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NVTC
Commissioner Biographies
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Catherine
Hudgins
Chairman
Catherine
M. Hudgins is serving her third term on the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors and is also serving as chair of the
Human Services and the Housing and Community Development
Committees for the county.
Supervisor Hudgins finds her greatest satisfaction
assisting constituents obtain services critical to
maintaining more sustainable lives.
She was honored for her leadership and work in mental
health and affordable housing.
Supervisor Hudgins serves on several other regional
and state boards, which include the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority, 2007 chair of the National Capital
Region Transportation Planning Board, the Virginia
Association of Counties, the State Board of Mental Health,
Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, the
Commonwealth Commission on Mental Health Law Reform and
secretary-treasurer of the Board of Directors for the
Virginia Association of Counties.
She holds an MPA degree from George Mason University
and a BS degree in mathematics education from the University
of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. She joined NVTC in January, 2004. |
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William
Euille
Vice-Chairman
William
D. Euille has served on the Alexandria City Council since
1994 and was re-elected (vice mayor) in 1997 and 2000. In
2003 he was elected to a three-year term as mayor and
re-elected in 2006 for another three years. He co-chairs the
Alexandria Welfare Reform Committee (Alexandria Works!) and
the Woodrow Wilson Bridge 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. degree in accounting from
Quinnipiac University.
He joined NVTC in July, 2000 and served as its
chairman in 2004 and 2008, as well as secretary-treasurer in
2006 and 2009.
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Mary
Hynes
Secretary/Treasurer
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.
Ms.
Hynes represents
Arlington
County
on the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments where
she chairs the Aviation Policy Committee. She is also
a member of the Virginia Municipal League and Virginia
Association of Counties where she serves on the Legislative
Committee and the Education Committee, respectively.
Ms. Hynes was appointed to NVTC in January, 2008 and serves
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David
Albo
Commissioner
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, in which he serves as chairman, and General Laws
Committee. 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. His firm
practices in the areas of employment, commercial, government
contracts 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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Sharon
Bulova
Commissioner
Sharon Bulova, originally
elected to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to
represent the Braddock District in 1987, is currently
serving her first term as the Board’s Chairman.
Mrs. Bulova is a founder of the Virginia Railway
Express and has served on the VRE 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 is a member and past chair of the Rail Advisory
Board, which recommends funding for freight and passenger
rail projects throughout the Commonwealth.
Mrs. Bulova was appointed by the Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) to chair the
Greater Washington 2050 Initiative, which promotes better
regional planning and smart growth strategies.
She is a member of the MWCOG’s Air Quality
Committee and Development Planning Committee, the Northern
Virginia Regional Commission and the Northern Virginia
Transportation Authority.
She is also chair of the Fairfax County/City of
Fairfax Committee.
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Kelly
Burk
Commissioner
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 Energy and
Environmental Committee.
She currently represents the county on the Annexation
Area Development Policy Committee, Loudoun County Disability
Services Board, the Joint Committee of the County of Loudoun
and the Town of Leesburg, the Thomas Balch Library Board and
serves as chair of the Shenandoah University Teacher of the
Year Committee. 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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Thelma
Drake
Commissioner
Thelma
Drake is the Director of Rail and Public Transportation for
the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Thelma is a former member of the U.S. House of
Representatives (2005-2008) and Virginia’s House of
Delegates (1996-2004).
Thelma’s Congressional committee assignments
included House Armed Services; Transportation and
Infrastructure; Resources; and Education and Workforce.
During her four years in Congress she was a strong
advocate for military personnel and their families and she
was a constant voice in offering meaningful solutions to
America’s complex energy challenges.
In
the Virginia House of Delegates she served on
Transportation; General Laws; Corporations, Insurance and
Banking; and Finance Committees.
She also chaired the Virginia Housing Study
Commission and served on the Chesapeake Bay Commission.
She played a key role in early eminent domain
reforms, striving for balance between private property
rights and the need for municipal redevelopment.
Thelma was involved in the enactment of many real
estate reforms including revision of property rental rules.
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Adam
Ebbin
Commissioner
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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Jay
Fisette
Commissioner
Jay
Fisette joined NVTC in March, 1999.
He has been a member of the Arlington County Board
since 1997 and served as chairman in 2001 and 2005. Mr.
Fisette is the past-chair of the Metropolitan Washington
Council of Governments Board of Directors, serving on the
Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee and the
Regional Emergency Preparedness Council.
He is the immediate past-president of the Virginia
Municipal League and represents Arlington on the Greater
Washington Initiative of the Board of Trade.
He serves on the Executive Committee of the
Washington District Council of the Urban Land Institute and
was appointed by Governor Warner, and re-appointed by
Governor Kaine, as a Commissioner to the Board of the
Virginia Housing Development Authority. He is a member of
the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, Arlington Gay and
Lesbian Alliance, and Leadership Greater Washington. He has
a M.A. degree in Public and International Affairs from the
University of Pittsburgh and received his B.A. degree from
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John
Foust
Commissioner
John W. Foust was appointed
to NVTC in January, 2009, and represents the Dranesville
District on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
He has practiced law in Northern Virginia for 26
years. After serving for many years as the founder and
managing partner of a law firm in Tysons Corner, he is now
Of Counsel with the Vienna, Virginia firm of Boring &
Pilger, PC. He
has served as president of the McLean Citizens Association
and the McLean Planning Committee, chairman of the Fairfax
County Environmental Quality Advisory Council’s
Legislative Committee, chairman of the Chain Bridge District
of the Boy Scouts of America, and chairman of the Advocacy
Committee of Fairfax County’s Medical Care for Children
Partnership. Supervisor Foust earned a degree in
economics from the University of Pittsburgh, a MBA degree
from West Virginia College of Graduate Studies and a law
degree from George Washington University.
