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  Phyllis Randall

  Phyllis J. Randall was elected Chair At-Large of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in November 2015 and reelected in November 2019. Her election was historic as she became the first person of color in Virginia’s history to be an elected chair of a county Board. As Loudoun’s Chair At-Large, she represents Loudoun on various regional, state, and national bodies including, Chair of the full Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) and Chair of the NVTA Governance and Personnel Committee.  She also currently serves as a member of the National Association of Counties (NACo) Health and Human Resources Committee and founding member of the (NACo) Economic Mobility Leadership Network, a member of the Virginia Association of Counties Health and Human Resources sub-committee and a member of The Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments (COG) Board of Directors, Human Services and Public Safety Policy Committee, Regional Forward Coalition, and DC Statehood sub-committee. Chair Randall also serves on the Board of Supervisors’ Finance/Government Operations and Economic Development Committee and the Transportation and Land Use Committee. In June of 2018, Chair Randall was selected as one of only twenty-five women in the country to be included in the 2019 class of Governing Magazine’s Women in Government Leadership Program. In addition, in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, the citizens of Loudoun County voted Chair Randall Favorite Public Official, an honor which she is most humbled by and proud of.  From 2009-2011, Chair Randall served as Chair of Virginia’s Fair Housing Board under former Governors Tim Kaine and Bob McDonnell. From 2014 to June of 2018, she served as Chair of Virginia’s State Board of Corrections under Governor Terry McAuliffe.  By profession, Chair Randall is a mental health therapist, with substance dependence as her emphasis area. She has worked with justice-involved populations, both in and out of incarcerated settings, a career she has enjoyed for over 20 years. She and her husband Thaddeus (T.W.) have lived in Loudoun since 2003, and are the proud parents of two sons, Ashon and Aaron.

  Loudoun County Board of Supervisors

  Chair

  Phyllis Randall

  Chair

  Loudoun County Board of Supervisors

On Master-Plan Communities

How Placemaking Can Make Loudoun the Ultimate Live-Work-Play Destination

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  Taylor Chess

  Taylor O. Chess is Senior Manager Director, Development for Peterson Companies and serves on the Company’s Investment Committee. Taylor has developed retail projects valued over $250 million. He is a visionary, known for spotting acquisition opportunities, imagining the possibilities, divesting of property, acquiring land, and building joint ventures. Taylor has been instrumental in leading the company’s expansion into new ventures and development and looks at all disciplines of real estate to find the best use based on market conditions and social and economic changes. Prior to Peterson Companies Taylor was Senior Vice President, Investments at Regency Centers where he established the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast offices. During his eight years, he developed 11 centers valued at approximately $660 million and assisted in the acquisition of 140 centers. Taylor studied at California State University, Northridge. He serves on numerous philanthropic boards and committees including Joe Gibb’s Youth For Tomorrow, Fairfax County Sports Tourism Tax Force and mentors real estate students through ULI’s mentoring programs. He was recently appointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin as a member of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board of directors to help establish policy and provide direction to management for the operation of Dulles International and Reagan National Airports and the Dulles Toll Road. He served as ICSC’s State Director of Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia and has been a guest speaker for the GWU Real Estate Program. FUN FACT: While studying in California Taylor tried his hand at Hollywood and landed roles in popular television shows and movies like Dynasty, Matlock, Solid Gold and Space Balls to name a few. FAVORITE PROJECT: Creating new development opportunities. Once he’s achieved a goal, he looks forward to the next big thing.

  Peterson Companies

  President - Development

  Taylor Chess

  President - Development

  Peterson Companies

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  Jim Policaro

  James Policaro has more than 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, and is currently Senior Vice President of Development for Lerner Enterprises. Mr. Policaro is a founding member of the Tysons Partnership, and is responsible for the development of numerous mixed-use projects within Lerner’s portfolio, including The Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II.

  Lerner

  SVP

  Jim Policaro

  SVP

  Lerner

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  Susan Bourgeois

  Executive Director

  Rappaport

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  Donald Knutson

  CEO

  Knutson Companies

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  Peter Crowley

  Peter Crowley is a design leader and visionary of master planning and urban design projects across the globe. A storyteller at heart, Peter connects the story of a place to its design by understanding the client and their vision, then seamlessly blending it with the character of the land and the context of the place. He believes placemaking is the best way to connect with users and keep them coming back. By creating a satisfying design narrative of story behind the place, the nature of the brand may be communicated to the public. This approach results in creating uniquely branded places easily identifi able to their users. Currently, Peter is collaborating on teams designing over 15 million square feet of redevelopment along the Tysons corridor and Reston Silver Metro line in Northern Virginia. Peter established LandDesign’s Washington, D.C. offi ce in 1983 and is a partner and former president of the fi rm. As a design leader, he participates in multi-disciplinary teams domestically and internationally with the objective to create a balance between design aspiration and market forces. Peter is recognized by his peers as an industry thought leader and frequently participates in national planning studies for the Urban Land Institute. He acts as an advocate to align client needs with market conditions, to bring stakeholders together, to embrace and sustain the environment and to differentiate places by engaging users through the unique story of place. His dedication to creating memorable space and developing community through design has been an integral part of the fi rm’s development and the marketable success of his clients. Peter has used his design skills to craft a wide variety of compelling projects involving town planning, urban infi ll, mixed use, international resort and master planned communities.

