School Board Member (2001-2004)

• • Served on Loudoun County’s first elected School Board

• • Established the LCPS Academies of Loudoun STEM program

• • Over site of numerous new construction and renovations projects of schools

• • Brought the Varsity Lacrosse athletic program to LCPS

• • Fought for competitive teacher pay raises to attract and compete with neighboring counties

• • Fought to preserve the small schools in Western Loudoun

Board of Supervisors (2011-2019)

• • Reduced Loudoun County Property Tax Rate by $.28 cents over eight years on the Board of Supervisors.

• • Funded Key Loudoun Transportation Projects with $2.6 billion in FY2019 Capital Improvement Program for Roads including:
    • Route 15 & Edwards Ferry Road intersection improvements
    • Secured funding for Route 15 improvements North of Leesburg
    • Woods Road, Evergreen Mills Road, Shelborn Road, Waxpool Road, Northstar Boulevard and Prentice Road
    • Belmont Ridge Road, Arcola Blvd., Braddock Road widening, Rt 7 & Ashburn Blvd. interchange, Rt. 7
    • Hillsboro Interchange
    • Rt 7 & Rt 287 Interchange, Route 7 climbing lanes, Route 7 and 9 funding, Rt 9 Corridor Study

• • Additional projects funded:
    • Hamilton Community Park Funding
    • Lovettsville Park Funding
    • Lovettsville Community Center Funding
    • Lucketts Elementary School Classroom Expansion
    • Village of Lucketts Safety Improvements
    • Waterford Fair Funding
    • Loudoun Museum Funding

• • Persuaded the Board of Supervisors to purchase the Loudoun State Park Parcel to establish the first State Park in Northern Virginia

• • Secured funding for the restoration of the Historic John G Lewis Memorial Bridge on Featherbed Lane in Lovettsville

• • Balls Bluff Battlefield Expansion

• • Waterford Roads and Alleys – solved 75-year-old problem with title and property issues

• • Morven Park Approvals for riding rink and road improvements

• • Was the Board’s strongest advocate for growing Loudoun’s Rural Businesses and Production Agriculture

• • Secured full funding for the Raspberry and Selma Failing Water System Replacement

• • Worked with Service Providers for Broadband Expansion to Western Loudoun Residents

• • Broadband Expansion to Schools

• • Secured funding for the LCSO Firearms Training Center

Historic Preservation

• • Did the research and groundwork to add the designation of the Bluemont Historic District to the Virginia Historic Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places in 1984

• • Received the Loudoun Preservation Society 1984 Award for the Restoration of The Brooks Tavern House in Bluemont, VA

• • The Higgins family donated the Historic E.E. Lake Store in Bluemont, Virginia to Loudoun County

• • Secured funding for the restoration John G Lewis Memorial Bridge, a rare surviving example of a wrought iron truss bridge, on Featherbed Lane.

• • Balls Bluff Battlefield expansion

• • Secured funding for the old Waterford Mill rehabilitation and restoration

• • Supported funding for road, traffic calming and preservation improvements in Hillsboro