Virtual Road to Richmond
December 18, 2014
Fairfax District Court/ Army Navy Country Club, 3315 Old Lee Hwy, Fairfax
LEADERSHIP FAIRFAX educates, prepares, inspires and connects leaders to serve and strengthen our community.
This Program Day is generously sponsored by:
7:30 – 7:45
8:00
Arrival (Army Navy Country Club) – park car in lower parking lot and board the bus
‘ON OUR WAY TO THE COURTHOUSE…’
[8:15-8:40 Courthouse security to gathering room (coffee available)]
8:40
Welcome and opening comments
Thomas W. Repczynski, LFI ’10, Attorney Offit Kurman
8:50
EYE ON THE JUDICIARY: Virginia’s Third Branch – 35 minute Break Out Sessions:
1. Courtroom panel discussion –
Moderated by Thomas W. Repczynski, LFI ’10, Attorney Offit Kurman
The Honorable Penney Azcarate, Chief Judge, General District Court for Fairfax
County
The Honorable Stanley P. Klein, Ret., The McGammon Group, former 19th Circuit
Court Judge for Fairfax County
Susan Earman, Attorney, Friedlander, Friedlander and Earman, P.C.
David Marks, President, Fairfax Bar Association
2. “Behind the Scenes” Courthouse Tour
Douglas Kay, President-Elect, Fairfax Bar Association
3. A “Live Look-in” on a Thursday morning General District and/or Circuit Court session
(or two!)
Heather Cooper, Cooper, Ginsberg Gray, PLLC
10:30
BREAK – Return to ANCC
11:00
COURT OBSERVATIONS
Thomas W. Repczynski, LFI ’10, Attorney Offit Kurman
11:30
Leadership Competency: INTEGRITY AND AUTHENTICITY
Colin Callahan, LFI ‘04
12:30
LUNCH
1:30
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND MORE
The Honorable Jay O’Brien, LFI ’95
2:00
Build-A-Bill
The Honorable Jay O’Brien, LFI ’95
3:30
BREAK
3:45
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH - Commonwealth of Virginia Legislators’ Panel
Tracy M. Baynard, Senior Vice President, Greater Washington Infrastructure, Economic
Development and Government Relations Services, McGuireWoods Consulting
The Honorable Janet D. Howell, Senator, 32nd District, Virginia Senate
The Honorable Jane Woods, Driftwoods Consulting
Moderated by the Honorable Jay O’Brien, LFI ‘95
4:45
HAPPY HOUR
6:00
Artie’s – More Happy Hour
sponsored by
A special thank you to Thomas W. Repczynski for his dedicated efforts in organizing this day,
and to Offit Kurman for sponsoring the end of day Happy Hour.
THOMAS W. REPCZYNSKI, PRINCIPAL
OFFIT KURMAN
PRACTICE AREAS:
Bankruptcy Restructuring
Real Estate Litigation And Title Claims Litigation
trepczynski@offitkurman.com
703.745.1801 Phone
703.745.1835 Facsimile
8000 Towers Crescent Drive; Suite 1450
Vienna, VA 22182
Tom Repczynski is an estates and trusts litigator, real estate litigation lawyer, and principal with Offit Kurman’s
Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group. A creditor-side bankruptcy attorney, Tom focuses his practice in
general commercial and civil litigation with an emphasis on fiduciary disputes, creditors' rights enforcement, and
real estate related matters of all types. Tom represents an array of lenders, businesses, and individual clients from
across the country in federal, bankruptcy, and state court and administrative proceedings with a broad range of
trust and estate (i.e. inheritance related) disputes and general business contract and tort issues. Tom's bankruptcy
related experience has most recently emphasized non-debtor spouse priority claim matters (advising and assisting
divorce/family law counsel), commercial landlord and Chapter 7 panel trustee representation, and includes more
than 16 years of preference claims defense, and other secured, unsecured, and priority creditor representation in
Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings with both local and national implications.
EDUCATION
• A.B., Dartmouth College, 1991
• J.D., George Mason University School of Law, 1996
POINTS OF DISTINCTION
Recently recognized among Virginia's top attorneys, Tom has been named to the 2014Super Lawyers® annual list
of Virginia Estate and Trust Litigation attorneys (June 2014). Additionally, Tom's work as a creditor's bankruptcy
attorney has been recognized on the SmartCEO® Legal Elite list (December 2010). He is a member of the
Leadership Fairfax Class of 2010, and is a past recipient of the Fairfax Bar Association's President's Award. Tom is a
past President of the Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association (NVBBA), having served as a member of the
NVBBA's Board of Directors for many years. Tom has served on both the Bar Liaison Committee to the Alexandria
Division of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) and the Local Bankruptcy
Rules Committee for the EDVA. Tom is a past president of the Ocean Sands South Property Owners Association in
Corolla, North Carolina, and a past chairman of his Fairfax County, Virginia, community association’s Architectural
Review Board. He has served as president and member of the board of directors of the Walter T. McCarthy Law
Library in Arlington, Virginia; and is a past chairman of the FBA's Library Committee with oversight responsibilities
for the Fairfax Public Law Library.
