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Loudoun’s 10-Year Shakeup Every 10 years, following the U.S. Census, counties and the state redraw their voting districts to rebalance their populations, necessary to preserve the principle of one person, one vote.

In some counties, that is an easy job because the population hasn’t changed much. But between the 2010 and 2020 Census, Loudoun County led the state with a 35% growth in population, passing Chesterfield County to become the commonwealth’s fourth-largest county.

The next fastest-growing county in Virginia was New Kent County, which grew by 24.5%—far fewer actual new residents in New Kent County, which at 156,927 heads counted has less than half of Loudoun’s reported population of 420,959.

But for Loudoun, that also represents some slowing in growth. The decade of 2010-2020 saw about 34,000 fewer new Loudouners compared to the decade before.

Overall, Virginia’s population grew by 7.9% during the past decade. The national average was 4.7%.

Young, Educated, Diverse, and Expensive The newest Census data also showed Loudoun is comparatively a young, educated, and expensive county.

Analysis prepared by the Virginia Public Access Project showed that a larger proportion of Loudoun’s population is aged 24 or younger compared to both the region and the state. And despite the famous commutes along Rt. 50 and Rt. 7, more people both live and work in Loudoun compared to others in Northern Virginia and the commonwealth at large. 53.3% of Loudoun workers aged 16 and older have jobs in the county, compared to 48.6% in the region. Statewide, 50.3% of workers work in their county of residence.

Loudoun is highly educated, with 61.6% of Loudouners aged 25 and older holding a bachelor’s or graduate degree, compared to 58.8% in Northern Virginia and 39.6% statewide.

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Median incomes and home values in Loudoun dwarf state averages. Loudoun’s $147,111 household median income is almost double the state median income of $76,398, and the county’s median home value of $534,000 is similarly almost double the statewide median of $282,800.

New Decade, New Districts Loudoun’s elected officials, from the county board to Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10), have had their last elections in their current districts.

With all that change on top of delayed Census results, the county and state faced a challenge drawing their new election districts.

The county government spent a year working on the new districts, seeking to keep neighborhoods, towns and communities of interest together as much as possible. And with one exception, the new districts will inherit their names frm the current districts they replace—Algonkian, Ashburn, Broad Run, Catoctin, Dulles, Leesburg, and Sterling.

The exception is the new Little River District, which replaces today’s Blue Ridge District. That was also the most out-of-balance district—the Blue Ridge District reaches from Loudoun’s western border to the edge of Dulles Airport and encompasses half the county by acreage, and included more than twice as many people as the previously least populous district, Sterling.

Based on the 2020 census, the population of each adopted district ranges between 50,468 and 54,881 residents. But those populations may soon be out of balance again. The Little River District is forecasted to be Loudoun’s fastest-growing, echoing the problems with today’s Blue Ridge District, and late in their deliberations county supervisors added Birchwood

at Brambleton to that district. That area is still under development, with hundreds more housing units expected. It is now forecast to be outside the state’s guidelines for balanced populations before it ever sees an election, in November 2023.

Supervisors formally approved the new maps in June; the Attorney General certified those maps in June.

The state Supreme Court approved new state and congressional districts in December, after the inaugural state redistricting commission failed to submit plans amid partisan gridlock. Two special masters were appointed to draw the new maps, and noted in their final memo they created those maps “naively”—without consideration for protecting incumbents, or artificially maintaining competitiveness or partisan balance.

The growth in Loudoun means the county is likely to have more sway in the General Assembly, with four House of Delegates districts and one state Senate district contained entirely within Loudoun. A fifth House district and second Senate district extend into northern Fauquier County, but in both of those the vast majority of the population lives in Loudoun.

That compares to the old districts, which have only one House District contained in entirely in Loudoun and only three state delegates living in Loudoun, and three state Senate districts picking up pieces of Loudoun and only one state Senator living in the county.

Loudoun also remains in the 10th Congressional District—which is the only thing about the district that didn’t change. Instead of reaching east and west from McLean to Winchester, the district now includes all of Loudoun, Fauquier and Rappahannock counties, along with much of Prince William County, a southwestern portion of Fairfax, and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

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Loudoun’s Continuing Evolution Loudoun County was a Native American crossroads when England’s King Charles II doled out the 5-million-acre Northern Neck of Virginia Proprietary to seven noblemen in 1649. The land stretched from the Potomac to the Rappahannock and, by 1730, was carved into Westmoreland, Stafford and Prince William counties. In 1742, Fairfax County was established.

Fifteen years later, the Virginia House of Burgesses split Fairfax and named the western portion in honor of John Campbell, the fourth earl of Loudoun, a Scottish nobleman who served as commander-in-chief for the British armed forces in North America and as titular governor of Virginia from 1756 to 1759. He never actually set foot in Loudoun County, however.

The Divide Northern and western Loudoun was settled in the 18th century by Scots-Irish, German and Quaker farming families from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Eastern and southern Loudoun were settled

by residents with English roots who established tobacco plantations.

Thus began the contrasting divide that continues to characterize the county. Loudoun has developed as a suburban community in the east, while retaining a rural atmosphere in the west. In the east, work is winding up to extend Metrorail’s Silver Line to Ashburn (five decades after train service last operated in the county); in the west, some 300 miles of roadways remain unpaved (and for the most part residents want them to stay that way). In the east, data centers carrying 70 percent of the world’s internet traffic have emerged from former cornfields; in the west, wineries and farm breweries stand where dairy farms and orchards once dominated.

