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Staff Biographical Information

Jeffrey Walker, AICP, Executive Director  (email)

Mr. Walker serves as Executive Director of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission and Secretary to the Executive Committee.

He has been with RRRC since December 2000, initially as Principal Planner, with appointment to Deputy Director in January 2003, and Executive Director in February 2006.

He brings to the Commission a broad background in local and regional land use, transportation and environmental planning, along with service from 2006-2009 as an elected member of the Virginia Association of Planning District Commissions (VAPDC) Board of Directors, from which he recently stepped down this past July as Second VP, Program Committee Chair, and Chair of the VAPDC Transportation Committee.

Mr. Walker is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), a graduate of the Virginia Natural Resource Leadership Institute (VNRLI), and recipient of a 2008 McCloy Fellowship in Urban Affairs, together with ongoing service on a number of other area boards and committees.

Mr. Walker holds a Bachelor's degree in Public Policy Studies from Duke University, a Master's in Urban & Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia, and is currently working toward a PhD in Planning, Governance and Globalization at Virginia Tech.

He and his wife, Diane, have three children.

Jenny Biche, Mobility Program Coordinator/Planning Technician(email)

Deirdre Clark, Regional Planner II (email)

Ms. Clark is a Regional Planner II with the Commission, with responsbility for a diverse series of regional planning initiatives, from environmental to transportation-related programs.

A long-time planner most recently with the Fauquier County Department of Community Development, she has a BA from Clark University in Worcester, MA, and has completed graduate work in Landscape Architecture/Environmental Design and Urban & Environmental Planning at the University of Georgia and University of Virginia, respectively.

Ms. Clark started work with the Commission in July 2008.

Sue Hromyak, Office Manager/RRRC Commuter Services (email)

Terry Snead, Grants Administrator/Fiscal Officer (email)

Cathy Zielinski, Program Manager- Human Services Planning
 (email)

Ms. Zielinski, among other duties and responsibilities as Program Manager- Human Services Planning serves as staff lead of the Commission's Regional Workforce Affordable Housing Committee and Coordinated Human Services Mobility (CHSM) Planning initiative.

Active throughout the area in human services delivery for the past fifteen years, most recently as Project Coordinator for the Rappahannock-Rapidan Eldercare Coalition, now Aging Together, Ms. Zielinski holds a law degree from George Washington University and a Masters in Public Administration from Virginia Tech.

Ms. Zielinski has been with the Commission since 2006.

Patrick Mauney, GIS Program Manager (email)

Mr. Mauney serves as a GIS Planner/Program Manager for the Regional Commission. His responsibilities include cartographic layout & design, GIS development and IT management. Mr. Mauney also provides support to a number of regional committees, including the Rural Transportation Technical Committee, Disability Services Boards and Foothills Area Mobility System steering committee.

Mr. Mauney graduated from Mary Washington College with a degree in Geography in 2003 and has been with the Commission since 2006.