ACTIVITIES
Tom was reelected in June 2014 to the Fairfax Bar Association (FBA) Board of Directors and currently serves the
FBA as Treasurer, Chairman of both the Budget Committee and Reserves Task Force and as a member of the
Investment Committee. He is a former Assistant Scoutmaster and currently serves as Committee Chairman of Boy
Scout Troop 688 (Fairfax Station, VA). Tom calls balls and strikes for the West Springfield Little League as a
member of the Virginia Umpire's Association. Additionally, Tom is a member of the DC chapter of the Dartmouth
Entrepreneurial Network and a class officer for his Dartmouth alumni class.
PRIOR WORK
Tom worked as the staff aide to the president of the National Insurance Crime Bureau and its predecessor, the
Insurance Crime Prevention Institute, prior to receiving his law degree.
The Honorable Penney Azcarate, Chief Judge
General District Court for Fairfax County
The Honorable Penney Sue Azcarate is the Chief Judge on the General District Court.
Penney Sue Wilson attended Old Dominion University on a Naval ROTC scholarship, graduating with a B.S. in
administration of justice in 1988. While at ODU, Wilson also met her future husband, Eddy Azcarate.
After graduating from ODU, Azcarate was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps and served four years
as an officer, eventually reaching the rank of captain. She then joined the Marine Corps Reserves, and would
eventually retire at the rank of major.
Azcarate next attended George Mason University Law School, graduating in 1998.
Azcarate worked for the American Prosecutors Research Institute as a staff attorney until 2000, when she joined
the Commonwealth's Attorney's office in 2000 as an assistant Commonwealth's attorney.
In January 2005, Azcarate joined the law firm of Briglia and Hundley.
In 2008, Azcarate joined the bench of the Fairfax County General District Court.
Judge Azcarate became the Chief Judge of the General District Court in January 2014, replacing judge Donald P.
McDonough.
Honorable Stanley P. Klein (Ret.)
Stanley P. Klein, who served as a judge of the Fairfax County Circuit Court for 18 years, currently serves
as Senior Counsel at Blankingship & Keith, P.C. and as a neural for The McCammon Group conducting
mediations and arbitrations. During his tenure on the bench, Mr. Klein also served on the Judicial
Conference of Virginia’s Executive Committee, Probation and Parole Committee, and Rules Advisory
Committee. Until recently, Mr. Klein also taught classes at George Mason University School of Law and
the Washington College of Law at American University.
Before his full-time appointment to the bench, Mr. Klein had a broad-based practice in both civil and
criminal law from 1975 to 1992. He was a Substitute Judge in the District Courts from 1983 to 1992 and
also served as a Commissioner in Chancery for the Fairfax County Circuit Court for approximately 10
years. Mr. Klein received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in
1972 Center in 1975.and his Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law.
Mr. Klein is one of thirty judges and lawyers chosen by Virginia Lawyers' Weekly as "Leaders in the Law
for 2014".
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Judge, 19th Circuit Court, Fairfax County, 1992-2010.
Commissioner in Chancery, Fairfax Circuit Court, 1988-1992.
Former Partner, Klein & Greenspun.
Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia.
Former Member, Boyd-Graves Conference.
Member, George Mason Inn of Court, Emeritus.
Current or former Member, Virginia State Bar, District of Columbia Bar, and Maryland State Bar
Association.
Current or former Member, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Virginia Association of Defense
Attorneys, Virginia Bar Association, and Fairfax Bar Association.
Former Chair, Virginia State Bar, Standing Committee on Professionalism.
Former Member, Executive Committee, Judicial Conference of Virginia.
Former Adjunct Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law.
Former Adjunct Professor of Law, American University, Washington College of Law.
Former Member, Board of Directors, Temple B’Nai Shalom, 2000-2010.
EDUCATION
Georgetown University, J.D.
State University of New York, B.A.
