Candidates for Election 2020 Board of Trustees - Sully Station
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Candidates for Election
2020 Board of Trustees
Biographies ..................................................................................................1
Cindy Gilbride .......................................................................................1
Sheila McCoy.........................................................................................2
Ted Moore ..............................................................................................2
Christopher Nelson ................................................................................3
Ed Pouncey ............................................................................................3
Diane Powers .........................................................................................3
Mike Reda ..............................................................................................3
Candidates' Views ........................................................................................5
Biographies
Cindy Gilbride
I have lived in Centreville since January 1981 and have been a resident of
Sully Station since 1992. I have seen Centreville transform from a small
community to a large urban community. My husband, Paul and our three
children (now grown) have enjoyed living in Sully Station and all its
amenities.
Since 2006, I have served on the Sully Station’s Board of Trustees in both
secretary and vice chairman roles. I have also served on the Sully Station
Community as a volunteer for the swim team, the Neighborhood Watch
Program and special events such as Taste of Sully, National Night Out, and
Midnight Swim.
The Board of Trustees responsibility is to represent all the residents of Sully
Station by making sound decisions that ensure Sully Station remains a
desirable community to reside in and a place you are proud to call home. During my tenure on the Board of
Trustees, I have sought to keep Sully Station a desirable place to live while at the same time keeping the
homeowners fees reasonable.
I have recently retired from the Department of Defense in the Human Resources Directorate. I am currently
serving my 6th term on the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) on the Board of Directors which
currently has a membership of over 173,000. This is my second year serving as the NOVEC Board of Directors
Treasurer. I also serve on a board for the Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives
(VMDAEC) Educational Services and the Scholarship Foundation. The Education Scholarship Foundation
provides scholarships for post-secondary education for deserving financially challenged students in cooperative
territories. The Educational Services supports members and the VMDAEC staff through educational opportunities
and administrative services.
I believe my experience on various boards as well as my work experience has allowed me to be a valuable member
of the Board of Trustees. It would be an honor to continue to represent the citizens of Sully Station in the
successful path that current Board members have bestowed on the community. I would appreciate your continued
support and vote for me to remain on the Sully Station Board of Trustees.
1Sheila McCoy
After a 30-year career in the Navy, I retired as a Captain. My background
has provided education and experience which are helpful in analyzing
community issues, formulating options and following through to ensure
solutions are implemented in a practical and fiscally responsible manner.
Graduate education resulting in a master’s degree in management and
supervision and another in information technology helped me further
appreciate many aspects of management. My Navy career also provided
me with extensive experience in researching and complying with laws and
regulations and in managing major programs with large budgets. As
commanding officer of a naval base, my responsibilities included the
operational mission of the anti-submarine warfare facility as well as the
entire physical plant. This included base housing, the barracks, on base
services, galley, recreation facilities, and support contracts. Since retiring
from the Navy, I have worked as an industry consultant and with a non-profit professional association. For several
years I also served on the Board of Navy Federal Credit Union.
Since purchasing my townhome in the Winding Woods Neighborhood in 1988 I have supported the Sully Station
community by serving on many committees and projects including:
Carrying out duties as a member of the architectural review board.
Reviewing pool management proposals and providing recommendations for safe and efficient opening of
the pool in its first season.
Surveying the community as a member of the Tree Committee and preparing recommendations for
replacements of storm damaged trees.
Marking sidewalks to identify trip hazards so the Board could plan for sidewalk repairs.
Drafting the policy for advertising in the newsletter and on the website.
Chairing the election committee and providing a report recommending updates to our election processes.
Currently I am involved by:
Attending board meetings so I can keep up with community issues.
Managing our www.sullystation.org website.
I welcome the opportunity to work together to help improve our community by tackling tough challenges ahead
of us, by using our resources responsibly, and maintaining Sully Station in a way which helps preserve property
values and keeps the community a pleasant place in which to live.
Thank you.
Ted Moore
My family and I have lived in Sully Station for the past 12+ years. My wife,
Kathy, and I have three children: Payton (19), Adison (17) and Jarrett (14).
The pool and the swim team were the two major reasons that we made the
move into Sully Station. I currently Chair the Sully Station Events
Committee. I believe that these neighborhood events create a strong sense
of community. I also sit on the Comprehensive Planning Committee. This
committee’s charter is to determine possible capital improvements and
amenity upgrades to ensure our community remains an attractive place to
live in the Centreville/Chantilly area. I firmly believe that Sully Station
needs to continually improve and maintain itself to remain an attractive
community to live in. I would like to continue to serve on the board of
trustees and continue to move this community towards being one of the top
communities in the area.
2Christopher Nelson
I have lived in our community for the past 28 years, enjoying the quality of
life that Sully Station offers. I would like to continue to serve you as a
Trustee. I am currently completing my 15th year on the Board of Trustees
and I am currently serving as the Treasurer of the Association.
I have a degree in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the Wharton
School. I have worked in Engineering, Sales, Internet-related ventures and
financial/management consulting. I plan to continue to use my experience
in financial management to properly steward your homeowner’s dues,
community property and capital investments.
