Town Council

The Town Council is responsible for making all of the legislative decisions that affect the Town. They are elected each May, and serve for two year terms, with two seats being filled one year, and three the next. The Council serves in an unpaid capacity. Each Councilmember donates many hours per year helping to ensure that the Town runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible. They meet once a month, in public, to discuss Town business and policy. Agendas and minutes from those meetings are available online and in the Town Office. In addition to these public meetings, each Councilmember serves as a liaison to at least one Town Committee and has many other public service interests.


Patricia Burda
Mayor
Term expires 2013
email: pburda@townofchevychase.org
4108 WOODBINE STREET
 
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.
 
  
David Lublin
Vice Mayor
Term expires 2014
email: dlublin@townofchevychase.org
4214 THORNAPPLE STREET

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.
 
 
Al Lang
Secretary
Term expires 2014
email: alang@townofchevychase.org 
4008 UNDERWOOD STREET
202-320-6202
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
Linna Barnes
Treasurer
Term expires 2014
email: lbarnes@townofchevychase.org
7112 RIDGEWOOD AVENUE
 
Linna Barnes has lived in the Town with her husband, Chris Mixter, and their two daughters for almost 20 years. She was an original member of the Preservation and Planning Committee and also served on the Community Outreach and 75th Anniversary Committees. Currently, she chairs the Town's Construction Committee. A non-practicing attorney, Linna produces a television program on Channel 21 and is active in many Montgomery County organizations such as the League of Women Voters, the Commission on Children and Youth, the Committee for Montgomery, and the Collaboration Council. She was PTA President at Rosemary Hills, B-CC Cluster Coordinator, and President of the Montgomery County Council of PTAs. She is now on the B-CC HS PTA and MCCPTA Boards. Linna has worked for legal services and various non-profit organizations. She received degrees from the University of Georgia, Duke University Law School, and the Columbia University School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
 
 
Kathy Strom
Community Liaison
Term expires 2013
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.