July 26, 2002
Fairfax County has nine magisterial districts. Each elects a supervisor who represents a district on the Board of Supervisors.
The chairman of the Board of Supervisors runs county-wide, and can reside in any of the nine magisterial districts.
The supervisors’ terms run for four years. All will face re-election in November, 2003, for terms beginning in January, 2004.
Presently the make up of the Board of Supervisors is seven Democrats, including Chairman Katherine Hanley, and three Republicans.
In Fairfax County, the supervisors are part-time officials. Many of them hold other jobs.
They earn $65,000 for their work as supervisors, meeting twice a month to conduct county business.
Each supervisor has a budget of about $350,000 annually to pay their office staff. The money can be divided as each individual supervisor sees fit.
The Fairfax County School Board also has one representative from each of the magisterial districts, and in addition, three are elected at large.
School Board members run without party affiliations, but carry endorsements from the respective political parties.
Dranesville District’s representative, Jane Strauss, is endorsed by the Democratic Party.
School Board members will also be re-elected next year.
Each member of the Board of Supervisors appoints a representative to the Fairfax County Planning Commission and the Fairfax County Park Authority, who serve at the pleasure of the supervisor.
In Dranesville District, Rick Thoesen of Herndon is the representative to the Park Authority.
He has said he will step down in November because he was elected mayor of Herndon in May and assumed duties in July.
Joan DuBois of McLean is Mendelsohn’s appointee to the Planning Commission.
Members of the School Board and Planning Commission receive stipends. Park Authority members do not.
Dranesville District (McLean and Great Falls) Appointees
Advisory Social Services Board: Rosemary S. Ryan
Affordable Dwelling Unit Advisory Board: Thomas R. Hyland
Airport Advisory Committee: Debra D. Taylor
Animal Shelter Advisory Commission: Joan Parka
Athletic Council: Kevin Fay
2000 Census Complete Count Committee: Penny Chaboudy
Character Counts: Ellen Field
Commission on Aging: Elly Doyle
Commission on Organ and Tissue Donation: John G. Ryan Jr.
Commission for Women: Ann G. Baise
Community Development Advisory Board: Dale Adams
Countywide Non-motorized Transportation Committee: Wade Smith
Criminal Justice Advisory Board: Arthur J. Kerns Jr.
Environmental Advisory Council: Frank F. Crandall
Fairfax Area Disability Services Board: Martha K. Glannan
Fairfax County Park Authority: Richard C. Thoesen
Fairfax County Planning Commission: Joan DuBois
Fairfax County Small Business Commission: Lisa Jorgensen
Fairfax County Water Authority: Pamela Beck Danner
Fairfax/Falls Church Community Services Board: Roxann Ridley
Health Care Advisory Board: Roseanne Rodilosso
History Commission: Milburn Sanders, Karen Washburn
Human Services Council: Winnifred A. Pizzano
Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee: Edward H. Bersoff
Juvenile Court Citizen Advisory Council: Elizabeth K. Romage
Library Board: Roger M. Sudduth
Millennium Steering Committee: John C. Backus
Transportation Advisory Commission: George F. Smith Jr.
Redevelopment and Housing Authority: Martin R. Dunn
Telecommunications (monopole) Land Use, Regulation Task Force: Judith W. Downer
Transportation Advisory Commission Dulles Corridor Land Use Task Force: Ivan A. Somers
Tree Commission: John Dudzinsky
Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce
President: Bill DuBose
First Vice President: Fred Roehner
Second Vice President: Judy Miller
Treasurer: Christopher Ham
Secretary: Beth K. Brown
Past President: Bobbie Hebert