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NVTC
Commissioner Biographies
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Jay
Fisette
Chairman
Jay
Fisette joined NVTC in March, 1999.
He has been a member of the Arlington County Board
since 1998, serving as chairman in 2001, 2005
and 2010. Mr. Fisette is an advocate for smart growth
and the principles of New Urbanism, such as the importance
of linking land use and transportation, providing robust
transportation options and designing inviting public spaces.
During his tenure as president of
the Virginia Municipal League in 2007-2008, Mr. Fisette
created VML’s Go Green Virginia Initiative.
A former Chair of the Metropolitan Washington Council of
Governments (COG), he now chairs COG's Climate, Energy and Environment Policy
Committee, and serves on the Metropolitan Washington
Air Quality Committee.
He represents Arlington on the Greater Washington
Initiative of the Board of Trade and he serves on the
Executive Committee of the Washington District Council of
the Urban Land Institute.
He has a M.A. degree in Public and International
Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and received his
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Jeffrey
McKay
Vice-Chairman
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
serves on the Smart Savings/Smart Services Joint Board of
Supervisors/School Board Budget Task Force. 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
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Paul
Smedberg
Secretary/Treasurer
Paul C. Smedberg, first
elected to the Alexandria City Council in May 2003, was
re-elected to a third term in May of 2009. He
served on the City’s highly visible Economic
Sustainability Committee which offered both long range and
short term solutions to assure Alexandria’s economic
viability during the current economic downtown.
He is a member of the Northern Virginia Regional
Commission, the Alexandria Marketing
Committee and the City Waterfront Committee. He
co-chaired the 2010-2011 Alexandria Strategic Plan which
serves as guide for direction financial resources and
analyzing program effectiveness. As
co-chair of the Council’s Legislative Subcommittee he
oversees proposed state and federal legislation of interest
to the City. He
also serves as a Council representative to the Motor Coach
Task Force, Pension & Employee Compensation Committee
and Alexandria Convention & Visitors Association.
A member of the VRE Operations Board since 2005, he
was elected Secretary in 2010 and previously served as
Treasurer in 2009. He is Director
of Policy & Public Affairs at the American Society of
Nephrology. Mr. Smedberg earned degrees in economics and
history from Allegheny College and is a Fellow, Sorenson
Institute for Political Leadership at the University of
Virginia. In 2010, he was named and Outstanding
Virginian by Equality Virginia.
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Sharon
Bulova
Commissioner
Sharon
Bulova has served 23 years on the Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors. She was elected chairman in 2009. Mrs. Bulova is a founder of the Virginia Railway
Express and has served on the VRE Operations Board since its
inception in 1989. She was appointed by
former Governor Warner to
chair the Governor’s Commission on Rail Enhancement for
the 21st Century in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, which has resulted in effective partnerships for
investments in rail to fund projects (both freight and
passenger) that have a significant public benefit. Mrs. Bulova was appointed by the Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) to chair the
Greater Washington 2050 Initiative, culminating in the
Region Forward Compact among COG's 21 participating
jurisdictions. Region Forward 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.
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Barbara
Comstock
Commissioner
Barbara
Comstock was elected in November, 2009, to represent the
34th District (Great Falls, parts of McLean, Vienna and
Herndon) in the Virginia House of Delegates. She took office
on January 13, 2010, and currently serves on the
Transportation Committee, the Science and Technology
Committee and the General Laws Committee.
She is a founding partner of Corallo Comstock, a
public relations and government affairs firm.
Her past work experience includes serving on the
House Government Reform and Oversight Committee where she
became Chief Counsel; and then moving on to the serve as
Director of the Office of Public Affairs for the U.S.
Department of Justice (2002-2003).
Delegate Comstock graduated from Georgetown
University Law Center and Middlebury College with a B.A. in
Political Science. Delegate Comstock joined NVTC in May,
2010.
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John
Cook
Commissioner
John
C. Cook was sworn in as a member of the Fairfax County Board
of Supervisors, representing the Braddock District, in
March, 2009.
Mr. Cook is a former president of the Kings Park
Civic Association, where he designed and implemented a
community revitalization program.
He is also a former board member of his local PTA and
former coach for Braddock Road Youth Club. In 2008 he was
named the Braddock District “Community Champion” by
Volunteer Fairfax. Mr. Cook is the managing partner of the
Fairfax
law firm Cook Kitts & Francuzenko.
He is a former chair of the Employment Law Section of
the Fairfax County Bar Association and a member of the
New York
State
and the Virginia
bar associations, the Virginia State Bar and the District of
Columbia Bar. He is a mediator for the District of Columbia
Superior Court and a conciliator for the Fairfax Circuit
Court. He received his B.A. degree, magna cum
laude, from Gettysburg College, where he was
selected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. degree from The
George Washington University.
He also serves on the Northern Virginia Regional
Commission and the VRE Operations Board. He was appointed to
NVTC in January, 2010.
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James
Dyke
Commissioner
James
W. Dyke, Jr., is a partner in the law firm of McGuire Woods
LLP.
