Board of Directors
The Washington Airports Task Force is privileged, as its Board of Directors comprises leaders from many walks of life who have changed the world around them.
The WATF Board of Directors is composed of fifty-five (55) members representative of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland, elected annually by the WATF membership during their Annual General Meeting. The membership seeks a Board of Directors which is innovative, diversified across commercial and citizen interests, as well as the geography of the region.
The board meets a minimum four times a year at approximately quarterly intervals and is responsible for:
- Setting the organization's goals and policies.
- Electing the organization's officers and an Executive Committee to which the Board delegates responsibility for day-to-day activities.
- Providing resources to reach the goals set.
- Extending the organization's reach and ability to accomplish its objectives.
| Name | Title | Company |
| Charles V. Stipancic, Jr. | Chairman of the Board | President & CEO, Aviation Facilities Company, Inc. |
| Keith W. Meurlin | President | Washington Airports Task Force |
| Joseph R. Abidin | Senior Vice President | Clark Construction Group, LLC |
| Ronald D. Abramson | Shareholder, Washington Office | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC |
| Marc Adelberger | Senior Vice President | Truist |
| Chris Arabia | Sr. Vice President, Mid-South | TD Bank, N.A. |
| Theodore Austell, III | Vice President | The Boeing Company |
| Cellerino Bernardino | Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation | |
| David Birtwistle | A Public Policy and Community Development Consultant | |
| The Honorable Marion C. Blakely | ||
| Christopher U. Browne | Acting Director | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum |
| Robert E. Buchanan | Principal | Buchanan Partners, LLC |
| Greg Campbell | Director | Virginia Department of Aviation |
| Douglas N. Carter, AIA | Principal-In-Charge | Davis, Carter, Scott Ltd. |
| Jay Corbalis | Vice President Public Affairs | JBG Smith |
| General John R. Dailey | USMC (ret.) | |
| James Darcy | Vice President of Communications | Airbus Americas Inc. |
| William H. Dean | President & CEO | M.C. Dean, Inc. |
| Salvatore Fiorentino, PE | Subsidiary President | ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC |
| Kenneth E. Gazzola | President & CEO | Four Starts Aviation, Inv. |
| Sarah Georgiades | Regional Community Engagement Manager, Americas | Amazon Web Services |
| Scott M. Hamberger | President and CEO | Integrus Holdings, Inc. |
| John D. Hardesty, Jr. | ||
| Stanley E. Harrison | Chairman Emeritus | Washington Airports Task Force |
| Todd P. Haymore | Managing Director, Global Economic Development, Commerce and Government Relations | Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP |
| James W. Hazel | ||
| Vanessa Kennedy | Vice President, Development | STACK Americas |
| Tadeusz (Ted) Lewis | Senior Principal | Terracon |
| Paul Liberty | Vice President, Government & Community Relations | George Mason University |
| Kathleen Linehan | President | ALPHA Corporation |
| Brandon C. Lorey | President & CEO | Bank of Clarke County, Eagle Financial Services, Inc. |
| Dave Mahoney, PE | Executive Vice President, Operations Unit Manager, Transportation Engineer | |
| John Marriott, III | JMW Family Enterprises. L.P. | |
| Tanya C. Matthews | President and Chairman | TMG Construction Corporation |
| Juliana May | Senior Vice President | JLL |
| The Honorable T. Allan McArtor | Chairman Emeritus | Airbus Americas, Inc. |
| Clay McConnell | Senior VP | Intelsat |
| Chauvon McFadden | Principal | Crimson Wealth Strategies |
| Carolina Mederos | Principal | Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP |
| Raymond A. Melee, AIA NCARB | Global Aviation Sector Manager | Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation |
| Mary Miller | VP Industry & Government Affairs | Signature Flight Support |
| The Honorable John G. Milliken | Senior Fellow in Residence | George Mason University |
| Michael O'Reilly | The O'Reilly Law Firm | |
| Andrew Painter | Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh | |
| Steven B. Peterson | Principal | Peterson Real Estate |
| Thomas F. Pumpelly | President & CEO | PCI Financial Group |
| Leo J. Schefer | ||
| Mark Sharer | Mid-Atlantic Market Executive | Bank of America |
| Stu Solomon | CEO | Connected DMV |
| Jason Stanford | President | Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance |
| Kurt Thompson | ||
| Brandon Todd | Director, Corporate Public Policy | Washington Gas |
| David Traynham | Boeing (ret.) | |
| Andrew VanHorn | Chief Development Officer | Dweck Properties |
| Jerry A. Van Voorhis | President & CEO | ACRE Investment Management, LLC |
| David C. Whitestone | Partner | Holland & Knight LLP, Partner |
| The Honorable Tony Williams | Chief Executive Officer | Federal City Council |
| Ex-officio Nonvoting Members | ||
| Victor Hoskins | President and CEO | Fairfax County Economic Development Authority |
| Buddy Rizer | Director | Loudoun County Economic Development |
| Christina Winn | Executive Director | Prince William County Economic Development |