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 College in Hamden, Connecticut in l972.

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; 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).

Additionally, Mayor Euille is a major donor to many service and non-profit organizations which serve youth; provide funding for educational and recreational initiatives; and which help promote self-sufficiency for those less fortunate. Through the William D. Euille Foundation, he contributes more than $50,000 for various causes; additionally, the firm Wm. D. Euille & Associates contributes more than $20,000 to the community.

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. 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 Secretary/Treasurer of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and Vice-President of the Virginia Transit Authority. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Eisenhower Partnership; the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership; and the Chesapeake Crescent.

Additionally, he serves as the Co-Chair of City Council Task Forces on Affordable Housing and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project. 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. This 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. Regionally, Kerry was instrumental in the creation of the Washington Area Housing Trust Fund (now Open Door Housing). For his dedicated public service, he was recognized by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) 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 the MWCOG Board of Directors.

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.

Vice Mayor Donley resides in Seminary Valley with his wife, Eva. They are the proud parents of five daughters, and they have one grandson.

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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 in the 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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Councilwoman Hughes is currently employed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She has a plethora of previous work experiences, having served as a public secondary school teacher, federal judicial law clerk, congressional staffer, and land use and community development activist prior to making Alexandria home.

Prior to her election to City Council, Alicia served as a member of the Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board and the Alexandria Early Childhood Commission. She maintains 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, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and the Alexandria Office on Women. She is also an active member of the Junior League, serving as a member of the Development and Training Committee and a life member of the Northern Virginia Urban League. For her commitment to service in our community, Alicia received the Alexandria Commission for Women’s 2009 Rising Star Award.

Councilwoman 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 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, walk-able, 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.

Rob is presently a mediation and business development consultant. Having worked for both start-up companies and established media companies, he has over 15 years of experience in online media, marketing and business development. Rob worked at America Online where he oversaw AOL’s financial services-related business strategy and partnership activities. Earlier, Rob created one of the first online banking web sites. He has worked with a number of non-profit and national companies to help them develop their technology-related business and product strategies.

Rob was recently appointed by Governor Tim Kaine to the State Board of Education. 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 Co-Chair of Eco-City Alexandria, Co-Chair of Alexandria's Economic Sustainability Task Force, Current Member and Former Chair of the Council of Governments Aviation Policy Committee, and the Council of Governments Green Building Task Force. Rob serves as a Council representative on the City Council/School Board Sub-Committee, the Local Emergency Planning Committee, the City Council/Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA) workgroup, and the INOVA Alexandria Hospital Task Force.

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.

A graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in Economics, 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 that attend public school in Virginia, a dog and two cats.

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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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As a community activist Paul has long supported the work of Alexandria’s non-profit, human service agencies. Prior to his election to Council he served as the board president of the Community Partners for Children and for nine years was a medical service volunteer at the Whitman-Walker Clinic. He currently is active on the volunteer boards of the Alexandria Chapter of the American Red Cross and Senior Services of Alexandria, Inc.

As a board member of the Northeast Citizens Association and president of the Old Town Gateway Homeowners' Association he gained an understanding and respect for community problem solving. He actively served as the Mayor’s representative to the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee, as a commissioner for the Alexandria Economic Opportunity Commission and a member of the Alexandria Commission on Aging.

As a Member of Council Paul represents the City on the Council of Governments' Public Safety Policy Committee - Vice Chair, Economic Opportunities Commission, Northern Virginia Regional Commission – Communications Committee Chair, Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, Pension Study Committee, Sister Cities Committee, and the Eisenhower Partnership. He serves as co-chair of the Mirant Monitoring Group, is a member of the INOVA Alexandria Hospital Task Force and Alexandria’s Marketing Fund Committee. An active supporter of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts he has strongly supported an integrated “arts plan” for the City.

A former director of governmental affairs at the National Health Council and former director of the American Parkinson Disease Association, 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. A resident of Alexandria for more than 17 years, he currently resides in Old Town with his partner Michael Molesky.

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