Jay Fisette

Biographical Data

Governmental Activities:

• Arlington County Board, Chair in 2005 and 2001
• Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' (COG) Board of Directors, Chair 2006
• Metropolitan Development Policy Committee, Chair 1999-2001
• Regional Emergency Preparedness Council
• Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, 1998-present
• Northern Virginia Regional Commission, 1998-2004
• Virginia Municipal League, President 2007-2008
• Virginia Housing Development Authority, Commissioner, 2002-present
• Urban Land Institute, Washington District Council, Executive Committee
• Greater Washington Initiative, Board of Trustees

Political Activities:

• Arlington Democratic Joint Campaign, Co-Chair, 2000 & 1995
• Arlington Democratic Joint Campaign, Finance Chair, 1993
• State Democratic Convention, Delegate, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1993, 1992
• Democratic National Convention, Delegate, 2000
• Virginia Partisans Gay & Lesbian Democratic Club, 1991-Present
• Arlington Democratic Party's Roosevelt Society, 1992-Present

Community Service:

• Arlington Retirement Housing Corporation (Culpepper Garden), Board of Directors, 1999-2004
• Arlington Arts Center, Board of Directors, 1994-1998 (President, 1995-1997)
• Ashton Heights Civic Association, 1989-Present
• Arlington Committee of 100, 1993-Present
• Arlington Sister City Organization, Board of Directors, 2002-2006
• Equality Virginia, Board of Directors, 2002-2006
• Leadership Washington, class of 1999
• Unitarian-Universalist Church of Arlington, 1994-Present
• Co-Chair, Youth and Violence Task Force, 1999-2000
• Arlington County Fiscal Affairs Advisory Commission, 1993-1996
• Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance, 1988-Present
• Presidential Classroom for Young Americans, Instructor
• WDCA-TV Community Advisory Board, 1992
• Big Brother Volunteer
• Jay belongs to or supports numerous causes including the ACLU of Virginia, Common Cause, National Organization for Women, Rails to Trails Conservancy, NARAL, YMCA Partner with Youth Program, Search for Common Ground, Human Rights Campaign, Arlington Food Assistance Center, AHC, Inc., Arlington United Way, Washington Area Bicyclist Association, The DC Aquatics Club, Amnesty International, National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, Interfaith Alliance, Planned Parenthood, and People for the American Way.

Professional Experience:

• Senior Consultant, Changing Planet: An Environmental Discovery Center, 2002-2003
• Director, Whitman-Walker Clinic of Northern Virginia, 1990-1998
• Staff Consultant, Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, 1988-1989
• Auditor/Investigator, U.S. General Accounting Office, 1983-1988

Personal:

Resident of Arlington County since 1983.  Jay and his partner, Bob Rosen, have been residents of the Ashton Heights neighborhood since 1987. They have two kids, Chocco, a middle-aged Chocolate Lab, and Cassie, his younger sister who is predominantly Border Collie.

M.A. Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, 1983

B.A. Political Science, Bucknell University, 1978