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Pat
Herrity was raised in the Springfield District. He attended St.
Bernadette’s grade school in Springfield, graduated from West Springfield
High School in 1978, and also graduated from Virginia Tech with a
Bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1982. Having grown up in the eastern
part of the district and now raising his family in the western portion,
Pat has a unique understanding of the Springfield District.
He is the son of former Fairfax Board of County Supervisors Chairman
Jack Herrity. Pat grew up attending community meetings and county
budget hearings; he was raised with regular discussion of issues
concerning Fairfax County at home. He did not have to look far for a
mentor on how to lead and give back to the community. Until Jack’s death
in 2006, Pat and his dad would discuss county issues several times a day,
giving Pat a unique and deep understanding of our district and the issues
we face.
Pat is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Arrowhead Global
Solutions, Inc., a small local technology company. He has worked for a
number of fast growing small to mid sized government contractors. He is
also active as a youth sports coach and has coached soccer, basketball
rugby and hockey. He helped found an inline hockey program serving
Fairfax County’s youth. Additionally, he has served in leadership
positions of several civic associations.
Pat has always been active with transportation issues and is a strong
believer in transportation enhancements that support our growing
community. He was a leader in the push for the Techway, was a strong
early advocate for telework/telecommuting programs, and has been an
outspoken supporter of the beltway HOT lanes and their carpooling and
mass-transit benefits. Pat was a co-drafter of the first Northern
Virginia Transportation Compact, which was signed by most of the business
organizations in Northern Virginia in 2000.
Over the past two years, Pat has helped lead a coalition of business
organizations that reduced the unfair sales and use tax burden on
Virginia’s government contractors. At the time the coalition was founded,
Virginia was the only state that treated purchases by the federal
government under service contracts as taxable. This unfair taxation
resulted in a competitive disadvantage for Fairfax County’s government
contractors. Thanks in a large part to Pat’s contributions to the
coalition, Fairfax County’s federal government contractors are on a more
level playing field.
Pat served
Fairfax County on the Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee
and the steering committee for the first annual Washington Area
Conference on Telework. Pat regularly travels to Richmond to work with
legislators on tax and transportation issues. He has extensive leadership
experience with Northern Virginia communities, businesses, and politics.
He has served on many committees, councils and boards including:
- The Northern Virginia Technology Council
- REGION, an association of Northern Virginia business
organizations
- The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce (as treasurer, as a member
of the Executive Committee/Board of Directors, as a Founder and the
first Chairman of Transportation Choice-- an effort to promote use of HOT
lanes and mass transit, and as a Founder and the first Chairman of
the Northern Virginia Government Contractors Council)
- The Professional Services Council
- Pat is also a current member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants
Pat has also been recognized for his leadership experience. He is known
for being an innovator and a leader in the business groups with which he
has been involved. As a result, Pat has received some of the highest
awards of recognition that the groups offer, including:
- Northern Virginia Technology Council’s CFO of the Year Community
Service Award
- Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce’s Chairman’s Award
- Northern Virginia Technology Council’s President’s Award
- SmartCEO magazine’s Top Chief Financial Officer Award School in 1978