| Blackwell,
McKee, Watts Win |
By Sabrina Enayatulla
Observer Staff Writer |
| The votes were in Tuesday for Reston Association's two At-Large
Director Seat Positions and one South Lakes District Director
Seat. RA incumbent President Jennifer Blackwell was re-elected
to an at-large position with just over 5,000 votes and on
Wednesday, RA board members re-elected Blackwell as RA president.
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| Blackwell's term as an at-large director was reinstated
for three years and her term at president for one. Blackwell
said she was excited and relieved to be re-elected given all
the controversy and negative reactions over the governing
documents and said she looks forward to another challenging
year. Adding, that she is hoping for less meetings. |
| The coming year will include revising the strategic vision
for the next five years, a management review of the covenants
administration and long term goals for parks and recreation.
Mark Watts took the second at-large position with more than
3,500 votes. At Wednesday's meeting, Watts was elected as
RA board secretary. |
| Watts said he was happy to learn of his win but said he
was confident that whomever the community chose would be the
best candidate for the second at-large position. |
| Watts said he was pleased to know that his community placed
enough trust in him to hold the position for the next three
years. |
| Watts' area of expertise is in finance. He is a CPA at a
Reston-based firm and said he is looking forward to helping
RA with its long term financial planning. |
| Watts said he is also going to use his strengths to help
RA explore the possibility of purchasing a building rather
than continuing to lease the facility they currently use.
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| Kathleen Driscoll McKee ran for the South Lakes' seat and
narrowly beat Gerald Volloy by only about 200 votes. McKee
said she was surprised she won because there had been no indicators
as to where each candidate stood during the election. |
| McKee serves on the RA Parks and Recreations committee and
said she hopes to continue her work with Parks and Recreations
in a different capacity. McKee said she is excited to join
a board she feels is "compatible" and will continue her other
volunteer work while she in on the RA board. |
| McKee is currently on a leave of absence from her position
on Supervisor Cathy Hudgins' staff and said she will speak
with Supervisor Hudgins later this week. |
