Town Council

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Pat Burda has been active in Town affairs since moving to Woodbine Street in 2000 with her husband, Joe Guerra, and their children, Alex and Annie.  Pat worked on the Town’s Visioning Committee which was responsible for the creation of the Town’s Strategic Plan.  After that she became Chair of the Long Range Planning Committee which monitors state and county actions that may affect the Town and since her election has become the Council Liaison to that committee.  She has been particularly active in advocating the Town’s position on the proposed Purple Line and will now also serve as Council Liaison for the newly formed Purple Line Mitigation Advisory Group.  Pat’s professional background is in strategic planning for museums, and she currently has her own design business.  Pat graduated from the University of Virginia and has an M.A. in Art History from the University of Maryland.

 

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Kathy Strom

Vice Mayor
Term expires 2014
email:kstrom@townofchevychase.org
7212 RIDGEWOOD AVENUE
 
For the past 15 years, Kathy, and her husband David have lived at 7212 Ridgewood Avenue with their three children, Helen and Mark, who are juniors at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, and Jacob, who is a sixth grader at Chevy Chase Elementary School.  She has volunteered in numerous community activities and political campaigns, and most recently served as Chair of the Town's Setbacks Subcommittee and as a member of the Steering Committee, which has been responsible for reviewing and recommending new ordinances to the Town Council during the Town's recent moratorium.  A graduate of Harvard College, cum laude, and New York University School of Law, Kathy works as a regulatory lawyer in the Washington, DC office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, experience that has been of enormous benefit in her volunteer efforts for the Town.

 

 

David Lublin is the Council Liaison to the Environment Committee and the Climate Protection Committee. He has been active in protecting the Town's interests on the Capital Crescent Trail and was pleased to play a role in the successful effort to promote a future urban park across from Barnes and Noble. Recently, he sponsored two new Town programs, the Native Canopy Tree Incentive Program and the Energy Audit and Improvements Incentive Program, designed to enhance the tree canopy and promote greater energy efficiency. A graduate of Georgetown Day High School, David attended Yale College, and received a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Currently, he is Professor of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University where he has taught for over a decade. David has enjoyed travelling around the world to speak on minority representation and American elections for the U.S. Department of State.

 

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John Bickerman lives at 4011 Thornapple St and has two grown children, Greg (25) and Melissa (21).  He is a professional mediator and arbitrator who has successfully resolved $3 billion in thirty-five states and has facilitated the resolution of major natural resource and environmental disputes.  He teaches an environmental dispute resolution course at Cornell University and has served as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center.  He is also a past Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section on Dispute Resolution.  Prior to beginning his legal career, he was an economist with special expertise in budget issues.  He holds BS and MS degrees from Cornell University and is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center.  He and his Golden Retriever, Gator, walk the Town's streets often.  Please stop him and say hello.