Mary D. Cortina was appointed to the Planning Commission by the Board of Supervisors in November 2017 as an at-large Commissioner. She was later appointed to the Braddock District in January 2020.  Commissioner Cortina became a Certified Planning Commissioner in 2019.  Her current term will expire in December 2027.

Commissioner Cortina previously served as the Vice Chairman of the Fairfax County Park Authority Board, chairing the Strategic Planning and Budget Committees and acting as liaison for park volunteer “Friends” groups and trails. Commissioner Cortina was the Braddock representative on the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance Exception Review Committee from 2007-2015. Prior to that, she served on the Braddock District Land Use Task Force and the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Garage Task Force. Commissioner Cortina was named 2017 “Lady Fairfax” by Braddock Supervisor John Cook for her volunteer service to Fairfax County.

Commissioner Cortina is a graduate of George Mason University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business, double-majoring in Decision Sciences (Management Information Systems) and Marketing.  Ms. Cortina was the former E-Commerce Director for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak, where she led technology teams transforming Amtrak.com into a top revenue-producing site and delivering Intranet applications for Amtrak’s 20,000 employees.  Prior to that, she was the Director of IT for the 4-million member National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and served on their executive leadership team.  Ms. Cortina began her IT career as a programmer for a government contractor to the National Institutes of Health.

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