  LandDesign

  PLA, Partner

  Peter Crowley

  PLA, Partner

  LandDesign

Future of Loudoun County

What Does the Recently Approved Comprehensive Plan Mean for Developers?

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  Hobie Mitchel

  Mr. Mitchel, the President/CEO of L.S Mitchel Development Group, has over 40 years experience in residential and commercial development. In the Washington metro area, Mr. Mitchel has developed over 20,000 mix residential units and 14 million square feet of non-residential uses in planned communities and various other subdivisions. Mr. Mitchel has also developed and redeveloped 2,000 rental multi-family units, luxury single-family homes, age restricted communities, office, retail and hotel developments all within the Washington metro area and the State of Florida.

  L.S Mitchel Development Group

  CEO

  Hobie Mitchel

  CEO

  L.S Mitchel Development Group

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  Buddy Rizer

  Buddy Rizer serves as the Executive Director for economic development in Loudoun County, Virginia, which was named the 2021 Economic Development Organization of the Year by the International Economic Development Council. He leads the agency responsible for encouraging growth and developing relationships with Loudoun’s business community in both the commercial and agricultural- based business sectors. During his tenure, Rizer and his team have attracted more than $65 billion in new commercial investment and more than 60 thousand new jobs. During this time, the growth in the commercial based has helped lower the tax rate in Loudoun by more than 48 cents on the dollar, saving residents thousands of dollars annually on their tax bill. Mr. Rizer has been named a Tech Titan eight times by Washingtonian Magazine (2017 – 2024), one of the 50 most influential Virginians six times by Virginia Business Magazine (2018 – 2023), a five-time member of Virginia’s Power 500 (2020 – 2024), and three times named to the Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 as one of the most influential businesspeople in Washington, DC (2020, 2022, 2023). In 2024, he was named as one of the 50 most influential people in Northern Virginia by Northern Virginia Magazine. Mr. Rizer is a Certified Economic Developer (CEcD), a certified Entrepreneurship Development Professional (EDP), has a master’s in business administration/economics from Longwood University and is a graduate of Virginia Tech's Local Government Management Graduate Program.

  Loudoun County Economic Development

  Executive Director

  Buddy Rizer

  Executive Director

  Loudoun County Economic Development

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  Tim Steffan

  Tim Steffan joined Comstock Holding Companies®, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHCI) (“Comstock” or “Company”) in early 2018 as Executive Vice President of Asset Management, Leasing & Development. Mr. Steffan is responsible for management of the asset management, leasing, and development operations of the Company. As a member of Comstock’s Executive Management Committee, Mr. Steffan has played a key role in the development and execution of Comstock’s strategic plan and the recent reshaping of its management team in support of the 2018 transformation of Comstock’s operations from for-sale homebuilding to commercial real estate development, asset management, and real estate related service provider. While leading by example, Mr. Steffan’s results oriented management style inspires teamwork, creativity, integrity, and a collaborative work environment.

  Comstock

  COO

  Tim Steffan

  COO

  Comstock

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  Mil “Flip” Wallen

  Flip Wallen is a 40-year DC Metro commercial real estate industry professional and is the founder of TRINITY Group Construction, Inc. Known for his years of expertise in areas such as office buildings, high- tech facilities, industrial and R&D buildings, tenant fit-out facilities, retail centers, and preconstruction services, Flip’s quality of work paid off for TRINITY, and more and more clients began to entrust the company with their multimillion dollar projects. Before its second year of operation, the company was awarded a $23 million project, and shortly thereafter, a $20 million build-to-suit facility, along with its first concrete-frame multistory project. In 2008, TRINITY was named one of Virginia’s Fastest Growing Companies – a testament to the loyal client base the company has developed under Flip’s leadership. Seventeen years after TRINITY’s founding, $600 Million in contracts, and over 1,600 completed projects later, Flip has become one of the most trusted voices for DC metro commercial development.

  TRINITY Group Construction

  CEO

  Mil “Flip” Wallen

  CEO

  TRINITY Group Construction

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  Andrew Painter

  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.

  Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh

  Shareholder

  Moderator

  Andrew Painter

  Shareholder

  Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh