Leadership
Executive Committee members of the Lyon Village Citizens Association (LVCA) are volunteers who meet monthly to represent the approximately 2,500 residents in our neighborhood before the County government, developers and businesses on issues such as zoning, crime, traffic calming, and parks. In addition, the Executive Committee plans annual events such as the December Holiday party, the Easter Egg Hunt and the 4th of July Parade and Picnic. A separate board manages the Community House and plans the annual Spaghetti Dinner.
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H.K. Park President 202-863-7206 hkpark100 at hotmail.com |
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H.K. is a Vice President at The Cohen Group, a business consulting firm, and is an appointed member of the Arlington County Economic Development Commission. Previously, he was a policy advisor in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. H.K. is married to Sarah Lee, a former ABC news television reporter, and has two young children. He bikes to work from his home on 18th Street and also volunteers for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. |
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Jim Lantelme Executive Vice President 703-618-4315 jatel at me.com |
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Jim and his wife, Ruth Amberg, are 25 year residents of L.V. having watched the Clarendon area change from used car lots and Sears to the current mix of stores and restaurants. Their daughter Anna was in the 4th of July parade every year. Jim is a native New Yorker and is an Assistant General Counsel with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. In addition to the LVCA, he is an Alternate Delegate to the Arlington Civic Federation. Send your updates to the L.V. Directory to him! |
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Don Gay Second Vice President 703-283-0784 dgay at fairwaymc.com |
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Don has been a resident of L.V. since 2001 and has delivered the Bulletin for over 5 years. He is also a Registered Volunteer with Arlington County. Don has been in the financial services industry for over 20 years and is the Branch Manager and Sr. Loan Officer for Fairway Independent Mortgage in Tysons Corner, where he arranges residential mortgages. He and his wife Amelia and son Clive live on Highland St. |
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Bill Wooten Third Vice President 703-527-0378 1bill2 at comcast.net |
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Bill and his wife Ingrid have lived in L.V. since 1978. He is a retired civil servant, formally employed by the U.S. Department of Education. Since retirement he has been active as an assistant to Ingrid in her real estate endeavors, cycled across the U.S., and played his trumpet and volunteered for his church. |
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Lorraine Nordlinger Recording Secretary 703-248-0280 lbnordlinger at aol.com |
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Lorraine is the Vice President/Corporate Secretary of Nordlinger Associates, an award-winning strategic consulting firm. She previously worked for the American Red Cross’ Biomedical Services Headquarters as Sales Training Manager/Sales Operations Manager for 80 hospital sales representatives nationally. She is a Flotilla Staff Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary (Department of Homeland Security), a Daisy Girl Scout Troop Leader, and lives on N. Johnson. |
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Adam Kernan-Schloss Bulletin Editor 703-527-6584 Adam at KSAPlus.com |
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Adam founded and owns KSA-Plus Communications, a boutique consulting firm that is the nation’s leader in communicating about school reform issues. He has lived in L.V. since 1987, served with the LVCA once before, and was an Arlington Schools parent activist in the 90s. He’s a graduate of Leadership Arlington Class of 2000. He and his wife Lucy live on Key Blvd. with their Maine coon cat and, from time to time, their four children. |
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Michelle Villado Webmaster 571-215-9638 michelle at villado.com |
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Michelle has lived in L.V. since 2006 and is a stay-at-home mom. On any given day you will find her walking around the neighborhood with her kids from park, to store, and to playdate enjoying all that our great neighborhood has to offer. |
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Carl Mattick Treasurer 703-525-0819 cmattick at cmattick.com |
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Carl has lived in L.V. since 1988. He became active in L.V. issues in the early 90’s with the advent of the first bar-restaurants adjacent to his home on Fillmore St., working with LVCA and the County Board to restrict hours of operation, live music and dancing and with bar owners to provide noise abatement and police presence. This is Carl’s eighth year as LVCA Treasurer. He has also served as an L.V. liaison on parking issues and in the Clarendon Live Entertainment Neighborhood Advisory Group. He has often lobbied the County Board to help steer L.V.-friendly development during Clarendon’s amazing 20-year transition. Carl is a retired Civil Engineer. |
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Bill Gearhart Assistant Treasurer 703-522-2276 bill at wgearhart.com |
Bill has been involved in neighborhood activities since 1979. He has served twice as LVCA president, most recently from 2001- 2005. He served as president of the Clarendon Alliance and has been L.V.’s representative since the late 1990s. Bill is also a past president of the Arlington County Civic Federation and for many years was chair or co-chair of the Federation's planning and zoning committee. He also served as an L.V. representative on all three County task forces relating to the Clarendon Sector Plan. Bill is currently the Chairman of the Arlington County Transportation Commission, an advisory body to the County Board on transportation-related matters. Bill is Senior Counsel in the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission. | |
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Caroline Holt Community Events Coordinator 202-468-6104 walsh2holt at gmail.com |
