Leadership

Jason Stanford – President

Jason Stanford is the President of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance where he oversees the day-to-day operations of the organization including long-term planning, policy analysis, advocacy and community outreach.

Under his leadership, the Alliance has successfully championed the transportation policies and infrastructure that Greater Washington needs to grow and thrive, including expansion of the express lanes network, sustainable transportation funding, and an efficient transit system. Alliance-backed projects are currently injecting billions of dollars into the DC region, supporting jobs and creating new economic activity – while also preparing the community for future transportation demands.

Jason received the 2024 Impact Award for Regional Leadership from the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, and currently serves on the Washington Airports Task Force Board of Directors.

Jason earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Carlos Heard – Chair of the Board of Directors

Carlos L. Heard is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Saul Centers, Inc., a Bethesda-based real estate investment trust trading on the NYSE.

Prior to his role as Chief Financial Officer at Saul Centers, he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development with the B.F. Saul Company and Affiliates.

Previously, he served in a variety of positions at Chevy Chase Bank from 1998 to 2009, ultimately as a Group Vice President of commercial real estate, managing a commercial real estate lending team focused on both national REITs and regional developers.  He also launched and managed a commercial interest rate derivatives business line.

Prior to Chevy Chase Bank, Carlos gained analytical experience with the Federation of European Stock Exchanges in Brussels, Belgium and as an economist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Anchorage, Alaska.  He serves on the board of the Southeast Fairfax Development Corporation and is an active member of Nareit.

Mr. Heard holds B.A. degrees from Goucher College in Economics and French and an M.S. degree in Real Estate from Johns Hopkins University.

Robert O. Chase

Bob Chase is president emeritus of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance, a 1,000 member business-citizen coalition formed in 1987 to promote greater citizen awareness of and involvement in regional transportation issues.

He has been an active participant in many regional planning and advisory organizations including the Citizens Advisory Committee of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Metropolitan Development Planning Committee, the Policy Advisory Committees of the Fairfax and Loudoun County Chambers of Commerce, the Greater Washington Board of Trade Transportation and Environment Committee, among others.

During the past three decades, Mr. Chase and the Alliance have played a major role in advancing numerous regional transportation priorities/projects in the metropolitan Washington area including the Fairfax and Prince William County Parkways Bond Referenda, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, I-66 improvements, Western Transportation Corridor, Techway, Virginia Railway Express, Dulles Greenway and Route 28 Transportation District.

Mr. Chase is a graduate of Brown University.

Officers

• Carlos Heard • Chair
• Michael J. Cooper • Vice Chair
• Maggie Parker • Secretary
• Nicholas Cumings • Treasurer
• Matthew Weinstein • Legal Counsel
• Bob Chase • President Emeritus
• Jason Stanford • President

Life Board Members

• Clark Massie • TETRA Corporation
• David M. Guernsey • Guernsey Office Products, Inc.
• Scott Plein • EQUINOX Investments, LLC
• Joe Ritchey • Transwestern
• Tom Rust •  Pennoni

NV Business Transportation Coalition Representatives *

• Debora Harvey • HCCA
• Scott Pedowitz • AOBA
• Daniel Flores • Greater Washington Board of Trade
• Tony Howard •  Loudoun County Chamber
• Debbie Rosenstein  • NV Building Industry Association
• Charles Kapur • Greater Reston Chamber
• Nick Clemente • NOVA Chamber

* The Northern Virginia Transportation Coalition is a consortium of more than twenty chambers of commerce, business and industry groups that share a common belief that greater investment in regional transportation infrastructure is essential to Northern Virginia’s, and the greater metropolitan Washington area’s future economic competitiveness and quality of life.

Board of Directors

• Mr. Ahad Azhar • United Bank
• Mr. Mohamed Ahmed • Terracon
• Mr. Jim Bishoff • J2 Engineers
• Mr. Bob Chase • NVTA President Emeritus
• Mr. Jeff Chod • Minkoff Development
• Mr. Dylan Clemente • Comstock
• Mr. Michael J. Cooper • Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
• Ms. Packie Crown • Bowman Consulting
• Ms. Jennifer M. Cuddy • Reed Smith LLP
• Mr. Nicolas Cumings • Walsh Colucci Lubeley and Walsh, PC
• Mr. Jeffrey Fairfield • Arrowbrook Centre
• Mr. Daniel Flores • Greater Washington Board of Trade
• Ms. Renee Hamilton • Toll Road Investors Partnership II
• Mr. Carlos Heard • B.F. Saul Company
• Ms. Bailey Hopple Edelson • Buchanan Partners
• Mr. Doug Kennedy • Pennoni Associates, Inc.
• Mr. Steve Kuntz • Dewberry
• Mr. Mark Looney • Cooley LLP
• Ms. Martha Marks • NAIOP Northern Virginia
• Mr. Jose Martin Alos • Lane Construction
• Mr. Beau Memory • Transurban
• Mr. Keith Meurlin • Washington Airports Task Force
• Ms. Natalia Norko • WGL
• Mr. Garry Palleschi • Shirley Contracting Company, LLC
• Ms. Maggie Parker • Reston Community Center
• Mr. Sherman Patrick • Compton & Duling
• Mr. Jon Peterson • The Peterson Companies
• Mr. Thomas Quinton • Luck Stone
• Mr. Pete Rahn • Cintra
• Mr. Michael Rayl • ECS Mid-Atlantic LLC
• Mr. David Riemenschneider • Vulcan Materials Company
• Mr. John Roddy • William A. Hazel, Inc.
• Ms. Nancy Smith  • I-66 Express Mobility Partners
• Mr. Jason Stanford • NVTA President
• Mr. Sushant Upadhyaya • Kaveree
• Mr. Jack Vega • Claude Moore Charitable Foundation
• Mr. Josh Veverka • Northern Virginia Association of Realtors
• Mr. David White • Superior Paving Corporation
• Mr. Matthew Weinstein • McGuireWoods LLP
• Mr. Matthew Wissman • Hilton
• Mr. Truett Young • Stanley Martin Homes