I intend to work with the fellow Trustees to maintain this community as a
great place to live while also ensuring your monthly dues payment remains
reasonable. I believe Sully Station is one of the finest communities in
Northern Virginia and I look forward to continuing to serve you as a Trustee. I appreciate your support.
Thank you.
Ed Pouncey
Ed, a member of the Board of Trustees, desires to retain his position as a
Trustee At-Large to serve and support the Sully Station Community and
represent the best interests of all Sully Station residents.
Ed is the original owner of his town home and has been a member of the
Sully Station community since the spring of 1989. He was a member of the
Architectural Review Board from 1994-1996. He has served on the Board
of Trustees for all but two years since 1996 and has held the positions of
Secretary and President.
Ed holds a Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelors degree with
a major in Accounting. He has many years of professional experience in
the fields of Budgeting, Facilities Management, Support Services Security
and other related areas of Management.
With his solid management background and his proactive approach, Ed’s continuing objective as a Board member
is to assure that Sully Station remains one of Fairfax County’s most desirable communities in which to live.
Diane Powers
My family and I moved to Sully Station fifteen years ago in support of my
husband's career with the Department of Defense. As a member of our
Architectural Review Board, I have become familiar not only with policies
and procedures, but with the physical landscape of the entire community.
I, along with the other ARB members, have spent extra time and effort on
issues that are important to the community. I will do the same as a member
of the Board of Trustees. I am very experienced dealing with the public
having worked for a major airline,hotel chain and as a licensed real estate
agent. I will be available to the Board , not only once a month, but whenever
necessary. I also would volunteer to be a liaison between the ARB (for
which I would resign) and the Board of Trustees. I am a native of Chicago
and hold a B.S. in Journalism from Northern Illinois University.
Mike Reda
My wife Leslie and I, along with our two children, have lived in Centreville
for the past 30 years, 20 of these years in Sully Station. Over the past 20
years, I have seen tremendous change and growth in and around our
community and I would work diligently to protect our community’s
integrity and the promotion of needed enhancement.
Although my efforts serving our community were mainly dedicated to our
beloved swim team (4 years as Team Rep), I have been an active participant
and volunteer for a variety of events sponsored by our community. Having
lived in our neighboring community, Sully Station II prior to moving here
in 1999, I was fortunate to have served on the Board of Trustees for 7 years,
4 of which as Treasurer. Having been in the residential financial industry
for the past 31 years, working alongside community management
3companies and HOA Boards, I feel my expertise and knowledge of HOA Budgets and community initiatives
would serve as a seamless fit to the existing Board.
It would be a privilege and an honor, if elected, to serve as a Board of Trustee member and look forward to that
opportunity.
4Candidates' Views
Cindy Sheila Ted Christopher Ed Diane Mike
Gilbride McCoy Moore Nelson Pouncey Powers Reda
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What do you think My neighbors throughout the Sully Station’s natural setting is I feel the community center and The best thing about our Sully The best feature of Sully Sully Station offers many Sully Station encompasses a
is the best thing community are the best thing pleasant, and the location is pool are the best thing about Station Community is the Station is our green spaces in amenities for our homeowners. variety of amenities offered to
about our Sully about living in Sully Station. very convenient with respect to Sully Station. With these two people. Almost everyone I meet the common area. As an We have a beautiful pool, our residents, including pool,
Station People move here and make stores, restaurants, and major locations being the focal point is helpful and positive about the original owner one of the items tennis courts, playgrounds for tennis courts, walking trails,
Community? connections. It is a close-knit transportation. of many events and activities, I community. My neighbors are that drew me to our community the children and social events close to retail shopping and
neighborhood in which people believe it creates the great all willing to help each other is the large of amount of green we all can attend. Sully Station local restaurants. Sully Station
take care of each other in good community feel that Sully when needed. We have many space and trails throughout the is located in close proximity to has always maintained a sense
and bad times. Once people Station has to offer. volunteers in the community community. many businesses and services a tradition by giving back to
move here, they generally stay. who host events which allow that everyone uses. It is a short our community through social
The schools are excellent, people from different parts of driving distance to Dulles events held throughout the
shopping is close, the the community to meet. The airport, I-66 as well as the year, swim team support and
community has a good Swim Team is backed by a DMV and post office. overall maintenance of our
reputation, and it is a safe place great group of volunteers who Wegmans is a wonderful common areas. Are there areas
to live and raise a family. put on two big swim meets a addition to our area. Having of improvement? Of course,
week during the swim season necessary services convenient but I do believe that Sully
as well as hold cookouts for the to Sully Station is a great Station has taken great pride in
community and raise money for selling point which adds to the its curb appeal and is proactive
charity. Living with so many value of our homes. in making this a safe and
nice caring people has been a beautiful place to live.
great experience for me and my
family. Sully Station always
has been and remains a great
place to raise a family because
of the people who live here.
