Speakers
Jay Fisette
Board Member, County Commissioner
Arlington County, VA
Presentation:
Maximizing Public Participation (1.9mb PPT)
Biography:
Jay Fisette has been a resident of Arlington since 1983. He has been a member of the Arlington County Board since November 1997. Mr. Fisette served as Chairman in 2001 and 2005.
Mr. Fisette has been a leader in expanding Arlington's e-government capabilities, including initiatives to improve service delivery and bridge the digital divide. Mr. Fisette has worked diligently to refine and implement the vision of Arlington as an urban village. He promotes smart growth principles, such as the importance of linking land use and transportation, sound urban design and open spaces, and pedestrian safety. He is an avid environmentalist as well as a strong voice for human rights and increasing regionalism both within Northern Virginia and the greater Washington region. In late 2007, he received the 2007 Elizabeth and David Scull Public Service Award for "leadership and dedication to regionalism".
Mr. Fisette is currently serving as president of the Virginia Municipal League where he is spearheading the Go Green Virginia Initiative aimed at encouraging local governments to reduce energy usage and promote sustainability. He is the past- chair of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Board of Directors, serving on that organization's Metropolitan Development Policy Committee and the Regional Emergency Preparedness Council. He is a member of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and he also represents Arlington on the Greater Washington Initiative of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Fisette serves on the Executive Committee of the Washington District Council of the Urban Land Institute. He was appointed by Governor Warner, and re-appointed by Governor Kaine, as a Commissioner to the Board of the Virginia Housing Development Authority, now serving as the vice chair. Mr. Fisette is also a member of the Ashton Heights Civic Association, Unitarian-Universalist Church of Arlington, Arlington Committee of 100, Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance, Washington Area Bicyclist Association, Equality Virginia, and Leadership Greater Washington.
Mr. Fisette served as the director of the Whitman-Walker Clinic of Northern Virginia from 1990-98, as a staff consultant to the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee from 1988-89 and as an auditor/investigator with the U.S. General Accounting Office from 1983-88.
Mr. Fisette and his partner, Bob Rosen, have been residents of the Ashton Heights neighborhood since 1987.
Mr. Fisette has a Master of Arts degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Bucknell University.