Board of Directors

Anne Gambardella - Chair

Richmond
Member Since: 2007
Current Term: 2007-2009

Gambardella is a director of legislative and legal affairs for the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association.

Jay Smith - Vice Chair/Secretary

Richmond
Member Since: 2009
Current Term: 2009-2011

Smith ia a partner in Capital Results, a Richmond-based public affairs firm.

Steve Haner - Treasurer

Chesterfield
Member Since: 2007
Current Term: 2007-2009

Haner is state government affairs manager for Northrop Grumman Newport News. Haner has worked in politics in many capacities, including a newspaper reporter and Republican Caucus staffer.

Roland Gunn

Fairfax County
Member Since: 2008
Current Term: 2008-2010

Gunn is vice president for government affairs for the Peterson Companies, a real estate development and management company based in Fairfax.

Keith Hare

Richmond
Member Since: 2008
Current Term: 2008-2010

Hare manages government relations for the Medical Society of Virginia, a trade association for physicians.

Frosty Landon

Roanoke
Member Since: 1997
Current Term: 2007-2009

Landon is the retired executive director of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government, which lobbies for open access to government information. He is former executive editor of The Roanoke Times.

Martin Johnson

Richmond
Member Since: 2009
Current Term: 2009-2011

Johnson ia a lobbyist with FutureLaw LLC and a former staff lobbyist with the Virginia Association of Realtors.

Anne Leigh Kerr

Richmond
Member Since: 2009
Current Term: 2009-2011

Kerr, an attorney, is a lobbyist with Troutman Sanders.

Paul Liberty

Springfield
Member Since: 2008
Current Term: 2008-2010

Liberty is vice president for corporate affairs and investor relations for GTSI, a publicly traded technology company based in Northern Virginia.

Jeff Merriman

Richmond
Member Since: 2009
Current Term: 2009-2011

Merriman is a community affairs manager with Verizon.

Stewart Schwartz

Alexandria
Member Since: 2004
Current Term: 2007-2009

Schwartz, an attorney, is executive director of the Coalition for Smarter Growth based in Washington, D.C. He is an officer is the U.S. Naval Reserves.