Celebration & Documentary Premiere September 5, 2024
Advancing Transit Since 1964
Welcome to the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission’s 60th Anniversary! For six decades, NVTC has been at the heart of enhancing and advancing our region’s public transit network and we are so happy to celebrate this milestone with you.
Since our creation by the General Assembly in 1964, NVTC has been dedicated to improving mobility for the residents of Northern Virginia. From planning the Metrorail system and founding Virginia Railway Express to developing the Commuter Choice program and coordinating new transit technologies, NVTC has led regional transit goals to support local economies, move people quickly and efficiently and reduce our environmental footprint. These accomplishments are a testament to the hard work and vision of those who have supported and driven our mission forward over the past 60 years.
As we celebrate our anniversary, we also focus on the future. The coming decades hold immense promise for further advancements in transit technology, sustainability and regional connectivity. Thank you for joining us in celebrating 60 years of progress. Your support and engagement are vital as we embark on the next chapter of our journey.
Kate Mattice Executive Director
Program
Social Hour
Opening Remarks – Auditorium
NVTC Chair Matt de Ferranti
NVTC Executive Director Kate Mattice
Welcome from the Commonwealth
Deputy Secretary of Transportation
Michael Sargent
Remarks
Senator Tim Kaine
Representative Gerry Connolly
Representative Don Beyer
Representative Jennifer Wexton
Documentary Premiere
Closing Remarks
NVTC Chair Matt de Ferranti
NVTC Executive Director Kate Mattice
Photograph
Champagne Toast - Atrium
NVTC Vice Chair David Snyder
Former NVTC Chair Sharon Bulova
City of Alexandria
Canek Aguirre (2019 - present)
Sarah Bagley (2022 - present)
Past and Present
Leo Urbanske, Jr. (1964 - 1966)
Mary Margaret Whipple (1985 - 1986; 1988 - 1995)
Joseph S. Wholey (1971 - 1978; 1975 - 1978)
Charles E. Beatley, Jr. (1966 - 1976; 1979 - 1985)
Beverly Beidler (1976 – 1979)
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (2019 - 2021)
Robert L. Calhoun (1979 - 1982; 1985 - 1988)
Donald C. Casey (1982 - 1985)
Nicholas A. Colasanto (1964 - 1970)
Kerry J. Donley (1994 - 2003)
William D. Euille (2000 - 2015)
Ludwig P. Gaines (2003 - 2006)
T. Michael Jackson (1988 - 1994)
Rob Krupicka (Alternate 2010 - 2015)
Timothy B. Lovain (Alternate 2006 - 2016; Principal 2016 - 2018)
James T. Luckett, Jr. (1964 - 1966)
Frank E. Mann (1976 - 1979)
H. Winfield McConchie (1970 - 1974)
R. Kirk McPike (Alternate 2020 - present)
Wiley F. Mitchell, Jr. (1974 - 1976)
James P. Moran, Jr. (1985 - 1990)
Mohamed E. “Mo” Seifeldein (Alternate 20192021)
Paul C. Smedberg (2005 - 2018)
Patricia S. Ticer (1991 - 1995)
Lois L. Walker (1996 - 2000)
Justin M. Wilson (Alternate 2016 - 2018)
Arlington County
Ellen M. Bozman (1978; 1981 - 1997)
Michael E. Brunner (1984 - 1987)
Harold J. Casto (1966 - 1967)
Katie Cristol (2016 - 2023)
Matt de Ferranti (2020 - present)
Stephen H. Detwiler (1980)
Christian Dorsey (2016 - 2020)
Albert C. Eisenberg (1990 - 1999)
Paul Ferguson (1997 - 2007)
Gerald N. “Jay” Fisette, Jr. (1999 - 2016)
Joseph L. Fisher (1965 - 1966; 1971 - 1974)
Walter L. Frankland, Jr. (1976 - 1977; 1979; 1981 - 1983)
Libby Garvey (2017 - present)
Dorothy T. Grotos (1979 - 1983)
Kenneth M. Haggerty (1967 - 1971; 1973)
James B. Hunter, III (1996)
Mary H. Hynes (2008 - 2015)
Takis P. Karantonis (2023 - present)
Roye L. Lowry (1964 - 1965)
John G. Milliken (1983 - 1984; 1986 - 1990)
Everard Munsey (1972 - 1975)
A. Leslie Phillips (1969 - 1971; 1972 - 1973)
