Description
The Northern Virginia FAC kicked off April 15 with a Fiscal Wake-Up Tour event and dinner meeting on the campus of George Mason University.
Working with Dr. Paul Posner, Professor in the Public & International Affairs Department at George Mason University, and other George Mason University staff, the Concord Coalition held an organizational meeting of the approximately 25 invitees who agreed to attend the dinner meeting. These individuals were chosen primarily by Dr. Paul Posner in conjunction with University President Alan Merten. An overview of the purpose and charter for the Nothern Virginia FAC were outlined.
This Fiscal Wake-Up Tour event included Bob Bixby, Nicola Moore from The Heritage Foundation, Joe Minarik from CED and Eugene Steurele from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The event at George Mason went well, although bad weather and really bad traffic contributed to the less than expected turnout. In addition, a major power outage prompted a last minute room change. The dinner and organizational meeting of the Northern Virginia FAC also went very well and all but 1 person attended who had planned to. The group proved to be talkative and interested.
Members
Ron Carlee, Arlington County Manager
Sheila Coates, President Black Women United for Action
Nat Gandhi, DC Chief Financial Officer
Craig Gerhart, Prince William County Executive
Zachary Golden, George Mason University Student Body President
Tony Griffin, Fairfax County Executive
Kirk Jonas, Associate Provost University of Richmond
Bill Leighty Performance Leadership Group (former Chief of Staff, Governors Kaine, Warner)
L. Scott Lingamfelter, Delegate, Virginia’s 31st District
Jim McIntyre, former OMB Director
Andrew McLauchlin, Senior Executive Consultant
Joseph Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research,Committee for Economic Development
Scott Pattison, Executive Director National Association of State Budget Officers
Rudy Penner, Senior Fellow Urban Institute
Ray Scheppach, Executive Director National Governors Association
Delegate James. M. Scott, Delegate Virginia’s 53rd District
Robert Shea, Grant Thornton
Eugene Steuerle, Vice President, The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Frank Shafroth, Chief of Staff, Office of Representative James P. Moran
Chuck Robb, Former Virginia Senator
Tom Davis, Former Virginia Congressman
Bill Hoagland, Vice President for Public Policy, CIGNA
Greg Werkheiser, Executive Director, The Phoenix Project
George Mason University:
Paul Posner, MPA Director George Mason University
Jack Censer, Dean College of Humanities and Social Sciences George Mason University
Tim Conlan, Professor Public and International Affairs George Mason University
Robert Dudley, Chair
Tom Hennessey – University Chief of Staff George Mason University
Alan Merten, University President George Mason University
William Soza, Secretary, George Mason University Board of Visitors
Toni-Michelle Travis, MPA Professor Associate Professor of Government and PoliticsGeorge Mason University
Ex-Officio:
Robert Bixby, Executive Director, The Concord Coalition
Jennifer Perkins, Director, Fiscal Stewardship Project, The Concord Coalition
Ann Ludwick, Graduate Student Coordinator, George Mason University