DAVID B. ALBO

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 42^nd 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.

       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.

SHARON BULOVA

          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 21^st 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.  

          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.

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.

ADAM EBBIN

Adam Ebbin was appointed to NVTC in May, 2004.  He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2003 representing the 49^th 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.

WILLIAM D. EUILLE 

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.

JAY FISETTE

           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.

CATHERINE HUDGINS

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.

JOE T. MAY

Delegate Joe May is currently serving his sixth term in the House of Delegates representing the 33^rd 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.

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.

R. SCOTT SILVERTHORNE

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.

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.

DAVID F. SNYDER

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.

MARY MARGARET WHIPPLE

          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.

CHRISTOPHER ZIMMERMAN

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.

JEFFREY C. GREENFIELD

           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.

          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.

          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.

        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.