SUSAN FRIEDLANDER EARMAN
515 Greenwich Street ● Falls Church ●Virginia 22046
H: 703 538-5528 sueearman@verizon.net
PROFILE
Susan is an accomplished attorney with 21 years of experience. She has a strong background in residential
and commercial real estate, including sales and leasing transactions, landlord tenant law, land use and
zoning, and also regularly handles traffic matters and misdemeanors. Susan has a proven ability in litigation in
the General District Courts and Circuit Courts of Virginia.
EXPERIENCE
Friedlander, Friedlander & Earman P.C.,
Partner2003 – Present
Associate
1993- 2003
The family firm has extensive experience in real estate transactions and real estate litigation. In addition, they
have vast experience in handling business transactions and litigation of a wide variety. The firm handles the
formation of corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and their agreements, including buying
and selling businesses, reviewing and negotiating of the leases for those businesses, and the paperwork and
negotiations associated with it as well as litigating disputes.
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Handle residential and commercial real estate and business transactions, land use, zoning, civil
litigation.
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Manage all aspects of the cases from client intake to litigation or settlement.
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Maintain close relationship with clients.
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Develop and negotiate leases for both landlords and tenants
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Extensive litigation experience in Virginia State Courts, with weekly landlord tenant dockets in the
metropolitan counties and cities.
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Petitioned local governments for variance requests, special exceptions, and special use permits.
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Defend traffic citations and criminal misdemeanors.
Substitute Judge for the Virginia General District Courts November 2012 to Present
Falls Church City Board of Zoning Appeals January 1999 to 2009
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Served as Chairman in 2006 and 2007, Served as Vice Chairman 2005 and 2004
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Presided over all hearings, zoning requests, petitions, and appeals of zoning administrator
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Interpreted zoning code and advise staff of legislative issues with Zoning Code
Falls Church Planning Commissioner Fall of 1993 to December 1998
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Served as Vice Chairman for 1998
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Reviewed commercial and residential site plans, special use permit applications, and
recommendations on variance applications.
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Deliberated and recommended Capital Improvement Plans for The City of Falls Church
EDUCATION
George Mason University School of Law
Juris Doctor, 1993
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Arts – Mathematics, 1987
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
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President of Lee-Graham Corporation from 2005 through 2008, Board member 2003-present
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Board of Directors, Arlington Bar 2012- 2014
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Board of Directors, McLean Bar Association 2001-2012, 2014- present
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George Mason High School PTA President 2011-2012
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Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School PTA President 2007- 2008
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Falls Church Elementary PTA President 2002-2003
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Current member of GMHS PTSA, Band and Athletic Boosters
David Marks, Attorney
David Lyndon Marks was born in Fairfax Hospital, grew up in Annandale and currently resides in Fairfax, Virginia.
Mr. Marks attended Annandale High School before graduating from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg,
Virginia in 1994, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He then received his juris doctor in 1997 from
the T.C. Williams School of Law of the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia.
Following graduation from law school, Mr. Marks was first employed by the law firm of Brandt, Jennings, Roberts,
Davis & Snee, PLLC in Falls Church, Virginia, specializing in Insurance Defense and Plaintiff's Civil Litigation. To
better serve his clients and to practice the type of law that helps those have been injured, Mr. Marks founded his
own firm in 2004 concentrating solely on Plaintiff's Personal Injury Law and Medical Malpractice.
Mr. Marks has been a member of the Virginia Bar since 1998, the District of Columbia Bar since 1999 and the
Maryland Bar since 2004. He is admitted to practice in all Virginia State trial and appellate Courts, the U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the Superior Court and
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the U.S. District Court of Maryland.
Mr. Marks is very active in the Fairfax Bar Association, having served on the Board of Directors since 2007. Mr.
Marks has been elected as President of the Fairfax Bar Association for the 2014-2015 term. He began his service
with the Young Lawyers Section of the Fairfax Bar Association since 2002 and served as President of the Young
Lawyers Section and, as such, was an ex officio member of the Fairfax Bar Association Board of Directors for 2004
and 2005. Mr. Marks was been a member of the Pro Bono Advisory Committee of the Fairfax Bar Association from
2000 to 2007 and served as Co-Chairperson of the Committee from 2003 to 2006. In recognition of his efforts with
the Fairfax Bar Association, Mr. Marks was honored to have received in 2005 the FBA President's Award for
Outstanding Services.
Mr. Marks is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial
Lawyers of America, the Maryland State Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association. He has been
requested as a speaker at Continuing Legal Education Seminars, including the Personal Injury Seminar sponsored
by the Fairfax Bar Association.