John W. Purdy (1974 - 1980)
Thomas W. Richards (1964 - 1965; 1966 - 1968)
Jay E. Ricks (1968)
J. Walter Tejada (2014 - 2015)
Ned R. Thomas (1964 - 1966)
Christopher Zimmerman (1998 - 2014)
City of Fairfax
Philip D. Fisher (1964 - 1968)
Jeffrey C. Greenfield (Alternate 2007 - 2008; Principal 2008 - 2018)
Theodore F. Grefe (Alternate 1974)
George A. Hamill (1970 )
John Mason (1990 - 1994)
David L. Meyer (Alternate 2014-2018; Principal 2018 - 2022)
John P. Perrin (1978 - 1982)
Gary Rasmussen (1995 - 1996)
Catherine S. Read ( 2023 - present)
John W. Russell (1970; 1982)
R. Scott Silverthorne (1994 - 2008)
George T. Snyder, Jr. (1983 - 1990)
Jon R. Stehle, Jr. (Alternate 2018 - present)
Steven Stombres (Alternate 2008)
Nathanial F. Young (1968 - 1969; 1973 - 1978)
Fairfax County
Walter L. Alcorn (2020 - present)
Joseph Alexander (1964 - 1995)
Frederick A. Babson (1964 - 1969)
John L. Beerman (1964 - 1967)
Ernest J. Berger (1992 - 1995)
James N. Bierman Jr. (2024 - present)
Sharon Bulova (1988 - 2019)
Gerald E. Connolly (1999 - 2008)
John C. Cook (2010 - 2019)
Thomas M. Davis, III (1984 - 1985)
Robert B. Dix, Jr. (1995 - 1998)
Stuart T. DeBell (1965 - 1966)
Sandra L. Duckworth (1980 - 1983)
T. Farrell Egge (1985 - 1987)
Frank F. Everest, Jr. (1966 - 1967)
Nancy K. Falck (1985 - 1987)
John W. Foust (2009 - 2023)
Katherine K. Hanley (1988 - 1995; 1996 - 2003)
Herbert E. Harris, II (1968 - 1974)
John F. “Jack” Herrity (1986 - 1987)
Pat Herrity (2008 - 2010)
Catherine M. Hudgins (2004 - 2019)
Gerald W. Hyland (1995 - 1999)
Andres F. Jimenez (Alternate 2024 - present)
Dana Kauffman (1996 - 2007)
Alan H. Magazine (1972 - 1976)
Charles Majer (1970 - 1972)
Elaine N. McConnell (1986; 1992 -1995; 1998 - 2007)
Jeffrey C. McKay (2008 - 2024)
Harold O. Miller (1968 - 1972)
Audrey C. Moore (1984 ; 1988 - 1991)
Dalia A. Palchik (2020 - present)
John P. Parrish (1964 - 1965)
Commissioners
Martha V. Pennino (1976 - 1984)
Rufus C. Phillips, III (1972 - 1975)
Lilla D. Richards (1988 - 1991)
James M. Scott (1975; 1980 - 1986)
John P. Shacochis (1976 - 1979)
Daniel G. Storck (Alternate 2020 - 2023; Principal 2024 - present)
Marie B. Travesky (1976 - 1983)
James R. Walkinshaw (2020 - present)
City of Falls Church
Carol W. DeLong (1976 - 1990)
Phil Duncan (Alternate 2012 - 2023)
Thomas G. Eastham (1971)
Robin Gardner (Alternate 2005 - 2006)
Daniel Maller (Alternate 2006 - 2010)
Karen Oliver (Alternate 2015 – 2017)
Ron Peppe (Alternate 2013)
Lee M. Rhoads (1964 - 1971)
David F. Snyder (1994 - present)
Phillip J. Thomas (1990 - 1994)
Justine Underhill (Alternate 2024 - present)
Lawrence Webb (Alternate 2010 - 2012)
Loudoun County
William D. Bogard (2000 - 2003)
Juli E. Briskman* (2024 - present)
Kelly Burk (2008 - 2012)
Eugene A. DelGaudio (2005 - 2007)
Charles D. Grant (1992 - 1995)
Matthew F. Letourneau (2016 - present)
David G. McWatters (1996 - 1999)
Ron A. Meyer (2016 - 2019)
Phyllis J. Randall (Alternate 2016 -2017)
Ken Reid (2012 - 2015)
Joan G. Rokus (1995)
Mick Staton (2004 -2005)
Betty W. Tatum (1990 - 1991)
Michael R. Turner (2020 - 2024)
Scott K. York (Alternate 2015)
General Assembly - Senate
John J. Bell (2020 - 2023)
Richard H. Black (2012 - 2016; 2019)
Adelard L. Brault (1979 - 1982)
Jeannemarie Devolites Davis (2004 - 2007)
Adam P. Ebbin (2016 - present)
Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. (1982 - 1999)
Mark R. Herring (2008 - 2014)
Omer L. Hirst (1974 - 1979)
Edward M. Holland (1974 - 1979)
William C. Mims (2000 - 2004)
Saddam Azlan Salim (2024 - present)
Jennifer Wexton (2014 - 2018)
Mary Margaret Whipple (1996 - 2012)
General Assembly – House of Delegates
David B. Albo (2002 - 2010; 2016 -2017)
James F. Almand (1986 - 1994; 2000 - 2003)
Richard H. Black (2000 - 2002)
Bernard S. Cohen (1980 - 1994)
Barbara J. Comstock (2010 - 2013)
L. Karen Darner (1994 - 1999)
Adam P. Ebbin (2004 - 2012)
Eileen Filler-Corn (2020 - 2022)
Robert E. Harris (1974 -1996)
Richard R.G. Hobson (1976 - 1980)
Timothy D. Hugo (2004 - 2005)
Paul E. Krizek* (2020 - 2022; 2024 - present)
David A. LaRock (2015 - 2020)
James M. LeMunyon (2014 - 2018)
Alfonso H. Lopez (2024 - present)
Frank E. Mann (1974 - 1975)
Mary A. Marshall (1974 - 1979)
Joe T. May (2006 - 2014)
Roger L. McClure (2000 - 2002)
J. Randall Minchew (2014 - 2018)
Linda Todd “Toddy” Puller (1997 - 1999)
David Ramadan (2012 - 2014)
Gary A. Reese (2002 - 2005)
David A. Reid (2020 - 2022; 2024 - present)
Thomas D. Rust (2006 - 2016)
Mark R. Sickles (2024 - present)
Warren G. Stambaugh (1979 - 1986)
Richard C. “Rip” Sullivan (2020 - 2022)
Marian Van Landingham (1994 - 2000)
House of Delegates Citizen Appointees
Nick Clemente (2022 - 2023)
Aimee S. Gilroy (2022 - 2024)
Joseph Kornhoff (2023 - 2024)
James M. LeMunyon (2018 - 2020)
M. David Skiles (2018 - 2020; 2022 - 2024)
John C. Tuck. III (2022 - 2024)
Raul “Danny” Vargas (2018 - 2020)
Commonwealth of Virginia
Jim Corcoran (2015 - 2018)
James W. Dyke, Jr. (2011 - 2015)
Paul C. Smedberg (2018 - present)
Department of Rail and Public Transportation / Virginia Department of Transportation / Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation
Charles M. Badger (2006 - 2010)
David W. Berg (1979)
Leo J. Bevon (1992 - 2002)
Sally H. Cooper (1982 - 1992)
Jennifer DeBruhl (2022 – 2024)
Thelma D. Drake (2010 - 2013)
Michael D. Kidd (1980 - 1982)
John P. Mills, Jr. (1964 - 1979)
Jennifer Mitchell (2014 - 2022)
Edward W. Pigman (1979)
Karen Rae (2002 - 2006)
Zach Trogdon (2024 – present)
Matthew O. Tucker (2006 - 2008)
Through Time
1964
The Virginia General Assembly creates NVTC to lead the Commonwealth’s discussions on planning the Metrorail system. The Commission holds its inaugural meeting.
1970s
NVTC joins with the U.S. Department of Transportation in a first-of-its-kind pilot program to operate commuter buses in dedicated bus lanes on Shirley Highway (now I-395). Metro starts service with NVTC appointees on the Board of Directors.
1980s
NVTC helps form the neighboring Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission and starts planning for Virginia Railway Express (VRE). NVTC assists with the creation of bus systems in five NVTC jurisdictions.
1990s
VRE launches service on the Manassas and Fredericksburg lines. NVTC expands into promoting energy efficient and environmentally friendly transit innovations, including a new bus system in Falls Church running on clean fuel technology.
2000s
NVTC provides guidance and staff to support the newly created Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. NVTC acquires, tests and installs SmarTrip fareboxes on all local transit agency’s buses.
2010s
NVTC kicks off planning for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system connecting Tysons and Alexandria, by way of Seven Corners and Falls Church. NVTC’s one-of-a-kind Commuter Choice program launches. NVTC’s Metro oversight expands with the passage of dedicated capital funding from the District, Maryland and Virginia.
2020s
NVTC and local transit agencies adapt to fundamental shifts in commuting patterns brought about due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commuter Choice program reaches a milestone, funding $178.4 million for projects. NVTC creates a regional strategy for zero-emission buses and calculates the Commonwealth’s return on investment in public transit.
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