The Board of Directors
Members of the Chamber elect the Board of Directors to formulate Chamber policies. Twelve members are elected to the Board of Directors each year to serve three-year terms. In addition, the Chairman-Elect appoints up to eight additional board members to serve one-year terms. The Executive Committee exercises the powers of the board. The Executive Committee consists of the officers of the Chamber: the Chairman, the Chairman-Elect, the two past Chairmen, five Vice Chairmen, the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, and the President. The highest elected officer of the Chamber is the Chairman of the Board. 

2009 Executive Committee

Ellen Rainey, Chair, Hamilton College
Phil Keating, Chair-Elect, Bean, Kinney, & Korman, P.C.
Doug Brammer, Treasurer, Verizon
Deborah Johnson, Assistant Treasurer, Dominion
Greta Menard, Vice Chair - Communications Division, Capital Marcom
Scott McCaffrey, Vice Chair - Economic Development & Government Affairs Division, Sun Gazette Newspapers
Gordon Thrall, Vice Chair - Member Affairs Division, Guernsey Office Products
Karolyn Stuver, Vice Chair - Membership Development, KBR
Michael Foster, Vice Chair - Special Interests Division, MTFA Architecture, Inc.
Margaret McKeough, Past Chair, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Barbara Nicastro, Past Chair, The Law Offices of Barbara Nicastro
Richard V. Doud, Jr., President and Secretary, Arlington Chamber of Commerce

2009 Board of Directors

Susan Anderson, Clarendon Alliance, Inc.
Steve Barto, Steve Barto-Wachovia Securities
Doug Brammer, Verizon         
Robert Bushkoff, Dittmar Company
John Constant, Buck & Associates
David DeCamp, Grubb & Ellis
JR Diffee, Colony House                                                                                             Chris Domes, Marymount University
Richard V. Doud, Jr. Arlington Chamber of Commerce                                        Michael Foster, MTFA Architecture, Inc.
Nancy Goodman, Main Event Caterers
Brian Gordon, Apartment and Office Building Association
Bob Hawthorne, United Bank
Bill Holmes, American Painting & Janitorial Co., Inc.
Tim Hughes, Bean Kinney & Korman, P.C.
Todd Ihrig, H.D. Vest Investment Services
Mark Ingrao, AspenStrategies
Deborah Johnson, Dominion                                                                                Sonia Johnston, John Marshall Bank                                                                         Philip M. Keating, Bean Kinney & Korman, P.C.
Scott McCaffrey, Sun Gazette Newspapers
Robert McCoy, Virginia Commerce Bank
Margaret McKeough, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Greta Menard, Capital Marcom
Darren Montgomery, Washington Capitals
John Murphy, Washington Workplace
Barbara Nicastro, The Law Offices of Barbara E. Nicastro
Brian Nicholson, Kettler
Joe Prentice, State Department Federal Credit Union
Ellen Rainey, Hamilton College
*COL Laura J. Richardson, Fort Myer Military Community (liaison to the Board)
Deidre Schexnayder, Vornado/Charles E. Smith
Marie Schuler, COMCAST Cable Communications
Kevin Shooshan, The Shooshan Company
Robert Smith, Arlington Public Schools
John Snedden, ROCKLANDS Barbeque and Grilling                                               Adrian Stanton, Virginia Hospital Center                                                                  Scott Sterling, The IDI Group Companies
Michael Sternberg, Enovo Restaurant Ventures, LLC
Karolyn Stuver, KBR
Gordon Thrall, Guernsey Office Products
Marc Tohir, PNC Bank
Brenda Turner, Arlington Virginia Federal Credit Union
Nan Walsh, Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, Emrich & Walsh
Alison Wertzler, Clark Ventures and Clark Construction
Jim Whelan, The ProActive Corporation of America, Inc.
Jim Whittaker, Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization
Patricia Williamson, WETA
Todd Yeatts, The Boeing Company