What would you Our community is surrounded I would like to see the I would like to preserve the Two important things we need As mentioned above, the green Trees and walking trails We all chose Sully Station for
like to see by mature trees in the common community amenities such as community events, our green to preserve in our community spaces is an important part of enhance our community. They one reason or another and
preserved in our areas and along the trails. I the community center, pool, tot spaces and amenities. That will are the pool/community center our community and should be should be maintained and understanding and preserving
community? think it is important to maintain lots, trails, tennis courts and preserve the feeling of complex and the green spaces preserved. We should limit tree preserved as much as possible those reasons should be the
the trails in and around Sully basketball courts as well as the community within Sully in our community. removal in all areas. In the while using our financial primary focus of any governing
Station. I think it is also open common areas maintained Station. areas that the Association resources wisely. Having and Board. If elected to the Board,
The pool/community center is
important to remove trees and in a manner which helps keep maintains, trees that are HOA has helped tremendously my commitment would be
the geographic and spiritual
limbs that pose a threat to the them available and in good removed should be promptly in maintaining the integrity of maintaining the appeal and
center of our neighborhood. We
community and plant new trees condition for the use of owners replaced. our neighborhood. ‘reason’ of each homeowner.
have recently remodeled the
and shrubs as necessary. The and tenants.
community center and are
5board has continued to make currently planning a major
landscape improvements to redesign of the pool area. In the
maintain the beauty of the summer the pool is an integral
community and make Sully part of our community and we
Station a desirable place to live. should maintain and modernize
it.
The swim team is an integral
part of Sully Station that allows Our community has about 20%
our youth to feel a part of the green space in the common
community. The swim team has areas, some landscaped and
a good reputation and some of it left to nature. Our
neighboring youth seek community trails seamlessly
summer pool memberships in integrate with trails in and
order to join the team. around the Flatlick Branch. I
am currently working with the
We need to continue to host
Fairfax County Park Authority
social events to bring
to get trail maintenance and the
community members together.
trail bridge replaced. We
Social events are a good
generally limit tree removal to
opportunity for people in the
trees threatening people or
community to volunteer and get
property and this must continue
to know their neighbors.
along
The board of trustees should
with tree replacement where
identify and provide services
indicated. We should continue
and amenities that the residents
to respect and maintain our
desire, maintain the facilities,
common areas.
all while maintaining a strong
financial position and operating
in a cost-effective manner to
keep the home owners fees low.
What do you see as With the aging community, we Critical issues facing the Proactively maintaining our Each part of the neighborhood The most critical issue facing Sully Station is maturing as a I feel the most critical issues
the critical issues need to protect and preserve the community include using our amenities would help them last has its own critical issues to Sully Station is increased community. There will be facing our community is the
facing our
value of the residential and resources responsibility while longer and look nicer. Parking deal with: Exterior maintenance spending on things that are nice upgrades that the trustees, as outlying growth and infra-
community? common areas within the maintaining the community in a is an issue in the condo & for the condos; parking for the to have but unnecessary. I don’t well as the ARB, will have to structure in and around
community including the way which helps preserve townhome sections of the townhomes; and maintenance believe we should turn the pool address. One of my priorities as Centreville. With road
amenities. With the upkeep of property values and keeps the community. Finally I feel it is of neighboring homes for the into a resort or commit to large a trustee will be to reach out to construction surrounding our
an aging community, it will community a pleasant place in critical to keep our community single-family homeowners. The new capital projects unless the our community and encourage community, this has caused a
cost more to maintain the which to live. I believe it is competitive with surrounding Board must remain aware of whole community is behind the our homeowners to attend the stress to commuting and overall
property. Striking a balance important for the board to seek communities. This can be and supportive of solutions to project. It is too easy to monthly board meetings. I will appearance in the outlying
between maintaining and consider homeowner accomplished by maintaining each part of the community and increase the assessments to welcome the opportunity to areas of Sully Station. Having
reasonable monthly dues, feedback when reviewing and improving our existing their unique issues. I think one grab your hard-earned cash for listen to their questions and worked with local zoning and
maintaining a strong financial contracts for provided services amenities as well as consider of the biggest critical issues indulgent spending projects. concerns moving forward. development committees, I
position, and upkeep of the and in preparing and updating new ones through capital facing the community as a Feedback to the community and would be eager to work with
community will require tough improvements. whole is striking the balance local officials to protect the
6decisions. The board of trustees long term plans for the between the demand for from the community is most integrity and preservation of
is the steward of your community and annual budgets. improvements in the important. Sully Station. Another critical
association’s money. It is your community and keeping the issue is parking for our
community and your decision community assessments as low townhome sections and to
on how you want the home as possible. maintain a continued focus on a
owner dues spent. It is an open remedy for all residences.
The Board traditionally has
forum, please attend and been fiscally conservative but
provide input. in the last few years has been
petitioned to dramatically
increase spending as part of
modernizing and improving the
common areas. The Board
needs to work together to find a
way to develop a middle road
between these two opposing
goals. Our size (964 homes)
[compare to Sully II (1,300
homes), Virginia Run (1,400
homes), and Little Rocky Run
(2,700 homes)] makes it
difficult to finance the full level
of services we provide
throughout the year and
requested improvements
because there are just not as
many people to divide the cost
between. What is your vision
for Sully Station? Let the Board
know.
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