Mayor Euille began his business career as an accountant with an Alexandria construction company in 1972, and within eight years, he advanced to Vice President/Controller, ultimately having responsibility for all contracting, financial and administrative functions.

A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Mayor Euille graduated from T.C. Williams High School and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut in 1972.

The Mayor is active in community affairs in Alexandria and Washington, DC. His dedicated involvement includes the William D. Euille Foundation, which he founded in 1994; the Alexandria Boys and Girls Club; the American Heart Association; 1998-2000 Chairman of the Alexandria United Way Campaign; INOVA Hospital Health System Board; Hopkins House Association; 2001 Chairman of the NOVA Urban League Board of Directors; Alexandria Community Trust; and the Scholarship Fund of Alexandria. He is a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Alexandria.

He is also active in business and construction industry organizations such as the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce; the US Chamber of Commerce; National Association of Minority Contractors; Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc; and the NOVA Building Industry Association.

Mayor Euille has received many major awards and honors, such as the 1994 Entrepreneur of the Year from the Virginia NAACP (The Mayor was the inaugural winner of this award); Who's Who in the East; Who's Who in America; 1995 Community Service Award from the Hopkins House Association; Outstanding Young Men of America Award; 1996 Blue Chip Award from the US Chamber of Commerce; the 1996 Entrepreneur of the Year from the Washington Post and Ernst & Young, LLP; the 1996 Small Business Person of the Year from the US Small Business Administration; and community service awards from the Alexandria NAACP (1996), Northern Virginia Urban League, Inc. (1997), Alexandria Chamber of Commerce (1997), and the Alexandria Sportsman Club (1998); Philanthropist of the Year 2000 from the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce; SBA's Graduate of the Year Award in 2000; Education Association of Alexandria's "Whole Village Award" (2001); and the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year (2001).

Mayor Euille was elected to a three-year term on the Alexandria City Council in May, 1994. He was re-elected in May, 1997 (Vice Mayor) and in May, 2000. He was elected the City's first African-American Mayor in May, 2003 and was re-elected Mayor in May, 2006 and 2009. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority; the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA); the Alexandria Pension Study Committee; and the Local Emergency Planning Commission. He is Chairman of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) and President of the Virginia Transit Authority (VTA). Additionally, he is Chairman of the Alexandria Youth Policy Commission and serves on the Governor's Council on Virginia's Future.

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Vice Mayor Kerry Donley was elected to the Alexandria City Council in 2009. His election marks his second stint on City Council as he was first elected in 1988. Kerry served as Mayor of Alexandria from 1996 to 2003, and he was Vice Mayor from 1994 to 1996.

During his time on Council and as Mayor, Kerry worked to resolve some long-standing issues such as settlement of the construction of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, zoning at Potomac Yards and the redevelopment of the Samuel Madden Homes. He was also instrumental in the attraction of the Patent and Trademark Office to Alexandria, located in the Carlyle section of the City. While Mayor, the City embarked on a number of capital improvements, namely Samuel Tucker School and the Charles Beatley Library along with renovations to a number of recreation centers. On a regional basis, Kerry was instrumental in the creation of the Washington Area Housing Trust Fund (now Open Door Housing). For his dedicated public service, Kerry was recognized by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in 2002 with the Skull Award, and he received the Business Leader of the Year by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce in 2004.

During his tenure in office, Kerry has served a number of local boards including the Cameron Station Development Task Force (Co-Chair), the Alexandria Campaign on Adolescent Pregnancy (Chair), the Youth Policy Commission and the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (Chair). In the community, Kerry serves on the boards of the Alexandria United Way, First Night Alexandria, Carpenters Shelter and the Business Finance Group. He has also served on regional and state boards including the Virginia Municipal League's Board of Directors and its Legislative Committee, the Washington Area Housing Partnership, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and MWCOG Board of Directors. Kerry was recently appointed by Governor Tim Kaine to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority.

Kerry is a graduate of Marquette University, and he has done graduate work at the University of Southern California. Professionally, Kerry is a Senior Vice President, Community Banking at Virginia Commerce Bank, and he spent three years as the Athletic Director at T. C. Williams High School.

