Effective December 2006, the Board of Supervisors appointed Tim Sargeant as an At-Large member to the Planning Commission on a motion by Chairman Gerry Connolly.

Commissioner Sargeant has held various civic leadership roles in Fairfax County during the past 16 years, most notably in the Laurel Hill area. His involvement there began in the mid-1990s, when he was appointed to co-chair the two task forces that developed the Comprehensive Plan recommendations for the entire 3000-acre site. While chairing the Laurel Hill Adaptive Reuse Citizens Task Force, he helped develop the master planning recommendations for the buildings at the former D.C. Department of Corrections complex in Lorton, Virginia. He was also appointed by the Board of Supervisors to serve as one of three members of the Laurel Hill Project Advisory Committee, which is overseeing the implementation of the Task Force recommendations.

Sargeant co-chaired the 2002 and 2005 Area Plans Review task force for the Mt. Vernon District and has also served as a vice president of the Federation of Lorton Communities (now the South County Federation) and president of his homeowners association.

Commissioner Sargeant is on the board of directors of Celebrate Fairfax, Inc., which manages countywide festivals and other events to promote Fairfax County and its communities. He also serves on Fairfax County’s “Virginia 2007 Committee,” which coordinates celebratory events in honor of Virginia’s 400th anniversary.

Commissioner Sargeant was honored as the 2005 Lord Fairfax for the Mt. Vernon District. The Times Community Newspapers of northern Virginia selected him as a Times 2004 Citizen of the Year.

Commissioner Sargeant is a state and local affairs manager with Dominion Virginia Power. Previously, he worked as a newscaster, reporter and editor for the Associated Press Radio Network in Washington, D.C. Sargeant, his wife Nancy and their two children have lived in the Mt. Vernon District since 1991.