties across
the United States.
He holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science with a
minor is Military science, and a master’s degree in Urban and regional
planning from Virginia Commonwealth University.
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