Development Loudoun’s population remained stable even into the 20th century with about 20,000 residents. That changed with an act of Congress—the decision to build Dulles Airport on the county’s eastern border. That action brought public sewer service to the

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county and spurred the first wave of suburban development, when Marvin T. Broyhill, Sr. spent $2 million to buy 1,762 acres and built Sterling Park.

Development moved west to the Ashburn area in the 1980s and by the ’90s, Loudoun annually ranked among the fastest growing counties in the nation as more communities were built east of Rt. 15 and in the county’s

seven incorporated towns.

The debate over where and how Loudoun should grow continues.

Following a years-long effort to create a new General Plan to guide growth, the county government is now re-writing the Zoning Ordinance that will implement the new community development vision.

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2022 Board of Supervisors

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he Loudoun Board of Supervisors has nine members, all serving four-year terms and all elected for office in the same year. They represent eight election districts, and a chair at-large elected by voters countywide.

The county board spent the first half of its term grappling with a once-a-century pandemic, with many aspects of public meetings and government work permanently changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The county administration has made remote work a regular part of its operation, and people seeking to address the Board of Supervisors can now also do that over the phone or internet rather than being physically present.

Supervisors hire two county staff members directly: the County Administrator, currently Tim Hemstreet, and the County Attorney, currently Leo Rogers. The county’s staff members and legal team are hired by and serve under them.

Meetings of the Board of Supervisors are held in the boardroom at the government center at 1 Harrison St. in downtown Leesburg and are open to

the public. The county also televises board meetings on Comcast government channel 23, Verizon FiOS channel 40, and open band channel 40, and livestreams meetings at loudoun.gov/ webcasts.

The board has three standing committees. Board members serve as appointed by the chair on the Finance/ Government Operations and Economic Development Committee, the Transportation and Land Use Committee, and the Joint Board/School Board Committee.

Supervisors are also paid for their time.

In 2022, the chair is paid $84,376.44, the vice chair is paid $76,326.87, and the seven other supervisors are paid $69,525.77. Next year they will get a 2% raise to $86,063.97, $77,853.40 and $70,916.29 respectively. That will be the last year of raises unless the current board takes action; by state law, they cannot institute automatic raises, and any raises they give themselves cannot go into effect until after the next election. Today’s salaries were decided by a vote of the previous board in 2017.

Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) phyllis.randall@loudoun.gov Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) began public service with volunteer work in Loudoun County Public Schools. She worked for more than 15 years as a mental health therapist working with substance abusing offenders in an adult detention center.

She was the first Black person elected chair of a county Board of Supervisors in Virginia, and is in her second term as chair.

Randall serves on both the finance and land use board committees, as well as chairing the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority and the NVTA’s Governance and Personnel Committee. She also serves on the National Association of Counties Health and Human Resources Committee and Economic Mobility Leadership Network, the Virginia Association of Counties Health and Human Resources sub-committee, the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments Board of Directors’ Human Services and Public Safety Policy Committee,

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She and her husband T.W. have two sons and live in Lansdowne.

STAFF AIDES: Matt Rogers matt.rogers@loudoun.gov Sarah Tuggle sarah.tuggle@loudoun.gov Laura TeKroney laura.tekroney@loudoun.gov

Vice Chair Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling) koran.saines@loudoun.gov Vice Chairman Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling) in his second term was selected to serve as vice chairman of the board. Along with Randall, he was one of the first two Black supervisors elected to the Loudoun County board.

He serves on the board’s finance committee and chairs the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Climate Energy and Environment Policy Committee and represents Loudoun on the Northern Virginia Regional Commission and the Northern Virginia Manpower Consortium Workforce Investment Board.

He currently works as a senior recruiter for the Washington Post. He has previously served as an election officer, including as chief election officer in 2014. Saines was born in Fairfax, grew up in Sterling and attended Broad Run High School in Ashburn, and today lives with his wife and son in Sterling.

STAFF AIDES: Omar Masood omar.masood@loudoun.gov Tianni Ivey tianni.ivey@loudoun.gov

Supervisor Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian) juli.briskman@loudoun.gov Supervisor Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian) began her career as a reporter, writing for the Winchester Star and the now-defunct Montgomery Journal in Maryland. She went on to work as a federal contractor and in communications.

She serves on the finance commit-

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She lives with her two children in the Algonkian District.

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Former U.S. Air Force pilot Supervisor Michael R. Turner graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1973 and served on U.S. Central Command during Operation Desert Storm. He was received the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Air Medal. His final assignment was on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon in support of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where he worked in the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate.

Since retiring from the Air Force in 1997 he has worked mainly in nonprofit development and as a military commentator on cable news, radio and in Newsweek.

He chairs the board’s Transportation and Land Use Committee and represents Loudoun on the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and serves on the county’s Fiscal Impact Committee. He lives in Lansdowne.

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as Loudoun’s representative on the Northern Virginia Regional Commission and as the board’s representative on the Coalition of Loudoun Towns. He also led efforts to expand broadband in western Loudoun and to resurrect the county’s Purchase of Development Rights conservation program.

A former U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, Buffington retired after 20 years as Capitol Police officer and now works outside of law enforcement. Buffington grew up in Berryville and lives in Purcellville with his wife and their six children.

