Members
A diverse collection of organizations is working together to make Tysons even more dynamic and inviting.
Board of Directors
The Tysons Partnership is governed by a 50+ member Board of Directors. The Board provides fiduciary oversight to assure legal, ethical, and prudent operation. The Board also defines Partnership policy, direction, goals, and budgets.
2021 Board Officers







Since the mid-1980’s, Rich has been managing government and nonprofit organizations and leading change processes focused on transforming places, communities and cities, usually as consensus processes between the public and private sectors. His positions have included senior management roles in municipal transit systems, a state department of transportation, a downtown council and a national association. Following these positions, Rich was the founding Executive Director of the DC Downtown Business Improvement District, where he served for seventeen years, and also helped create and provide staff leadership to the Washington Developers Roundtable.
The places and communities where he has led change processes have ranged from center city areas in Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, DC; and Johannesburg, South Africa; to smaller communities like Downtown Neenah, Wisconsin; Downtown Eugene, Oregon; and more recently Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, the Kentlands in Maryland and Dupont Circle DC. He has been engaged in the emergence of place making both as a framework and a set of tools which are now being applied globally.






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Chris Boynton is MITRE’s Sr. Manager for our McLean campus. In this role he is responsible for proactively managing Corporate Real Estate’s operational functions across the MITRE portfolio by leading an engaging, flexible, and productive workplace environment. Trusted advisor Xand strategic consultant for Business Center Leaders in developing short- and long-term strategic objectives for their Corporate Real Estate Service needs. He leads and implements MITRE’s corporate real estate strategy, including MITRE’s workplace of the future.



Since the mid-1980’s, Rich has been managing government and nonprofit organizations and leading change processes focused on transforming places, communities and cities, usually as consensus processes between the public and private sectors. His positions have included senior management roles in municipal transit systems, a state department of transportation, a downtown council and a national association. Following these positions, Rich was the founding Executive Director of the DC Downtown Business Improvement District, where he served for seventeen years, and also helped create and provide staff leadership to the Washington Developers Roundtable.
The places and communities where he has led change processes have ranged from center city areas in Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, DC; and Johannesburg, South Africa; to smaller communities like Downtown Neenah, Wisconsin; Downtown Eugene, Oregon; and more recently Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, the Kentlands in Maryland and Dupont Circle DC. He has been engaged in the emergence of place making both as a framework and a set of tools which are now being applied globally.






Mark G. Carrier is the senior officer of the B. F. Saul Company Hospitality Group. The B. F. Saul Company is a privately held, diversified real-estate and banking concern based in the Washington, D.C., area. The Hospitality Group owns and operates a portfolio of 20 business-class hotels, which are affiliated with Intercontinental Hotels Group, Marriott, Hilton, and The Hay-Adams, one of the nation’s finest hotels. The Hospitality Group generates $140 million in revenue and employs 1,350 team members in the operation and management effort.
Mr. Carrier’s leadership responsibilities for the B. F. Saul Company include strategic direction, overall operational leadership, acquisition and development of properties, long-term financial and capital planning, along with the development and implementation of corporate policies, procedures, and management systems. He represents the company in relation to lenders, franchisors, clients, governmental agencies, and industry associations.
Serving on Fairfax County, Virginia’s, Economic-Advisory Council, he provides representation of hospitality interests to that body. He also serves as a member of the Dulles Corridor Rail Association Board of Directors. Fairfax County is of significant consequence in the D.C. area, and service on these bodies advances the interests of the hospitality community in the region.
Mr. Carrier is the Chairman Emeritus of Visit Fairfax, the county’s tourism-promotion organization. He joined the board of FXVA as an inaugural member and served in the Chair capacity for two terms. Mr. Carrier is a member of the Cornell Hotel Society as well as the Cornell Real Estate Council.






Lee DeLong leads a division in Clark’s Mid-Atlantic Region where he focuses on the acquisition, development and delivery of complex office, multi-family, mixed use and tenant interiors. He has worked on many notable projects, including The Wilson and The Elm at 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, The Boro in Tysons, Music City Center, Central Place, Metropolitan Park 6, 7 & 8, Reston Gateway, and Midtown Center. Lee earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering
from the University of Virginia. He also completed the Executive Program through the Darden
School of Business at the University of Virginia. Prior to his work at Clark, he served in the U.S.
Army. Lee is a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Virginia Engineering
Foundation and serves on the Advisory Board for Urban Land Institute (ULI) Washington, DC.



















William Holvey is Vice President of Property Management for the Quadrangle Management Company. He joined Quadrangle in 2007 and is responsible for all on-site property operations for Quadrangle’s portfolio of office and residential properties. Mr. Holvey is also responsible for the operation of QuikPark, Quadrangle’s parking-garage-management subsidiary.
Prior to joining Quadrangle, he worked for more than 20 years with Prentiss Properties, in Atlanta, Georgia, and in the Washington metro area, serving for the last eight years as Senior Vice President, a role in which he is responsible for property management of the Mid-Atlantic Region. Prior to joining Prentiss, he was with Hines for several years.
Mr. Holvey is a member of IREM, BOMA, and the U.S. Green Building Council.


Todd House serves as the Manager of Economic Development for WGL, a diversified energy company that provides natural-gas, electricity, green-power, carbon-reduction, and energy services.
For the past twenty years, Mr. House has worked in various positions in Virginia government, electoral politics, and the private sector. He is recognized as an accomplished professional who navigates policy issues and business opportunities through all levels of government in Virginia. He has developed a strong policy background in the areas of advanced manufacturing, health-and-human services, economic development, and workforce development. Previously, Mr. House served as the Manager of Government Affairs for Micron. Prior to Micron, he worked for MAXIMUS, Kaiser Permanente, and The Delta Group.
Mr. House is currently the Chairman of the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce Policy Committee and serves on the executive committee of the organization. He has also held roles with the Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board, the Skill Source Group, the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s TechPAC, and the George Mason University Prince William Campus Advisory Board. In addition, Todd serves on the George Mason University Foundation Board of Directors.