Kerry resides in Seminary Valley with his wife, Eva. They are the proud parents of five daughters, and they have two grandsons.

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Frank H. Fannon IV is a fifth generation Alexandrian who has lived and worked in the community his whole life. Frank lived in Rosemont for 10 years, and has resided and worked in Old Town for the past seven years. He is currently the branch manager of the local SunTrust Mortgage Office.

The Fannon family started a coal and lumber business in 1885 right here in Alexandria. Today, the business is in its 125th consecutive year serving the citizens of our community. While working for the business as a child, Frank was raised on the principles of hard work, honesty, and generosity. These values also helped shape the commitment he has to Alexandria and her citizens today.

Frank has spent his career in mortgage banking and has been ranked as one of the Top 200 Mortgage Bankers in America for five of the last seven years. His financial expertise and guidance has helped thousands of Alexandrians with their home financing.

Frank's interests extend to all areas of Alexandria. He is an active member of Alexandria Rotary Club and of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce; he was the Finance Chairman for the 250th Anniversary Commission of Alexandria; a board member of the Alexandria Aces collegiate summer baseball league team; and was a Past President of the Alexandria Sportsman's Club.

Frank is a graduate of Elon College in North Carolina, where he earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in corporate communications. He is also a 2009 graduate of the University of Virginia's Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.

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Alicia Hughes was elected to the City Council in May 2009. She serves as Vice-chair of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Public Safety and Human Services Committee, a member of the Alexandria Economic Opportunities Commission, the Alexandria Sister Cities Committee, Alexandria Policy Commission on Youth and Family Services and the Potomac Watershed Roundtable. She has also been appointed by Governor McDonnell to serve on Virginia's Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring and as a Special Liaison on the Governor's Task Force on Local Mandates Review. 

Hughes is currently an intellectual property consultant. In most recent times, she has been employed as the Associate Director or the Delaware Biotechnology Institute and at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to her election to City Council, Hughes served as a member of the Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board and the Alexandria Early Childhood Commission. She has maintained an active presence in the community, reading to children at the Hopkins House Early Childhood Center weekly, chairing a literacy program at the Charles Houston Recreation Center, and mentoring young girls through Project StepOut, a collaboration between her sorority and the Alexandria Office on Women. She remains an active member of the Junior League, serving as a member of the Development and Training Committee and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and the Northern Virginia Urban League. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Alexandria Dunbar Boys and Girls Club and on the Board of Trustees of the Historic Alexandria Friendship Firehouse. 

Hughes received the Alexandria Commission for Women’s 2009 Rising Star Award, the Mid-Atlantic Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.'s 2009 Political Action Award and 2010 Service From A Global Perspective Award, the Virginia Leadership Institute's 2009 Trailblazer Award and Texas Southern University's 2010 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Hughes received a B.S. in Biology from Texas Southern University and her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. She is also a University of Virginia Sorensen Institute Political Leaders Fellow, a Delegate to the American Council on Young Political Leaders, an Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow for Public Leadership and a resident of Alexandria’s West End.

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Rob Krupicka was first elected to Council in May of 2003. He has focused on policies and actions to make Alexandria a great place to live, work, and raise a family. Rob's priorities include an emphasis on quality public schools and increased access to preschool; making sure Alexandria is a leader in environmental and climate change solutions, creating and maintaining safe, walkable, appealing neighborhoods for a mix of income levels; promoting long-term, creative solutions to local and regional transportation challenges and ensuring that Alexandria is a City of opportunity for everybody, with a strong economic base and an efficient, accountable and approachable government.

In addition to a number of entrepreneurial pursuits, Rob presently consults with ReadyNation at the America's Promise Alliance, where he works with business leaders around the country to promote quality early childhood programs that have a positive impact on the economy of the United States. Having worked at start-up technology companies, including America Online, Rob has over 15 years of experience in online media, marketing, strategy and business development; in the early 90's he created one of the first interactive online banking web sites in the United States.