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A resident of 17th Street since 2006, this is Caroline’s third year with the LVCA. She has three small children and is passionate about parks, schools and building a Rockwell-esque community. Outside of our community, Caroline is a sales trainer and sales manager, coaches triathlon for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program, teaches Sunday school at All Souls Church and occasionally sees her fantastic husband, Ben, an attorney at Hogan Lovell's. |
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Barbara Smith Community Events Coordinator barbara.a.smithdc at gmail.com 571.970.3684 |
Barbara moved to LV in 2007 from Paris, where she worked for an international organization. She is currently a chief economist with the Social Security Administration. Barbara shares her 1930's Cape Cod with her husband, Ron, and their 10 cats. | |
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Martha Moore Historian 703-527-3782 martha.moore at verizon.net |
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Martha has owned and operated a firm that provides training and performance programs to many of the largest U.S. and international companies for more than 30 years. She has held many leadership positions in Arlington, including being a former president of the LVCA. Martha currently also serves as the Co-Chairman of the Arlington Civic Federation's Planning & Zoning Committee. |
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Ruth Boyer O’Dea Clerk of the Association 703-338-2277 rboyer at mris.com |
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While attending Georgetown University, Ruth cycled through L.V. and hoped to live in the neighborhood in the future. Nearly 20 years later, Ruth and her husband, Francis, bought a bungalow with a wide front porch on Custis Rd. Living in L.V. since 2005, they have volunteered for many neighborhood events. Ruth is entering her third year with the LVCA and second year on the L.V. Community House Committee. Ruth is a real estate agent with American Realty Group in Arlington. |
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John Carten Immediate Past President 202-906-3890 jmc at amtrak.com |
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John and his wife Gail have lived in Lyon Village since 1984. They have four children. John has served twice as LVCA president and acting president, most recently from 2008- 2010 as well as holding a number of other offices with the LVCA through the years. He has served on a number of L.V. sub-committees including the Neighborhood Conservation Committee. He has also served on the L.V. Community House Board. He has been a member of the Arlington Transit Advisory Committee since 2003 and currently serves as its Chairman. John is Director - Board Liaison for Amtrak. |
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Loria Porcaro At Large Delegate 703-516-4416 loriap at att.net |
Loria and her husband Michael have lived in LV since 2006. She works for a boutique engineering-consulting firm in McLean that specializes in the defense, intelligence, and homeland security arenas. Loria first began her community support by volunteering for events such as the 4th of July parade and Spaghetti Dinner. In 2011 Loria decided to expand her participation to include membership in the Executive Committee. | |
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Miles Mason At Large Delegate 202-663-8195 miles.mason at pillsburylaw.com |
Miles is a partner in the communications group of the law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, specializing in television and radio broadcasting transactions. Previously he was a partner in the Washington, DC communications firm of Fisher Wayland Cooper Leader & Zaragoza and before that an associate at Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine in New York City. Miles has lived on 18th Street since 2003 with his wife Lara Johnson and 2 young sons, who do all they can to keep him younger and age him at the same time. | |
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Shelly Snook Neighborhood ConservationAdvisory Comm. 703-243-1302 sheldon_snook at dcd.uscourts.gov |
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Shelly has represented L.V. on the Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee since 2007. Prior to that, he served as Block Captain for the N. Hudson St. Neighborhood Conservation Project, and represented L.V. for the 13th Street beautification project. Shelly is the chief of staff at the U.S. District Court in DC. He, along with his wife and three children, moved into a circa 1911 Victorian house in the 1400 block of N. Hudson in 2002. |
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Jackie Snelling Civic Federation Delegate 703-243-0905 jts3147 at verizon.net |
Jackie Snelling has been an LV resident since 1982. She serves as the Chair of the Civic Federation’s Preparedness Subcommittee, a committee she founded to strengthen Arlington’s preparedness for all disasters. She is currently appointed by the County Board to serve on the Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission representing the Civic Federation. Jackie’s service as LVCA’s delegate to the Civic Federation follows over 25 years of public service and advocacy related to improving Arlington schools and county. Jackie works for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. | |
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Mileva Hartman Civic Federation Delegate 703-841-9287 milevahartman at hotmail.com |
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Mileva and her husband Richard have been L.V. residents since 1984. She is a retired U.S. Navy Captain, and more recently retired from the National Science Foundation. Mileva is active in numerous civic and county activities, including the League of Women Voters, service as Membership Chair of the Arlington County Civic Federation, and is Board-appointed member of the County's Neighborhood Traffic Calming Committee. |
| Martha Moore, Civic Federation Delegate Bill Gearhart, Civic Federation Delegate |
See above. See above. |
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| Jim Lantelme, Civic Federation Alternate John Carten, Civic Federation Alternate Warren Nelson, Civic Federation Alternate H.K. Park, Civic Federation Alternate |