STAFF AIDES: Robin Bartok robin.w.bartok@loudoun.gov Christi Maple christi.maple@loudoun.gov

Supervisor Sylvia R. Glass (D-Broad Run) sylvia.glass@loudoun.gov Supervisor Sylvia R. Glass (D-Broad Run) is an elementary special education teacher’s assistant with Virtual Loudoun, having worked previously as a special education teacher and cafeteria monitor in Loudoun County Public Schools.

She co-chairs the Joint Board and School Board Committee and serves on the Transportation and Land Use Committee. She represents Loudoun on the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Air Quality Committee, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Planning Coordination Advisory Committee and the Route 28 Transportation Improvement District Commission and represents the board on the county Disability Services Board.

She is also a member of the Loudoun NAACP Education Committee, active with the school system’s Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee, and a member of the Loudoun Education Association.

She and her husband live in Ashburn Village where they raised their four sons.

STAFF AIDES: Michelle McIntyre michelle.mcintyre@loudoun.gov

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Supervisor Caleb A. Kershner (R-Catoctin)

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He serves on the board’s finance committee and county’s Economic Development Committee. He represents Loudoun on the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, the Loudoun County Agricultural District Advisory Committee, the Coalition of Loudoun Towns and the Annexation Area Development Policy Committee. He is also an officer on the board of directors for the Loudoun County Fair and Associates.

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Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) matt.letourneau@loudoun.gov Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) is in his third term, making him the longest-serving supervisor currently on the county board.

He is one of Virginia’s two Principal Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or Metro, where he chairs the board’s Finance and Capital Committee, and represents Loudoun on the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission.

He is the first Loudoun supervisor to serve on either the Metro board or as an officer at the NVTC. He also serves on the National

Capital Region Transportation Planning Board and the Route 28 Transportation Improvement District Commission. He is Managing Director of Communications and Media for the Global Energy Institute at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and coaches for Loudoun South Little League and for South Loudoun Basketball. He lives with his wife and four children in Little River Commons in Chantilly.

He serves on the finance committee, which he chaired since its reorganization in 2015 until last year, and from 2011 chaired the economic development committee that was absorbed into the finance committee.

STAFF AIDES: Tom Parker tom.parker@loudoun.gov Jared Midwood jared.midwood@loudoun.gov

Supervisor Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg) kristen.umstattd@loudoun.gov Supervisor Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg), now in her second term, chairs the board’s finance committee and serves on the Joint Board

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and School Board Committee.

She is also one of the board’s representatives on the Annexation Area Development Policy Committee and the Family Services Board. She represents Loudoun on the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Chesapeake Bay and Water Resources Policy Committee.

A longtime elected official, she previously served on the Leesburg Town Council from 1992 to 2016, and as Mayor from 2002 to 2016 when she joined the Board of Supervisors.

She led a long career in the U.S. Naval Reserve and later the CIA working in intelligence around the Soviet navy. Since 1987 she and her husband have lived in Leesburg where they have a law practice, and their daughter currently attends Yale University.

STAFF AIDES: Valerie Suzdak valerie.suzdak@loudoun.gov Laura Tekrony laura.tekrony@loudoun.gov

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Loudoun’s Constitutional Offices In addition to the nine-member Board of Supervisors and School Board, there are five elected constitutional officers who also have a big impact on the county’s quality of life.

They are elected by voters countywide and serve somewhat independently of the general county government, although their office staffing, expenditures and revenues are included in the general county budget. Each officer serves a four-year term, except for the Clerk of the Circuit Court, who serves an eightyear term.

Clerk of the Circuit Court Gary Clemens was first elected as the Clerk of the Circuit Court in 2000 as the first Republican to hold the office. He is in his third eight-year term. The clerk serves as the recorder of deeds and probate judge, issues marriage licenses and is the official court administrator for all civil and criminal court cases. The clerk’s office creates and maintains all court files and records, prepares court orders and jury lists, contacts jurors and issues summons and court processes.

Commissioner of the Revenue Robert Wertz has worked for the county government for 30 years, including as the elected Commissioner of the Revenue since 2003. The Republican took over following the retirement of Kitty Ashby, a Democrat, who held the post from 1985 to 2003. The commissioner of the revenue is the chief tax assessing officer in the county, responsible for assessing real estate, individual and business tangible personal property, machinery and tools, business licenses, short-term rental, transient occupancy, public service corporation, and bank franchise taxes. The commissioner also provides state income tax assistance and administers the tax relief program for the elderly and disabled.

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Treasurer H. Roger Zurn, a Republican, is the county’s longest serving constitutional officer—and its longest serving elected official. He was first elected treasurer in 1996 after representing the Sterling District on the Board of Supervisors starting in 1990. The treasurer is the chief financial officer for the county, collecting taxes and local fees and making payments on behalf of the local government. The office is responsible for all forms of revenue that come to the locality including taxes, permit fees and fines. The treasurer also manages the investment of local funds and maintains records of local finances.

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he nine-member elected School Board directs a $2.02 billion total budget and oversees Loudoun’s 98 schools that educate 81,992 students and employ over 25,000 full-time and part-time staff.

Board members earn a salary of $20,000 per year, and the chairperson earns $22,000 per year.

The board conducts business meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday, at the district’s administration office 21000 Education Court in Ashburn.

Board members serve four-year terms, which will end Dec. 31, 2023.