In 2009, Governor Tim Kaine appointed Rob to the State Board of Education. Rob's other statewide roles include Chair of the Virginia Safe Routes to School Network, Chair of Governor Kaine's School Readiness Task Force and as a member of the Virginia Municipal League's Transportation Committee. Locally, Rob is currently Co-Chair of Eco-City Alexandria, serves on the Alexandria Youth Policy Commission, is a Council liaison to the Alexandria Transportation Commission and the Alexandria Community Emergency Response Team, serves on Alexandria's Campaign to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy, the Alexandria Gang Task Force, the Community Policy Management Team, the Council of Governments Green Building Task Force, and the City Council – Alexandria School Board Coordinating Committee.

Rob is a former Vice Chairman of the Alexandria Community Services Board. He has been awarded the 2007 Virginia Jaycees Young Virginian of the Year, the 2006 Elizabeth Ann Campagna Award for support of children and families and the 2006 Bike Walk Virginia State Legislative Award.

Rob is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in Economics and is also a graduate of the Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute. He holds a number of certificates in mediation and facilitation and has mediated Virginia court cases. Rob is a resident of the Del Ray community, where he twice served as its citizens' association president. He and his wife, Lisa, have two daughters who attend public school in Virginia.

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Redella S. "Del" Pepper was first elected to the City Council in 1985. She served as Vice Mayor from 1996 to 1997, from 2003 to 2006, and from 2007 to 2009. Pepper co-chairs the Beauregard Street Corridor Task Force, the Alexandria-Arlington Task Force on the Waste-To-Energy Plant and the Welfare Reform Committee (Alexandria Works!). She is active with the Commission on Aging, Commission on Information Technology, Facilities Naming Committee, and the Council of Governments Air Quality Committee and Board of Directors. She was recently elected Corporate President of the COG. She is a member of the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, where she also chairs the Regional Resources Committee.

Councilwoman Pepper serves on the Boards of the YMCA, the T.C. Williams PTSA, the Alexandria Arts Forum, Bienvenidos, and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. She is a former first vice president of the local NAACP and former board member of the City's Community Services Board. Other affiliations include the Urban League, the League of Women Voters, and the Sierra Club. She is a recipient of the Jaycees Appreciation Award, the Council of Senior Citizens Organization's Outstanding Women of Alexandria Award, and the Commission for Women's Living Legend Award. Pepper is a Grinnell College graduate. A resident of the City's west end, she and her husband, Dr. F.J. Pepper, have one son.

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Paul represents the City on a variety of Commissions, Task Forces and organizations reflecting diverse areas of community concern and endeavor. A major goal of local government is the health, safety and quality of life of its residents. Paul serves on the City Manager's Quality of Life Committee, the Woodrow Wilson Neighborhood Task Force, the Waterfront Committee and the Inova Alexandria Hospital Task Force. As the co-chair of the Mirant Monitoring Group he worked with local, dedicated residents, environmental groups and City Staff to control emissions at the Mirant Corporation and he remains committed to a clean and safe environment. An active supporter of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, Paul strongly supports an integrated "arts plan" for the City and has consistently been a strong voice for the arts on the City council.

The ongoing economic vitality and viability of the Alexandria business community is a major concern today. Paul has been a member of the Economic Sustainability Implementation Monitoring Committee since its inception several years ago. He continues to serve on the Marketing Coordinating Council and has recently become the City Council representative to the Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association Board of Directors.

A major concern of all City residents is the continued rise of area traffic and the increase in demand for traffic calming and control throughout the region. Paul represents Alexandria on the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and is a member of the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Board. He serves as alternate to the Council of Governments regional Transportation Planning Board.

As a resident of Alexandria for nearly 20 years, Paul has a distinguished history of service and leadership with area non-profits and local civic and homeowner associations. He currently is active on the volunteer boards of the Alexandria Chapter of the American Red Cross and Senior Services of Alexandria, Inc.

Paul is currently director of policy and public affairs at the American Society of Nephrology. Born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, he received degrees in History and Economics from Allegheny College and is a 2001 graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at University of Virginia. He lives in Old Town with his partner Michael Molesky.

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