Board of Directors

Frosty Landon - Chairman

Roanoke
Member Since: 1997
Current Term: 2007-2009

Landon is the retired executive director of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government, which lobbies for open access to government information. He is former executive editor of The Roanoke Times.

Anne Gambardella - Vice Chair/Secretary

Richmond
Member Since: 2007
Current Term: 2007-2009

Gambardella is a director of legislative and legal affairs for the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association.

Steve Haner - Treasurer

Chesterfield
Member Since: 2007
Current Term: 2007-2009

Haner is state government affairs manager for Northrop Grumman Newport News. Haner has worked in politics in many capacities, including a newspaper reporter and Republican Caucus staffer.

Chris Rivers

Richmond
Member Since: 2005
Current Term: 2006-2008

Rivers is an external affairs and corporate communications administrator for Dominion, an energy holding company based in Richmond.

Mark Rubin

Richmond
Member Since: 2006
Current Term: 2006-2008

Rubin is senior advisor to Gov. Tim Kaine.

Betsy Beamer

Richmond
Member Since: 2006
Current Term: 2006-2008

Beamer served as Secretary of the Commonwealth under then-Gov. George Allen from 1994-98.

Stewart Schwartz

Alexandria
Member Since: 2004
Current Term: 2007-2009

Schwartz, an attorney, is executive director of the Coalition for Smarter Growth based in Washington, D.C. He is an officer is the U.S. Naval Reserves.

Julie Rautio

Williamsburg
Member Since: 2001
Current Term: 2008-2010

Rautio runs a public affairs company, Capital Results. She worked in the press office for George Allen when he was governor in the mid-1990s.

Paul Liberty

Springfield
Member Since: 2008
Current Term: 2008-2010

Liberty is vice president for corporate affairs and investor relations for GTSI, a publicly traded technology company based in Northern Virginia.

Keith Hare

Richmond
Member Since: 2008
Current Term: 2008-2010

Hare manages government relations for the Medical Society of Virginia, a trade association for physicians.

Roland Gunn

Fairfax County
Member Since: 2008
Current Term: 2008-2010

Gunn is vice president for government affairs for the Peterson Companies, a real estate development and management company based in Fairfax.