The board has 11 committees that collaborate with school division staff and members of the community to guide policy. School Board races are non-partisan, though some run under a particular party.

School Board meetings can be accessed through LCPS-TV on Comcast channel 18 and Verizon FIOS channel 43. To watch the livestream of the meeting go to https://www.lcps.org/ webcast. School Board meetings are rebroadcast on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m.

The board also hires the superintendent. On June 8, 2021, the School Board appointed Scott A. Ziegler to that position. He had served in the post since January, following the resignation of Eric Williams who left to take a position in Texas. Ziegler joined the division in 2019, when he was hired as the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Talent Development. He previously served as a special education and social studies teacher with Portsmouth Public Schools and Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Later he became an assistant principal then an employee relations specialist. He has Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership from Northwest Nazarene University, a master’s degree in secondary education and a bachelor’s degree in history from Eastern Nazarene College. He also has a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Education Leadership from Cambridge College.

Brenda Sheridan Sterling District Residence: Sterling Phone: (571) 233-0307 Brenda.Sheridan@LCPS.org Brenda Sheridan is the second-longest tenured board member and is

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Loudoun County School Board serving her third term. She was chair in 2021 and vice chair for four years prior.

The upstate New York native has lived in Sterling for over two decades and works for Perspecta as a security analyst. She worked as a substitute teacher from 2004-2011. She was appointed to her seat, and then went on to be elected to office. She and her husband, Keith, have two children who are alumni of Park View High School.

She chairs both the Equity Committee and the Specialized Programs & Centers Committee. She is also a member of the Finance & Operations Committee and is the Liaison to the Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee.

Atoosa Reaser Algonkian District Residence: Cascades Phone: 571-291-5325 Atoosa.Reaser@lcps.org Atoosa Reaser is serving in her first term on the board and has lived in Loudoun for nearly 20 years with her husband and son. She is a former teacher and is a practicing attorney.

Previously, she served as an executive board member for the school division’s Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee. She has also served as a substitute teacher and PTA leader.

She chairs the Legislative & Policy Committee and serves on the Curriculum & Instruction Committee and the Joint Committee with the Board of Supervisors. She also serves as the liaison to the Virginia School Boards Association.

Tom Marshall Leesburg District Residence: Leesburg Phone:571-252-2411 Tom.marshall@lcps.org Tom Marshall was appointed in December 2021 after former School Board member Beth Barts resigned.

This is his third term on the board. He previously served for eight years. He will represent the Leesburg District through Dec. 31, 2022. He was employed as a teacher, counselor and Director of Student services for 30 years in Fairfax County Public Schools. He has a bachelor’s degree in Europe-

an History from Randolph-Macon College and a master’s degree from the University of Virginia in Counseling Education and a master’s degree in Communication from American University.

He lives with his wife Barbi in Leesburg. Their daughter Amy is a Loudoun County High School alumni, their son Cory is a Tuscarora alumni.

He chairs the Discipline Committee and serves on the Communications & Outreach Committee, the Finance & Operations Committee and the Equity Committee. He also serves as the liaison to the School Health Advisory Board.

He announced his withdrawal from the Leesburg District School Board race on Aug.15. There are three people running for his seat, Michael Rivera, Erika Ogedegbe and Lauren Shernoff.

John Beatty Catoctin District Residence: Lovettsville Phone: 571-440-1410 John.beatty@lcps.org John Beatty is serving his first term on the board.

He was born in Portsmouth and grew up in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. He has a degree in computer science from Virginia Tech and has worked at several startups in Northern Virginia, focusing on iOS, Android, and Ruby on Rails software development. He works as the IT director at a private school where he also teaches Python and Java to high school students. He lives on a farm between Lovettsville and Waterford with his wife, Katie, and their five children.

Beatty chairs the Technology Steering Committee and serves on the Communications & Outreach Committee. He also serves as the liaison to the School Business Partnership Executive Council.

Denise Corbo At Large Residence: The Preserve at Goose Creek Phone: 571-246-3766 denise.corbo@lcps.org Denise Corbo is serving her first term on the board. She has lived in Loudoun County for the past 34

years. After receiving a degree in business psychology and a master’s in education from Marymount University, she taught kindergarten and first grade, and served as a technology resource teacher. She holds a National Board Teacher Certification, in addition to a gifted and talented and provisional administration endorsement through the University of Virginia. In addition to 33 years of teaching experience, she is president and founder of StoryBook Treasures, a literacy nonprofit.

Corbo chair’s the Human Resources & Talent Development Committee and serves on the Joint Committee with the Board of Supervisors, the Student Services Committee and the Technology Steering Committee. She also serves as the liaison to the Head Start Policy Council.

Harris Mahedavi Ashburn District Residence: Belmont Greene Phone: 571-420-9312 E-mail: harris.mahedavi@lcps.org Harris Mahedavi is serving his first term on the board. He holds a degree in computer science from Drexel University and is the president of Harris Grant Consulting. He has served as a Loudoun Soccer coach, a Cub Scout and Boy Scout leader, and as a member of the Loudoun County Family Services Advisory Board. He and his wife, Sadia, have two schoolaged children.

Mahedavi chairs the Communications & Outreach Committee and serves on the Curriculum & Instruction Committee and Discipline Committee. He also serves as the liaison to the Career & Technical Education Advisory Committee.

