5 Candidates Elected To 2023 Reston Association Board Of Directors

RESTON, VA — At its annual meeting on Tuesday night, the Reston Association announced the winners of the Board of Directors election that took place in March.

All candidates received the necessary 10 percent threshold so that the results were official. Board members Travis Johnson (Hunters Woods/Dogwood) and Mike Collins (Apartment Owners) were uncontested and officially elected.

The three other RA Board races were contested. The following are all of the candidates who ran in those races, with the winners in bold:

• At-Large Director (3-year term):
  • John Farrell: 3,337
  • Margaret Perry: 2,030
  • Gene Zapfel: 662
  • Abstain: 125
  • No Vote: 9
  • Overvote: 8

• At-Large Director (2-year term):
  • Trevor Grywatch: 3,021
  • Jalal Mapar: 2,837
  • Abstain: 285
  • No Vote: 22
  • Overvote: 3
• At-Large Director (1-year term):
  • Robert Petrine: 4,102
  • Michael Brandland: 1,781
  • Abstain: 256
  • No Vote: 23
  • Overvote: 3

The five newly elected members join incumbents Sarah Selvaraj-D'Souza (At-Large), Jennifer Jushchuk (South Lakes), Irwin Flashman (Lake Anne/Tall Oaks), and Laurie Dodd (North Point).

Read: 2023 Board of Directors Election Official Results

During 2022, Selvaraj-D'Souza served as president, Jushchuk as vice president, Flashman as secretary, and Petrine as treasurer.

Over the last year, the RA Board experienced a great deal of turnover. A day after Flashman, Dodd, and Glenn Small (At-Large) joined as new board members in April 2022, Tim Dowling (At-Large) submitted his letter of resignation to outgoing RA President Caren Anton.

Then, on the same day in May that the board tapped John Farrell to fill Dowling's vacant seat until April 2023, Anton submitted her own letter of resignation to the board.

Four candidates vied for Anton's seat during the board's June 24 meeting, with Margaret Perry being chosen to represent the Hunters Woods/Dogwood community through the March 2023 election.

Then on Nov. 29, 2022, Small submitted his resignation, explaining that his board service was always a "'stretch assignment,' both in terms of bandwidth and association board experience."

During its January meeting, the board chose Travis Johnson to fill Small's at-large seat.

Tuesday night's annual meeting was also the first one for Michael A. "Mac" Cummins, who the board hired as its new chief executive officer last July.