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:
- 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 |
| 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 |
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