Jeff Morse, Chairman Dulles District Residence: South Riding Phone: 571-420-2243 Email: jeff.morse@lcps.org Jeff Morse, the longest-tenured School Board member, was first elected in 2011 and is serving his third term. He served as School Board chairman for the three years.

He grew up in Vienna and attended Virginia Tech where he graduated with a bachelor’s in science in business management. He also earned a

SEPTEMBER 29 2022 master’s of science in business finance from the University of Maryland. He served on active duty in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, retiring as a commander in 2006. He works for Booz Allen Hamilton, managing and procuring technology and services for the federal government. He has a bachelor’s in science in business management. He serves as a lector for Corpus Christi Catholic Church and is a past president of South Riding Home Owners Association. He and his wife, Karen, have three children.

Morse chairs the Finance & Operations Committee and co-chairs the Joint Committee with the Board of Supervisors. He serves on the Human Resources & Talent Development Committee and the Specializes Programs & Centers Committee. He also serves as the lisiaon the the Loudoun Education Foundation and the Washington Area Boards of Education.

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Ian Serotkin, Vice Chairman Blue Ridge District Residence: Purcellville Phone: 571-420-1628 E-mail: ian.serotkin@LCPS.org Ian Serotkin is serving his first term on the board. He grew up in New York. He holds a degree in computer science from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree in information systems and technology from Johns Hopkins University. He works as the senior IT director for PDRI, a private government contractor based in Chantilly. He was a leader in the More Recess for Virginians statewide advocacy group, and served for two years on the Aldie Heritage Association Board of Directors. He has volunteered as an Odyssey of the Mind coach, judge, and school coordinator since 2014. He and his wife, Caitlin, have two school-aged children.

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Serotkin chairs the board’s Curriculum & Instruction Committee and serves on the Specialized Programs & Centers Committee, the Legislative Policy Committee and the Equity Committee. He also serves as the liaison to the Gifted Advisory Committee.

Andrew Hoyler Broad Run District Residence: Broadlands Phone: 571-410-9780 Andrew.hoyler@lcps.org Andrew Hoyler was appointed to the board in Oct. 2021 to fill the vacant seat after member Leslee King died on Aug. 31 2021. A special election will be held November 8, 2022 to elect a candidate to fill the end of the term.

Hoyler has been a lifelong resident of Northern Virginia and graduated

from Briar Woods High School. He is a commercial airline pilot and has a degree in professional flight and a minor in organizational leadership and supervision from Purdue University. He taught at Purdue for one year after he graduated. He is active in his community and volunteers with the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Auxiliary Unit as a Field Training Officer. He has also been a substitute teacher and football coach.

Hoyler chairs the Student Services Committee and serves on the Discipline Committee, the Legislative Policy Committee and the Technology Steering Committee. He also serves as the liaison to the Special Education Advisory Committee.

He is currently running for re-election for his seat. His opponents are Nick Gotthard and Tiffany Polifko.

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Town Council The Leesburg Town Council has seven members. The mayor serves a two-year term, while all other council members are elected for four-year terms. Council members are paid an annual stipend of $15,912. The mayor is paid $16,524 per year.

Council member terms are staggered, with three seats filled each election cycle. Elections occur in November of even-numbered years. This year, the seats held by Mayor Kelly

Burk, Vice Mayor Marty Martinez, and council members Suzanne Fox, and Neil Stenberg are on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Kelly Burk, Mayor Email: kburk@leesburgva.gov Kelly Burk is serving her third term as Leesburg mayor.

Burk was first elected to the Town Council in 2004 and, three years later, she was elected as the Leesburg District representative to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. She served on the county board from 2008 to 2011. She re-joined the Town Council following an April 2012 special election, and was re-elected to a new four-year term in 2014. She was elected to her first mayoral term in November 2016.

Burk represents the town on the Loudoun County Economic Development Commission, the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Advisory Committee, and Virginia Municipal League’s Executive Board.

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Burk was a special education teacher with Loudoun County Public Schools until her retirement in 2014. She holds a bachelor’s degree in education from George Washington University and a master’s degree in middle school curriculum and instruction from Virginia Tech. She is a past president of the Loudoun Education Association and served on the board of directors of the Virginia Education Association from 1994 to 2000. In 2001, the Loudoun Commission on Women honored her as the Woman of the Year for Education and Training. She and her husband, Larry, have two adult sons and two grandchildren.

She is running for re-election and is challenged by Council member Suzanne Fox.

Fernando “Marty” Martinez, Vice Mayor Email: mmartinez@leesburgva.gov Marty Martinez was elected to his first term on Town Council in 2002 and is serving in his fifth, four-year term. He was appointed to a two-year term as vice mayor by his council peers in 2019, and previously served in the same post from July 2004 to June 2006. He is the longest-serving member on the council.

Martinez represents the council on VML’s General Laws and Transportation committees. Before his election to council, he served on the Loudoun County Parks and Recreation Commission, as well as the Loudoun County Community Services Advisory Board. Originally from California, Martinez is a Vietnam-era U.S. Air Force veteran. He earned his bachelor’s degrees in economics and computer science from Portland State University.

Martinez has worked as a consultant for the Federal Aviation Administration. He founded Heritage High School Project Grad and helped to co-found the Boys and Girls Club of Loudoun County and La Voz, a Hispanic advocacy group. He has served as the vice chairman on the board of directors for the Paxton Campus, which is a full-service organization for children with special needs. He has also been appointed by the governor to serve on the Aerospace Advisory Council. He has lived in Leesburg with his wife, Doris, and children since 1993. Martinez has five children, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandsons.