Mr. Marks was profiled in Virginia Lawyers Weekly as an "Up and Coming Lawyer." Mr. Marks has been honored
to be selected by Richmond Magazine as a Top Young Attorney in Virginia. He has also been named as a “Super
Lawyer Rising Star,” every year since 2010. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more
than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The
Rising Stars represents only 2.5% of the attorneys in the Commonwealth.
Mr. Marks has received an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating in both legal ability and
ethical standards. It is the pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a strenuous Peer Review Rating
process.
Mr. Marks enjoys spending time with his wife, trying to keep up with his three active children, coaching their
soccer teams and venturing out for an occasional round of golf.
Douglas Kay, Principal
Business Litigation
dkay@offitkurman.com
Phone: 703.745.1810
Fax: 703.745.1835
8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 1450
Tysons Corner, VA 22182
Douglas Kay possesses a broad range of practical experience to assist clients in reaching business and
litigation resolutions for their most threatening and difficult problems. He has represented a wide variety
of clients from individuals to publicly traded corporations and small businesses. His cases run the gamut
of complexity from relatively simple breach of contract and employment litigation matters to the most
complicated commercial litigation cases involving allegations of contract breach, business conspiracy,
tortious interference with prospective economic advantage and misappropriation of trade secrets.
Mr. Kay is particularly skilled in diagnosing and solving problems in their earliest stages and has a proven
track record of avoiding costly and unnecessary litigation. However, he is calm and experienced when
confronted with a matter that must be resolved in a court of law, administrative hearing or through
alternative dispute resolution. He strives to reach the best result for his client's problems. Mr. Kay
understands the issues that clients face when confronted with employment, executive compensation
and business disputes and when partners, stockholders, and investors decide to part ways.
Mr. Kay is also an accomplished criminal defense attorney who appreciates the concerns of his clients
and has the skill and experience to navigate acceptable plea negotiations when appropriate, and, when
plea negotiations fail, he has the ability and trial experience to obtain the best possible result. He
regularly represents individuals charged with everything from simple traffic matters to the most serious
felony offenses in state and federal courts.
Additionally, Mr. Kay vigorously represents the interests of seriously injured people.
EDUCATION
J.D., California Western School of Law, 1992
B.A., Virginia Tech, 1989
ACTIVITIES
Mr. Kay is currently serving as the President-Elect of the Fairfax Bar Association (“FBA”). In addition to
serving on the FBA’s Board for several years, in the past, he has served as chairman of the Legislative
Affairs Committee and served on the Judicial Screening Committee.
PREVIOUS WORK
While in law school, Mr. Kay was commissioned an officer in the United States Navy. Upon completion of
law school, Mr. Kay served on active duty as a Judge Advocate at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. He
then worked as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for Fairfax County. Thereafter, Mr. Kay worked
at a large firm focusing in complex civil litigation. He was also a named partner at firm based in Tysons
Corner, Virginia where he focused on civil litigation and criminal defense
HEATHER A. COOPER
Fairfax Divorce Attorney
Heather A. Cooper is one of three founding partners in the Fairfax law firm of Cooper Ginsberg Gray
PLLC, where she practices in divorce and family law. She attended George Mason University, where she
earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications in 1990, and her Juris Doctor degree in 1994. Ms.
Cooper enjoys an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, has been designated among the area's
"Top Divorce Lawyers" by Washingtonian Magazine and Northern Virginia Magazine and was also
included in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions of The Best Lawyers in America. She recently joined the
faculty of the “Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course,” and served on the Secretary of Health and
Human Resources Child Support Guidelines Review Panel which was instrumental in the passage of new
child support guidelines for the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2014. She served on the 5th District
Committee (Section II) of the Virginia State Bar from 2004 to 2010, serving as vice chair from 2007 to
2008, and chair from 2008 to 2009. Ms. Cooper has conducted continuing legal education seminars for
other attorneys and paralegals on topics including drafting and challenging premarital agreements,
implementation of new child support guidelines, division of military retirement benefits upon divorce,
litigation of custody issues and enforceability of marital agreements.
COLIN CALLAHAN
MANAGING PARTNER, COLIN CALLAHAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC
Colin Callahan is the founder and managing partner of Colin Callahan & Associates, LLC, a leadership development,
executive coaching, and organizational consulting firm based in Northern Virginia. Colin specializes in working
with leaders and teams through the transition and change they need to maximize effective performance and
growth.
Colin has over 30 years of progressive business management experience in leadership development, information
technology management, customer service and strategic planning. He has been a principal in a successful
leadership development and financial consulting firm, and vice president with a large technical services company
having responsibility for financial and project management, strategic planning, and P&L operations in support of
EPA, GSA, DOJ, and the Department of Treasury.
