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Walter Alcorn - Commissioner At-Large
Walter Alcorn was first appointed to
the Planning Commission in an At-Large capacity upon a motion by former
Board Chairman Kate Hanley. His first four-year term was effective in
January 1997. Reappointed in December 2004 by former Board Chairman
Connolly and by current Chairman Bulova in 2008, Commissioner Alcorn’s
current term will expire in December 2012. Alcorn has been a Virginia
Certified Planning Commissioner since December 1997, having completed
course requirements established by the Virginia Citizens Planning
Association, now known as the Citizens Planning Education Association of
Virginia (CPEAV).
Alcorn served four consecutive terms as Planning Commission Parliamentarian prior to being elected Vice Chairman in January 2007, 2008 and 2009. He served as a member of five 2009 Planning Commission committees (Housing, Policy and Procedures, Schools, and Tysons) and was an alternate member of the Environment Committee. Alcorn has continued to chair the Tysons Committee that was constituted in late 2008 at the request of the Board of Supervisors.
Alcorn received his B.A. from the University of Virginia. He has been employed as an environmental consultant specializing in the development of a national system for recycling electronic equipment. Previously, he was a former Deputy Division Manager in the Technology Research Group for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Prior to his private sector employment, Alcorn was a Policy Aide to a former Providence District member of the Board of Supervisors.
Alcorn is currently employed as the Vice President of Environmental Affairs at the Consumer Electronics Association. He resides in Reston with his wife and two children.
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