After 20 years on the council, Martinez is not seeking reelection, but

is running for the 29th District seat in the House of Delegates.

Ara Bagdasarian Email: abagdasarian@leesburgva.com Ara Bagdasarian was elected to his first term starting in 2021.

He serves as the council liaison to the Economic Development Commission with Mayor Kelly Burk; the Commission on Public Art; and the Standing Residential Traffic Committee. He also represents the town on VML’s Community & Economic Development and Human Development & Education committees.

Prior to being elected to Town Council, Bagdasarian served on the Leesburg Economic Development Commission from 2004 to 2012 and was the chair of the commission for six years.

Bagdasarian is an entrepreneur, author, and advocate for entrepreneurship education and school safety. He founded Omnilert, which pioneered the world’s first campus emergency notification system in 2004. He also founded RainedOut, the most widely used communication platform for sports organizations and Parks and Recreation departments. As a community leader, he has served as president of the The Arc of Loudoun Board of Directors, president of the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra, vice chairman of The United Way Loudoun Regional Council, and board member at Loudoun Literacy Council.

He recently founded BENEFIT as an organization of musicians who perform to raise funds for children in need. Bagdasarian is a member at St. James Episcopal Church and has lived in Leesburg since 2000 with his wife Patti and children Adrik and Ava.

Zach Cummings Email: zcummings@leesburgva.gov Zach Cummings was elected to his first term starting in 2021.

Cummings serves as the council liaison to the Board of Architectural Review and the Thomas Balch Library Advisory Commission. He represents Leesburg on VML’s Finance Committee.

A residential Realtor by profession, Cummings is also with his son’s elementary school PTA, the Friends of Leesburg Public Arts, and was a member of the committee that raised funds to erect the Stanley Caulkins Memorial in downtown Leesburg.

Cummings lives with his wife, Jea-

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Suzanne Fox Email: sfox@leesburgva.gov Suzanne Fox was first elected to the Town Council in 2014, and served as vice mayor from 2016 to 2018. She is the council’s representative on the county’s Court House Grounds and Facilities Committee.

Fox is the owner of Legacy Weddings, a wedding planning/coordinating business, and has performed thousands of local wedding ceremonies as a Civil Celebrant for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from Brigham Young University. Fox and her family moved to Leesburg in 2003.

Her council term expires Dec. 31.

She is not seeking reelection, but is running for mayor, challenging incumbent Kelly Burk.

Kari Nacy Kari Nacy was elected to her first term starting in 2021.

She serves as the council liaison to the Planning Commission and the Tree Commission.

Prior to being elected to Town

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Nacy is a native of Leesburg, and lives with her husband Matt, and daughter Savannah in the same neighborhood where she grew up in.

Nacy works as director of Defense Intelligence Programs for EverWatch Corporation in Reston. She and her husband also own a small watersports business on Chincoteague Island.

Nacy holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Radford University, and a MBA from Shenandoah University.

Neil Steinberg Email: nsteinberg@leesburgva.gov Neil Steinberg was elected to his first Town Council term in November 2018. He represents the town on VML’s Environmental Quality Committee, and he serves as the council liaison to the Airport Commission and Technology & Communications Commission.

A Fairfax County native, Steinberg attended Virginia Tech where he served one year in the Corps of Cadets Army ROTC and studied engineering, political science and

theater. Steinberg and his wife, KD Kidder, moved to Loudoun County in 1975, and began their business, Photoworks, a photography, imaging services, and framing business, in 1979. They have operated it ever since at the same location on the corner of Loudoun and King Streets in downtown Leesburg. Neil and KD moved to Leesburg in 2008.

Steinberg has studied martial arts since the early 1980s and holds black belts in three disciplines, including a Master level (5th degree) in taekwondo. He has been an instructor for Grand Master Eunggil Choi at United States Taekwondo Martial Arts Academy in Leesburg for more than 25 years. Over the years he has been involved in a variety of downtown business organizations, serving as president for what was the Leesburg Downtown Business Association. He is currently a member of the local branch of the NAACP. He also devotes a considerable amount of his time to the Edwin Washington Project in its effort to preserve and present the history of education for Black residents, past and present, of Loudoun County.

Steinberg’s term expires Dec. 31.

He is seeking reelection.

PAGE 15 Town Staff Town Manager: Kaj Dentler Deputy Town Manager: Keith Markel Town Attorney: Christopher Spera Police Chief: Gregory Brown Public Information Officer: Kara Rodriguez Leesburg Executive Airport Manager: Scott Coffman Director of Public Works and Capital Projects: Renee LaFollette Director of Economic Development: Russell Seymour Director of Finance & Administrative Services: Clark Case Director of Human Resources: Joshua Didawick Director of Parks & Recreation: Rich Williams Director of Plan Review: Bill Ackman Director of Planning and Zoning: James David Director of Thomas Balch Library: Alexandra Gressitt Director of Utilities: Amy Wyks

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oudoun County has seven incorporated towns. While Leesburg is the largest town in the commonwealth, western Loudoun’s six municipalities operate on a smaller scale. They chiefly provide water and sewer service, but also offer parks, trash service and in two cases police departments.