He previously served as Virginia’s Secretary of
Education under former Governor Wilder and as a Domestic
Policy Advisor to former Vice President Walter Mondale. He
is an active leader in the Northern Virginia business
community having served as chairman of the Fairfax County
Chamber of Commerce; chairman of the Northern Virginia
Business Roundtable; chairman of the Northern Virginia
Community College Educational Foundation; and chairman of
the Emerging Business Forum. He was elected chairman of the
Greater Washington Board of Trade for 2010. During his term,
he was co-chair of the Joint WMATA Governance Review Task
Force. Mr. Dyke has served or is serving on various
commissions and committees including the State Council of
Higher Education in Virginia (SCHEV), the Commission to
Restructure Virginia's Tax Structure, the Board of Directors
of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, the Governor’s
Commission on Economic Development and Job Creation (VA),
the Governor’s Independent Bipartisan Advisory Commission
on Redistricting (VA), and as chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia.
Mr. Dyke earned his B.A. and J.D. from Howard
University and in addition has five Honorary Degrees. Mr.
Dyke joined NVTC as Virginia’s Secretary of
Transportation’s designee on October 6, 2011.
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William
Euille
Commissioner
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!).
He represents Alexandria on the WMATA Board of
Directors and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority
and as President of the Virginia Transit Association (VTA). 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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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 ninth 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 and the Northern Virginia Transportation
Authority. A
lifelong resident of the city, Mr. Greenfield 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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Catherine
Hudgins
Commissioner
Catherine M. Hudgins
(Cathy) is serving her third term on the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors, representing the Hunter Mill
District. Currently, she serves as chair of the Human
Services and the Housing and Community Development
Committees. Supervisor Hudgins finds her greatest
satisfaction assisting constituents obtain services critical
to maintaining more sustainable lives. She has been
honored for her leadership and work in mental health and
affordable housing. Supervisor Hudgins serves on
several other regional and state boards, which include 2nd
vice-chair of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority, member and former 2007 chair of the National
Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, the State
Board for Behavioral Health and Development Services, the
Commonwealth Commission on Mental Health Law Reform and 2nd
vice-chairman of the Board of Directors for the Virginia
Association of Counties. She holds a Master of Public
Administration degree from George Mason University and a BS
degree in mathematics education from the University of
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Mary
Hynes
Commissioner
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 is a Principal Director for the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transportation Association.
Ms. Hynes represents
Arlington County on the Metropolitan Washington Council of
Governments where she is the COG Aviation Liaison, a member
of the Metropolitan Development Planning Committee and the
Emergency Preparedness Committee. She is also a member
of the Virginia Municipal League and serves on the VML
executive Committee in her capacity as Chair of the Urban
Section. Ms. Hynes was appointed to NVTC in January,
2008 and serves on the Legislative Committee.
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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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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 subcommittees on both Education and
Transportation. 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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David
Snyder
Commissioner
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
University Law School in Washington, D.C. After serving as
an alternate, Mr. Snyder returned to NVTC as a
commissioner in September, 2010.
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Christopher
Zimmerman
Commissioner
Christopher Zimmerman
joined NVTC in 1998, and served as chairman in 2002 and
2009. He has
been a member of the Arlington County Board from 1996 and
currently serves as its chairman.
Mr. Zimmerman served on the WMATA Board of
Directors from 1998-2011 (having previously served as chairman
in 2002 and 2008). He
is also a member of the Northern Virginia Transportation
Authority and the Transportation
Planning Board for the National Capital Region.
In addition, he is a member of the VRE Operations
Board and served as its chairman in 2009.
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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Thelma
Drake
NVTC
Alternate
Thelma
Drake was appointed to serve as the Director
of Rail and Public Transportation for the Commonwealth of
Virginia in 2010. She is a former member of the U.S. House of
Representatives (2005-2008) and Virginia’s House of
Delegates (1996-2004). Thelma’s understanding and
involvement in the legislative process both at the federal
and state levels positions her well to serve the people of
Virginia in this new role. Mrs. Drake also has over 30 years
of experience and success in the real estate profession. She
and her husband Ted are the owners of the Hampton Roads Home
Team currently associated with William E. Wood and
Associates Realtors. Previously
she was a consultant with FutureLaw, a law firm
headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
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Rob
Krupicka
NVTC
Alternate
Rob
Krupicka
has been a member of the Alexandria City Council since 2003.
Mr. Krupicka works for the Partnership for America’s
Economic Success at the Pew Charitable Trusts. In 2009,
Governor Tim Kaine appointed Rob to the State Board of
Education. Mr. Krupicka serves as chair of the Virginia Safe
Routes to School Network and is a member of the Virginia
Municipal League’s Transportation Committee. Locally, Rob
is currently Co-Chair of Eco-City Alexandria, serves on the
Alexandria Youth Policy Commission, is a Council liaison to
both the Alexandria Transportation Commission and the
Alexandria Community Emergency Response Team. He also
serves on the Council of Governments Chesapeake Bay Policy
Committee He is a graduate of the University of Virginia
with a degree in economics and is also a graduate of the
Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute.
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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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Lawrence
Webb
NVTC
Alternate
Lawrence
Webb serves as a NVTC alternate for the city of Falls
Church.
He was first sworn in as a member of the Falls Church
City Council on July 1, 2008.
He serves as a member of the Public Safety Policy
Committee for the Metropolitan Washington Council of
Governments, a member of the State Department of
Correctional Education Board and as an alternate to the
Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board.
He also serves on the city council’s Legislative
Committee and the Economic Development Committee.
Mr. Webb is an Assistant Dean of Admissions at the
University of Mary Washington.
In recent years, he has developed a passion for
assisting students seeking higher education.
Through this effort, he works with the James Farmer
Scholars Program.
Mr. Webb received a B.A. in Mass Communications and a
graduate certificate in Public Management from Shenandoah
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