Alliance Leadership

Jason Stanford

Executive Director

Jason Stanford is the Executive Director of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the Alliance including long-term planning, transportation policy analysis, advocacy, and community outreach.

Before leading the Alliance, Jason spent six years and seven legislative sessions as the Chief of Staff to a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. During that time, he worked on numerous public policy issues including multimodal transportation, small business economic development, sustainable energy infrastructure, and housing affordability.

Jason is focused on applying his experience in the Virginia General Assembly to unite regional stakeholders and prioritize key transportation projects that will keep our region moving forward for decades to come.

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

G. Evan Pritchard

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Evan Pritchard is a member of the Real Estate practice group of Venable LLP. He joined the firm in 2016. Prior to joining Venable, Mr. Pritchard spent nearly a decade at a Northern Virginia land use and development firm.

Mr. Pritchard focuses on securing zoning and land use approvals for developers and landowners in jurisdictions throughout Northern Virginia, including Arlington, Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, and the City of Falls Church, among others. He advises clients on state and federal legislation and regulations affecting real estate development and important changes to local jurisdictions’ comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances.

An experienced litigator, he worked with the Environment & Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, serving as lead counsel on 25 civil cases in federal court.

Mr. Pritchard serves as a Board Member for NAIOP Northern Virginia and Co-Chairs the Arlington Government Relations Committee for NAIOP. He  is a Leadership Arlington 40 Under 40 honoree and received a Department of Justice Outstanding Performance Rating Award. He was a member of the Leadership Fairfax Class of 2013.

Mr. Pritchard received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Robert O. Chase

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.

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