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 no more than fifty-one (51) 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:
  1. Setting the organization's goals and policies.
  2. Electing the organization's officers and an Executive Committee to which the Board delegates responsibility for day-to-day activities.
  3. Providing resources to reach the goals set.
  4. Extending the organization's reach and ability to accomplish its objectives.
Name Title Company
David C. Whitestone Chairman, WATF Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
Leo J. Schefer President Washington Airports Task Force
Ronald D. Abramson Shareholder, Washington Office Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Larry C. Baucom Managing Director The Greenwich Group International LLC
Monte R. Belger VP Industry Relations Metron Aviation
Cellerino Bernardino VP, Development and Construction Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation, Inc.
David Birtwistle Senior Vice President, Business Development Balfour Beatty Construction
The Honorable Marion C. Blakey President & CEO Aerospace Industries Association
Anthony J. Broderick Aviation Safety Consultant
Robert E. Buchanan Principal Buchanan Partners
Randall P Burdette Director Virginia Department of Aviation
John R. Byerly Consultant  
Douglas N. Carter, AIA Principal-In-Charge Davis, Carter, Scott Ltd.
Joseph L. Carter, III Executive Vice President Wells Fargo Real Estate Banking Group
Jonathan K. Cherner Principal Cherner Automotive Group
General John R. Dailey, USMC (ret.)
William H. Dean CEO M.C. Dean, Inc.
Sidney O. Dewberry Chairman Dewberry
Robert Dove Managing Director The Carlyle Group
Amr ElSawy President and CEO Noblis
David D. Flanagan Principal and President Elm Street Development, Inc.
F. Gary Garczynski President National Capital Land Development Company
Andrew S. Garrett President & CEO Garrett Development Corporation
Kenneth E. Gazzola President & CEO FlightLogix, Inc.
Stephen L. Gelband Principal Hewes, Gelband, PLLC
Jonathan Genn Executive Vice President and General Counsel Percontee, Inc.
Aaron Georgelas Partner Georgelas Group
Gasper Gulotta    
Eric M. Hamberger Co-President & COO Fortessa, Inc.
Stanley E. Harrison Chairman Emeritus Washington Airports Task Force
John T. Hazel, Jr. Attorney-At-Law
The Honorable A. Linwood Holton, Jr. Director McCandlish, Holton, P.C.
Kathryn A. MacLane President AGIR, Ltd.
John Marriott, III CEO JWM Family Enterprises, L.P.
Tanya Matthews President TMG Construction Corporation
The Honorable T. Allan McArtor Chairman Airbus Americas, Inc.
Dr. Alan Merten President George Mason University
The Honorable John G. Milliken Partner Venable Attorneys at Law
The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta Vice Chairman Hill & Knowlton
Jonas Neihardt Senior Vice President Hilton Worldwide
Steven B. Peterson President The Peterson Companies
Thomas F. Pumpelly President PCI Financial Group
David T. Ralston, Jr. Partner Foley & Lardner, L.L.P
Sandra J. Samuel VP Transportation Solutions Lockheed Martin
The Honorable Jeffrey N. Shane Partner Hogan Lovells US LLP
Mark Sharer Mid-Atlantic Regional Executive Bank of America
J. Knox Singleton CEO Inova Health System
Charles V. Stipancic, Jr. President and CEO Aviation Facilities Company, Inc.
William L. Talbert CEO Clark Construction Mid-Atlantic Region
James W. Todd President JWT, Inc.
David Traynham Director, Transportation Policy, Commercial Airplane Programs The Boeing Company
Daniel G. Waetjen Group President BB&T, Greater Washington D.C. Region
Charles B. Walker Vice Chairman and CFO (Ret.) Albermarle Corporation
Martin D. Walsh, Esquire   Walsh Colucci Lubeley Emrich & Walsh, PC