Supervisor Walter Alcorn today appointed Daton Lynch to the Reston Community Center Board of Governors. 

He will fill the seat held by Paul Thomas who’s stepped down from the board on Sept. 15 after Alcorn appointed him to the Fairfax County Planning Commission.

“I am so pleased to appoint Daton to the Reston Community Center Board,” Alcorn said. “He has been actively engaged in serving Reston, especially youth sports, and this experience will be an asset to the center’s mission to deliver recreational, cultural and educational opportunities to all residents.”

Under the community center’s governing rules, the Board of Supervisors makes appointments to fill vacant seats that occur in between the annual community selection process for the center’s board members called the Preference Poll.

Lynch has volunteered with Reston Swim Team Association as a Hunters Woods representative, and he has served as a youth basketball coach with Reston Hoops.

Beyond his community work in Reston, he previously served as a Fairfax County Consumer Protection Commissioner and as state policy counsel for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

He is an attorney who currently works as a director of state government relations for a global healthcare provider. 

Lynch will serve out Thomas’ term that runs until Nov. 6, 2028, and it’s anticipated that he will be seated at the RCC board meeting on Nov. 2. 

RCC’s Board of Governors oversees its facilities, programs, services, personnel and fiscal operations, as well as represent the center at social, recreational, cultural and educational events. Members are volunteers who serve staggered three-year terms.

The Board of Supervisors established the Reston Community Center Board of Governors to represent the interests of Small District 5 in the operation of the center. On March 24, 1975, the Board of Supervisors created this district to fund the construction and ongoing operation and maintenance of the Reston Community Center.