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Tim Veith

Tim Veith

Regional President, Greater Washington, DC

United Bank

Brian Kenner

Brian Kenner

Head of HQ2 Policy

Amazon

Kai Reynolds

Kai Reynolds

Chief Development Officer

JBG Smith

Tracy Sayegh Gabriel

Tracy Sayegh Gabriel

President & CEO

National Landing BID

Lee Delong

Lee Delong

CEO, Capital Group

Clark Construction

Telly Tucker
Opening Remarks

Telly Tucker

Director

Arlington Economic Development

William Sproule
Opening Remarks

William Sproule

Executive Secretary Treasurer

Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

Andrew Painter
Moderator

Andrew Painter

Shareholder

Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh

Tracy Sayegh Gabriel

President & CEO

National Landing BID

Tracy Sayegh Gabriel is a planner and urbanist focused on helping communities shape and implement plans for neighborhood and downtown vibrancy, inclusive economic development, capital investment, and programming. Tracy currently serves as President and Executive Director of the National Landing Business Improvement District, leading placemaking and promotion for the DC region's fastest-growing downtown district located in Arlington, VA. She has been featured on the Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business and Power 100 lists. Tracy’s career has spanned public and private sectors and includes management of some of the most complex and high-profile public plans and development initiatives in New York City at NYC Economic Development Corporation and Washington, DC, at the DC Office of Planning. She received her undergraduate degree in International Affairs from The George Washington University, her Master's in City Planning from MIT, and was a Fulbright Scholar in economic development in Damascus, Syria.

Lee Delong

CEO, Capital Group

Clark Construction

Lee DeLong serves as a Group CEO at Clark, responsible for development and delivery of work in the greater DC marketplace as well as leading Clark’s sports practice. His experience includes Capital One Arena Transformation in DC, Metropolitan Park (Amazon’s HQ2) in Arlington, Wilson and Elm in Bethesda, and The Boro in Tysons. A United States Army veteran with more than 25 years of industry experience, Lee holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia and is a member of the DC Economic Club, and board member of the Northern Virginia Chamber and the University of Virginia Engineering Foundation.

Telly Tucker

Opening Remarks

Arlington Economic Development

Telly Tucker is the Director of Arlington Economic Development (AED) for Arlington County. Mr. Tucker most recently served as the Director of Economic Development for Danville, Va., where he managed business and expansion projects that brought many new jobs to the City. Prior to his position in Danville, Mr. Tucker served as the Assistant Director of Economic Development in James City County, Va., as well as an Economic Development Specialist for the City of Lynchburg, Va.

Throughout his career, Tucker has approached economic development plans with an insightful and creative mindset. He will build on the momentum from Amazon’s move to ensure all of Arlington’s neighborhoods move forward together as one in an effort to attract even more businesses and support existing ones. Tucker has a track record of creating impactful regional partnerships and addressing the needs of the small business community, which will prove to be an invaluable strength in Arlington.

Mr. Tucker has received the prestigious Certified Economic Development (CEcD) designation granted by the International Economic Development Council in Washington, D.C. He is a Lynchburg native and obtained his bachelors of business administration in international business and Spanish from James Madison University.

William Sproule

Opening Remarks

Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

William Sproule is the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (EASRCC). EASRCC represents more than 41,000 members in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the Territory of Puerto Rico. Our members come from many different trade groups, including: commercial/residential carpenters; heavy highway; piledrivers; floor-layers; mill cabinet; and tradeshow.

William is the former President & Regional Manager of the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters which was dissolved and merged into Keystone + Mountain + Lakes Regional Council of Carpenters on May 30, 2018. After the merger William was appointed as the Assistant Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Keystone + Mountain + Lakes Regional Council of Carpenters which would be renamed to the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters in December of 2019. In April of 2019, William was appointed Executive Secretary-Treasurer.

As Executive Secretary-Treasurer of EASRCC William’s duties include managing and leading the development of the organization’s policies and procedures; overseeing all of the day-to-day operations for the Council’s local unions in developing collective bargaining agreements; and organizing and expanding work opportunities for union membership.

Andrew Painter

Moderator

Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh

An Alexandria native and Falls Church resident, Andrew has cultivated a unique set of skills, knowledge, relationships, and expertise in

the transactional aspects of real estate law. He has represented clients in 16 Virginia localities, from Arlington County to Winchester, and

specializesin securing zoning approvals and providing counselto residential,commercial, and industrial developers and landowners, advises

clients on all aspects of the land entitlement process and real estate matters, and frequently appears before planning commissions, town

and city councils,county boards of supervisors, localcitizen groups, boards of architecturalreview, and civic and homeowners associations.

Prior to joining The Land Lawyers in 2007, Andrew worked for two members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, the County

Administrator of Caroline County, Virginia, and former Virginia Governor (now U.S. Senator) Mark Warner. In 2004, Andrew worked

for McGuireWoods Consulting, identifying business expansion opportunities and conducting comprehensive studies for public safety,

education, and transportation construction companies across thecommonwealth.

Andrew is an adjunct professor and teaches classes in political science, urban history, historic preservation, and city and regional planning

at the University of Richmond and the University of Mary Washington. He also leads courses for public and private civil engineers on the

land use entitlement process at the Engineers & Surveyors Institute to improve the quality of their plans and the process by which they are

approved.Having studiedNorthern Virginia’s geography and chronicled itsland development history, Andrew’sextensive knowledge of the

region has played a significant role in assisting clients and navigating issues related to development patterns, transportation concerns, and

environmentalchallenges in multiplejurisdictions.

Summary

  1. What does the National Landing Business Improvement District rebranding and expansion mean for the area?

  2. What do you see happening to the office as we know it?

  3. What are some construction milestones that have been reached during the pandemic? Has strategy shifted?

  4. Outdoor spaces are proving to be more important than ever – how do you plan to incorporate this into the plans for National Landing?

  5. What do you expect for the overall future of the National Landing submarket? Has the community proven to be resilient during these difficult times? If so, how?

Agenda

Time Activity
1:30 PM
2:30 PM
Future of National Landing

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