Forest Kettler is the Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Kettler in McLean, Virginia.


















Ms. Romero joined APAH in 2011 and has spent the last decade overseeing the real estate team contributing to the creation or preservation of over 1,000 new affordable housing units in the DC region with additional developments underway today in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Montgomery counties. Under Ms. Romero’s leadership, APAH’s Real Estate Development team has delivered several innovative, award-winning affordable housing properties, including Queens Court, Gilliam Place, Columbia Hills, and The Springs. In addition, she oversaw APAH’s projects under active construction in Arlington. This includes Lucille & Bruce Terwilliger Place, a 160-unit affordable property born out of an innovative partnership with the American Legion Post 139, and a joint venture with E&G Group to develop 98 units of affordable senior housing in Loudoun County (Loudoun View Senior Residences).
Prior to joining APAH in 2011, Ms. Romero was a Director of Real Estate Development and public-private partnerships at Clark Construction. She began her career at Marriott International.






Albert N. Small joined Renaissance Centro, LLC as a Director in June 2021 focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of new projects. Albert is currently involved in the construction of Monarch, a 94-unit luxury condominium development in Tysons as well as overseeing the firm’s new development activity throughout the Washington metropolitan region. Prior to joining Renaissance Centro, Albert worked for Flank (now Tidal Real Estate Partners), a New York City-based developer, where he was involved in the acquisition and capitalization of more than $1B in ground-up development deals in New York City and the Southeast. Albert began his career with JLL in the firm’s capital markets group. Albert received a B.A. in History from the University of Virginia.









Terry V. Williams is the Senior Vice President of Global Fixed Assets for PenFed Credit Union. His primary responsibility is to provide strategic planning, direction, oversight, and execution of PenFed’s array of global fixed assets. This includes acquisition and divestiture of PenFed real estate, oversight of construction and renovations to ensure the achievement of PenFed’s strategic business and branding goals, and direction of property-management and facilities-maintenance functions to optimize efficiency and effectiveness.
Mr. Williams served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 32 years, attaining the rank of Brigadier General. During his time in the Corps, Mr. Williams commanded at all levels and served in numerous staff assignments around the world. He lead multifunctional, highly complex organizations ranging in size from 10 to more than 7,000 personnel. He developed significant advanced and executive- level expertise in logistics, city management, construction planning and management, strategic communication, enterprise recruiting, resource management, and strategic planning. Mr. Williams participated in numerous conflicts and contingencies while commanding units in Haiti, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
After retiring from the Marine Corps, in 2019, Mr. Williams started Van Williams LLC, a consulting business specializing in facilities management, logistics innovation, disaster preparedness and resiliency, and executive coaching before joining PenFed as the Senior Vice President of Global Fixed Assets.
Mr. Williams earned a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from The University of California, Los Angeles and masters degrees in national security from the Naval War College and the National War College.


A Founding Member and Owner of SCG Development and its affiliated company Stratford Capital Group, Steve Wilson is primarily responsible for the management and oversight of the organization’s property development activities. Committed to developing high-quality affordable and workforce housing to support healthy, diverse communities, Mr. Wilson’s organization has participated in the capitalization and development of 243 properties comprising 27,400 apartment units across 27 states. The total capital raised to date is more than $1.8 billion, resulting in a total development cost for the entire portfolio of more than $4.2 billion. SCG Development has active development projects in 12 states and maintains offices in Tysons and Peabody, Massachusetts.
Prior to forming Stratford Capital, Mr. Wilson was a senior member with the Franklin Capital Group, where he was primarily responsible for the supervision of all development projects. He has broad development experience managing numerous types of projects, including ground-up construction, moderate and substantial rehabilitation, and adaptive re-use of historic structures. He is an appointed Board Member of the Loudoun County Housing Advisory Board and is a graduate of The University of Richmond, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance. Mr. Wilson also holds a master of business administration degree from The George Washington University.
Mr. Wilson is a 30-year resident of northern Virginia and currently lives with his wife in Vienna, where he is enjoying their empty-nester status.


Matthew Wissman is the Director of Workplace Services for Hilton. In this role, he oversees the day to day operations of all corporate offices in the United States, including the headquarters in McLean, VA. Prior to joining Hilton, Matt served in an operations role at The Heritage Foundation where he supported large-scale construction projects. In addition to his role at Hilton, Matthew is also a Reserve Officer in the United States Coast Guard focusing on emergency management. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park with a master of business administration from Syracuse University. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia with his wife and two young children.



Become a Member
Tysons Partnership Members are connected and committed to growth and change in Tysons. Become a member today and increase your company’s visibility, make meaningful business connections through our network, and stay updated on the latest Tysons trends and new projects.
The Partnership offers multiple membership programs, including Board and General membership levels. All members have access to the Partnership’s events and core programs, including Member Councils.
Membership is open to all Tysons stakeholders, including property owners, businesses/employers, and residential organizations.
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Participate
Members of Tysons Partnership engage with state and local government, landowners, and other stakeholders to ensure that the overarching goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan for Tysons are achieved.
Join public-sector and private-sector leaders in meetings, programs, and projects that will help Tysons become a prosperous and delightful place to live, work, and play. Engage with Fairfax County agencies, landowners, and other stakeholders to ensure that the overarching goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan are achieved.
Engage
Tysons Partnership offers Members the opportunity to collaborate around core initiatives, including:
- Arts, Culture and Community Events
- Business Development
- Land Use and Zoning
- Sustainability
- Social Responsibility
- Transportation
and Networking