HAMILTON Growing from a colonial settlement known as Harmony, Hamilton was formally incorporated in 1874. Its location along the W&OD Railroad contributed to its growth as a central business hub and tourist destination and by the turn of the 20th century it was Loudoun’s second largest town with 400 residents. The town’s fortunes changed with the advent of the automobile, which slowed tourism, and then a 1926 fire that destroyed much of the downtown commercial district.

Today, the town is primarily a residential community. Primary issues coming before the Town Council typically focus on services such as the utility system, parks, community facil-

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ities such as sidewalks, and concerns about speeding on the town’s main street, Colonial Highway.

Population: 641 Households: 269 Median Age: 43 Approximate Size: 0.25 square miles Mayor: Kenneth C. Wine Council: Vice Mayor Rebecca Jones, Elizabeth Gaucher, Craig Green, Cathy Salter, Greg Wilmoth Council Meetings: 7 p.m. second or third Monday of each month at the Town Office, 53 E. Colonial Hwy. Stipend: Mayor, $15,000 per annum, Councilmembers, $1,200 each per annum Town Manager: None On Nov. 8, the mayor’s seat and the council seats held by Jones, Green and Salter will be on the ballot.

Wine, who was appointed to the mayor’s seat after the retirement of David Simpson, is running for a full mayoral term along with Vaughn W. Standford and Brian J. Daskalovitz. Jones, Salter, and Green are seeking reelection.

Elena M. Boras and Amy Barden also

are running for council. In the council race, the top three vote-getters will win seats.

Find more information at hamiltonva.gov.

HILLSBORO Originally settled by German farmers and Quakers migrating south from Pennsylvania, the community was known as The Gap. The official name changed to Hillsborough when a post office was established there in 1802 and it was formally incorporated by the General Assembly. By 1880, the name was changed again, to present day Hillsboro.

The town grew to economic prominence through its mills and location on the important Vestal’s Gap Road.

However, the arrival of the railroad, which provided a boost to other western Loudoun communities, resulted in the town’s economic decline. By the dawn of the 20th century, Hillsboro was primarily a residential community.

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longstanding concerns—providing safe drinking water and slowing the commuter traffic that rumble through town on Rt. 9. Following a major annexation to extend the town boundaries in 2016, the town this year completed projects that brought new water lines, sidewalks, traffic calming features and even broadband conduits to town.

Population: 114 Households: 54 Median Age: 59 Approximate Size: 0.27 square miles Mayor: Roger Vance Council: Vice Mayor Claudia Forbes, Lisa Franke, Paul Hrebenak, Stephen Moskal, Laney Oxman Council Meetings: 7 p.m. third Tuesday of each month at the Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike Stipend: None Town Manager: None On Nov. 8, town voters will elect a mayor and five council members. Per tradition in the town, the selections will be made through write-in ballots.

Find out more at hillsborova.gov.

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LOVETTSVILLE The Town of Lovettsville, also known as The German Settlement and Virginia’s northernmost town, is famous for its German roots dating back to the early 1730s. The town began to take shape in 1820, when David Lovett laid out his property in quarter-acre lots, giving rise to the development of Newtown. In 1928, the town was renamed to Lovettsville, which was established as a town in 1836 and formally incorporated in 1876.

Lovettsville is the county’s fastest-growing town, adding more than 1,000 residents between 2010 and 2020. Since 2000, Lovettsville has grown from 853 to 2,694 residents. A new community park and community center opened this year, and the town is growing, with a pending annexation of land on its southern border.

Population: 2,694 Households: 702 Median Age: 32 Approximate Size: 0.84 square miles Mayor: Nate Fontaine Council: Vice Mayor Chris Hornbaker, David Earl, Renee Edmonston, Joy Pritz, Buchanan Smith, Tony Quintana Council Meetings: 7:30 p.m. second and third/fourth Thursdays of the month at the Town Office, 6 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Stipend: Mayor, $2,000 per quarter; Councilmembers, $500 per quarter Town Manager: Jason L. Cournoyer On Nov. 8, town voters will elect a new mayor and fill three council seats.

Fontaine is not seeking reelection and Hornberger, whose council term expires Dec. 31, is running unopposed to replace him. The terms of Edmonston and Quintana also expire at year’s end.

They are not seeking reelection. On the ballot for three available council seats are Robert M. Merhaut, Brandon A. Davis and Jennifer K. Reed.

Find more information at lovettsvilleva.gov.

MIDDLEBURG The Town of Middleburg is Loudoun’s southernmost town and is situated in the middle of wine and horse country. The town was established in 1787 by Leven Powell. The town grew to prominence because of its mills and the development of the flour trade. While the economy was devastated following the Civil War, the town gained new prominence in the early 1900s as a destination for fox hunting and steeplechasing.

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Still known as the capital of Hunt Country, the town remains a tourist destination, anchored by its large and eclectic retail offerings and lodging amenities at the Red Fox Inn and Salamander Resort & Spa. Population: 669 Households: 295 Median Age: 51 Approximate Size: 1.04 square miles Mayor: Bridge Littleton Council: Vice Mayor Peter LeonardMorgan, Philip Miller, Chris Bernard, J. Daly, Morris “Bud” Jacobs, Darlene Kirk, Cindy C. Pearson Council Meetings: 6 p.m. second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Town Office, 10 W. Marshall St. Stipend: Mayor, $500 per month; Councilmembers $200 each per month Town Manager: Danny Davis Middleburg holds its elections on odd numbered years.