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Jeffrey
Greenfield
Commissioner
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, Mr. 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.
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Mark
Herring
Commissioner
Senator Mark Herring joined
NVTC in 2008. He
was elected in 2006 to the Virginia State Senate,
representing parts of Loudoun and Fairfax counties, and
currently serves on the General Laws and Technology, Local
Government, Commerce and Labor, and Rehabilitation and
Social Services Committees. Prior to that, he served on the
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors from 2000-2003.
After he graduated with honors from the University of
Richmond School of Law, Senator Herring established a
successful law practice in Leesburg.
In addition to his law degree, he holds bachelor’s
and master’s degrees from the University of Virginia in
economics and foreign affairs.
Senator Herring is a member of the Loudoun County
Chamber of Commerce, Leesburg Kiwanis Club, Keep Loudoun
Beautiful, Loudoun County Bar Association, NAACP-Loudoun
Chapter, Olive Branch Lodge #114 and Alexandria Scottish
Rite.
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Daniel
Maller
Commissioner
Daniel
Maller is a member of the Falls Church City Council. He
also serves as a member of the Northern Virginia
Transportation Authority, and is the Chair of the Falls
Church Public Utility Commission.
He is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer of Williams Bridge Company, and General Counsel of
its corporate parent Williams Industries, Inc. in Manassas,
Virginia. Williams
Bridge is a major fabricator of steel bridge components in
the Mid-Atlantic region as a subcontractor or supplier to
contractors who bid on public projects, which raises issues
of potential conflicts of interest which will be disclosed
and addressed as appropriate when business comes before
NVTC. Mr. Maller graduated with distinction in 1989 from the
George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, VA and
with honors in 1983 from Occidental College. |
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Joseph
May
Commissioner
Delegate Joe May is
currently serving his eighth 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 Transportation
Committee, is a member of the House Appropriations Committee
where he chairs the Appropriations Subcommittee on
Transportation, and serves as a member of the House Science
and Technology Committee. He also is the 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 22 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
McKay
Commissioner
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 chairs the Fairfax County Transportation and
Legislative Committees and the South County Health Planning
Task Force. He
also co-chairs the county’s Revitalization Committee.
He is a sworn Reserve Deputy Sheriff for Fairfax
County. Supervisor McKay 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.
He serves as an alternate to the WMATA Board of
Directors and the VRE Operations Board. |
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Thomas
Davis Rust
Commissioner
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, Commerce and
Labor, 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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Paul
Smedberg
Commissioner
Paul C. Smedberg, first
elected to the Alexandria City Council in May 2003, was
re-elected to a second term in May 2006. He
currently serves on the Council of Governments' Public
Safety Policy Committee as well as Alexandria’s
newly-created Economic Sustainability Committee, Economic
Opportunities Commission, Northern Virginia Regional
Commission, Employee Compensation Committee, Alexandria
Marketing Committee, Sister Cities Committee, Waterfront
Committee and Woodrow Wilson Neighborhood Task Force. He is
also a member of the VRE Operations Board. He is
Director of Policy & Public Affairs at the American
Society of Nephrology. He earned degrees in
Economics and History from Allegheny College and is a
Fellow, Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership at the
University of Virginia. He was named an alternate to
NVTC in June, 2005 and has been a commissioner since June
2006.
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Mary
Margaret Whipple
Commissioner
Mrs.
Whipple is a member of the Senate of Virginia and represents
the 31st District. Now
serving her fourth term, Senator Whipple is a member of the
Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural
Resources; Education and Health; Local Government; and
Privileges and Elections. She is chairman of the Rules
Committee. 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
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Christopher
Zimmerman
Commissioner
Christopher Zimmerman
joined the commission in 1998, and served as chairman in
2002 and 2009. He has
been a member of the Arlington County Board since 1996.
Mr. Zimmerman is chairman of the WMATA Board of
Directors, on which he has served since 1998 (having
previously served as chairman in 2002 and 2008).
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 a member 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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David
Snyder
NVTC
Alternate
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 and 2007.
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 is a member of the Metropolitan Washington
Air Quality Committee, the Council of Governments
Transportation Planning Board and the Northern Virginia
Transportation Authority.
He helped coordinate the transportation and
evacuation component of the Regional Emergency Coordination
Plan approved by MWCOG on September 11, 2002. Mr. Snyder
graduated Magna Cum Laude from Dickinson College in
Pennsylvania and graduated from the George Washington
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Law School in Washington, D.C. |
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Steven
Stombres
NVTC
Alternate
Steven
C. Stombres is serving his first term on the Fairfax City
Council. He is a
member of Historic Fairfax City, Inc., American Legion Post
177 and Daniels Run PTA. A
lifelong resident of Virginia, Stombres has worked in the
U.S. House of Representatives since 1993 and currently
serves as chief of staff to a member of Virginia’s
Congressional delegation. He
graduated with a B.A. in history from Virginia Tech. As a
member of the U.S. Army Reserves, he attended Officer
Candidate School and served as a military intelligence
officer in various assignments during his 20-year career in
the Army Reserves.
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