Prior starting his firm, Colin has headed the Booz Allen Hamilton Strategic Business Intelligence (SBI) Information
and Education team and the Frontline Leadership initiative where he was responsible for managing the SBI
Knowledge Center and launching the firm-wide Frontline Leadership initiative. Before, Booz Allen, Colin was a
principal of Northward Leadership and Development, focusing on executive coaching, team and leadership
development. He also has held the position of Director of Knowledge Management for a Northern Virginia
telecommunications firm pioneering the use of speech recognition technology and served as Vice President of
Network Consulting Services for DynCorp.
The Honorable Jay O’Brien, LFI Class of ’95
West Point graduate, 1973
University of Oklahoma Masters in Public Administration, 1978
US Army Active Duty, 1973-1978
US Army Reserve, 1978-2006
VA House of Delegates, 1992-2002
VA State Senate, 2002-2008
Self-Employed in the office furniture industry,1988-present.
Contact information:
Cell: 703-622-5579
Tracy M. Baynard
Senior Vice President, Greater Washington Infrastructure,
Economic Development and Government Relations Services
Tracy joined McGuireWoods Consulting in 1998. She successfully represents private sector clients in
the areas of transportation planning, funding and policy; public-private partnership and innovative
procurement; education policy; technology policy; and land use and economic development before
state and local governments.
She is an integral part of the McGuireWoods Consulting team that has established industry coalitions
that worked along side members of the Virginia General Assembly and the Executive Branch to create
the current legal structure for public-private partnerships and innovative financing in the
Commonwealth of Virginia. She has worked on a number of Public-Private Transportation Act and
Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act projects and proposals throughout Virginia,
and continues to advise clients on proposal preparation and project identification. Her clients have
successfully competed to provide parking decks; public education facilities; higher education facilities;
regional jails; public safety centers; an agreement to re-engineer enterprise IT applications for state
government; and several transportation projects throughout the Commonwealth.
Prior to joining McGuireWoods Consulting, Tracy served at the Greater Washington Board of Trade
where she directed the Board's lobbying efforts at the Virginia General Assembly. Over her 12-year
tenure at the Board of Trade, she managed policy development and implementation strategies on
transportation, tax, technology, land use, workforce development and economic development
matters.
Tracy serves on several boards of directors including those for the Loudoun County Chamber of the
Commerce and the Prince William Chamber of Commerce. She co-chairs the Public Policy Committee
for the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce. Tracy graduated from The College of William and
Mary.
Senator Janet D. Howell
Democrat-District 32
Capitol Office
Senate of Virginia
P.O. Box 396
Richmond, VA 23218
Email: district32@senate.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 698-7532
Fax: (804) 698-7651
Room No: 321
District Office
P.O. Box 2608
Reston, VA 20195-0608
Email: SenHowell@gmail.com
Phone: (703) 709-8283
Committees
Courts of Justice
Education and Health
Finance
Privileges and Elections
Rules
Legislation Sponsored
Chief Patron
Chief Co-Patron
Co-Patron
32nd District
Arlington County (Part); Fairfax County (Part)
Biographical Information
Born in Washington, D.C.; May 07, 1944; educated at Oberlin College (B.A.); The University of Pennsylvania
(M.A.); Member of Senate: 1992-.
JANE WOODS
State Health Policy and Community Development Liaison
College of Health and Human Services
MS:2G7 · 4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 ·
703-993-1901
Jane Woods opened her own consulting company, Driftwoods Consulting, LLC, in January of 2006 upon
completing a four-year term as Virginia’s Secretary of Health and Human Resources with Governor Mark
R. Warner. Woods also joined the College of Health and Human Services, Department for Health
Administration and Policy at George Mason University in 2006. Prior to 2006, Woods served in the
Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia State Senate where she chaired the Senate Committee on
Education and Health. Woods’s work in the legislature also included serving as Vice Chair of the Joint
Commission on Health Care as well as numerous other commissions and joint committees.
Before serving in the legislature, Woods taught in the public schools for almost 20 years. Her community
work has spanned from political campaigns to Associate Director of Virginia Girls State; Board member of
the Virginia Health Quality Center; Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts (Immediate Past President); Advisory
Board, Prevent Child Abuse Virginia; the Fairfax Futures and the NoVaScriptsCentral boards; the
AMERIGROUP National Advisory Board and the executive committee of the National Capital Area Council
of the Boy Scouts of America.
Woods graduated from American University (1968) with a BA in education and has managed a small
commercial real estate management company in addition to her work in health care policy and
education. Her graduate work is in education administration, law and business administration.