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PURCELLVILLE The Town of Purcellville is western Loudoun’s largest town and home to a diverse culture of residents and businesses. The town’s earliest settlement is credited to James Dillon in the 1760s. By the turn of the century, the village was known as Purcell’s Store.

The name changed to Purcellville in 1852, although formal incorporation did not happen until 1908.

The town grew as a hub of the agricultural community, at first because of its location along the Great Road that connected Alexandria and Winchester and then the arrival of rail service in 1874. Although impacted by devastating fires in the early 20th century and the discontinuation of the railroad in 1968, the town continues to serve as the commercial hub of western Loudoun County.

Population: 8,929 Households: 3,034 Median Age: 35.5 Approximate Size: 3.42 square miles Mayor: Kwasi Fraser Council: Vice Mayor Christopher Bertaut, Mary Jane Williams, Joel Grewe, Stanley Milan, Erin Rayner, Tip Stinnette.

Council Meetings: 7 p.m. second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at the Town Hall, 221 S. Nursery Ave.

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Stipend: Mayor, $7,025 per annum; Councilmembers, $6,050 each per annum Town Manager: David Mekarski On Nov. 8, town votes will select a mayor and fill three council seats.

Fraser is not seeking reelection. Grewe, whose council term expires Dec. 31, and Milan are running for mayor. Stinnette and Rayner are seeking re-election to the council. Also on the council ballot are Caleb J. Stought, Ronald B. Rise Jr., Carol Luke, and Mary F. “Boo” Bennett. The top three voter-getters will be elected to four-year terms.

Find more information at purcellvilleva.gov.

ROUND HILL Round Hill grew to prominence as a resort destination for residents escaping the unbearable Washington, DC, summer weather. Railroad service arrived in 1874 and the town was formally incorporated in 1900 with 319 residents.

A residential community today, the

town is surrounded by larger housing subdivisions that are provided town utility service but are outside the town boundaries. That may change in coming years as the Town Council explores options for incremental annexations to bring those residents into town. One annexation to expand the western boundary to the Hill High Orchard complex is pending court approval.

Population: 693 Households: 251 Median Age: 42 Approximate Size: 0.37 square miles Mayor: Scott Ramsey Council: Vice Mayor Mary Anne Graham, Jesse Howe, Paula James, Michael Hummel, Sean Lloyd and Isaac Pacheco.

Council Meetings: 7:30 p.m. third Wednesday of each month (work sessions on the first Wednesday of each month) at the Town Office, 23 Main St. Stipend: None Town Administrator: Melissa Hynes On Nov. 8, town voters will select someone to fill a vacant council seat.

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Your State and Federal Representatives Loudoun residents are represented at the state level in the House of Delegates and state Senate, and federally in Congress. Below find the contact information for your state and federal representatives. If you are not sure which voting district you fall into, go to loudoun.gov/voting, click on Voting followed by Find Your Polling Place.

U.S. CONGRESS House of Representatives – 10th District Rep. Jennifer T. Wexton (D) Serving since January 2019 Wexton’s Loudoun-based office is in Sterling at 21351 Gentry Dr., Suite 140.

Sterling office phone: 703-234-3800 Wexton.house.gov

SENATE Sen. Tim Kaine (D) Serving since January 2013 Kaine’s closest office is in Manassas at 9408 Grant Ave., Suite 202.

Manassas office phone: 703-361-3192 Kaine.senate.gov Sen. Mark Warner (D) Serving since January 2009 Warner’s closest office is in Vienna at 8000 Towers Crescent Dr. Suite 200.

Vienna office phone: 703-442-0670 Warner.senate.gov

VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY House of Delegates 10th District Del. Wendy Gooditis (D) Serving since January 2018 P.O. Box 180, Boyce, VA 22620 540-300-3857 wendygooditis.com 32nd District Del. David Reid (D) Serving since January 2018 P.O. Box 4132, Ashburn, VA 20148 703-662-1395 delegatedavidreid.com 33rd District Del. David LaRock (R) Serving since January 2014 P.O. Box 6, Hamilton, VA 20159 540-751-8364 votelarock.us

34th District Del. Kathleen Murphy (D) Serving since January 2015 P.O. Box 146, McLean, VA 22101 804-698-1034 murphyfordelegate.com 67th District Del. Karrie Delaney (D) Serving since January 2018 P.O. Box 231023, Centreville, VA 20120 703-996-9415 karriedelaney.com 86th District Del. Irene Shin (D) Serving since January 2022 397 Herndon Parkway, Suite 110, Herndon, VA 20170 703-677-8334 ireneforva.com 87th District Del. Suhas Subramanyam (D) Serving since January 2020 P.O. Box 302, Ashburn, VA, 20146 571-707-4566 suhasforvirginia.com

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27th District Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R) Serving since January 2008 Mailing address: 332 West Lee Highway, PMB 312, Warrenton, VA 20186 540-662-4551 senatorjillvogel.com

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31st District Sen. Barbara Favola (D) Serving since January 2012 2319 18th Street North, Arlington, VA 22201 703-835-4895 barbarafavola.org 33rd District Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D) Serving since January 2019 P.O. Box 247 Herndon, VA 20172 703-437-0086 jenniferboysko.com

We want to show our appreciation to our customers and the community by celebrating with a BBQ on Saturday, October 15th between 9am to 3pm.

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