Virginia Government Affairs/PAC Committee Meeting
The AOBA Virginia Government Affairs Committee and Virginia Metropolitan Political Action Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. For convenience, the meeting will be in virtual format on Zoom.
All members with interests in Virginia are welcomed to join. You may access the agenda for the meeting via the link.
Along with our updates on electoral, state, and local issues, we will be having a roundtable discussion for members to share the experiences with and concerns about recent market developments. Amongst the questions we will discuss are:
Office Market
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- Ongoing Impacts from post-COVID office vacancy shifts?
- Are we seeing any positive market changes from return to office push?
- Are we seeing any negative market changes from federal changes?
- What are our expectations for market changes in the next 6, 9, 12 months?
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Apartment Market
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- Are existing residents changing leases due to job separations?
- Are you seeing any changes in new leases due to local economy?
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Committee meetings for 2025 will be at 1:30-3:00 p.m. on:
- Friday, January 3
- Tuesday, April 15
- Wednesday, June 4
- Tuesday, September 16
- Tuesday, November 18
Attendees (31)
Bismah Ahmed
Vice President of Government Affairs, VA - State
AOBA
Megan Beaman
Regional Director
Bell Partners Inc.
Trent Besecker
Regional Manager
Equity Residential
Karen Bowers
Associate General Counsel
Morgan Properties
Nicholas Cumings
Shareholder
Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh
Mike Dowling
Equity Residential
Joseph Ducatte
Government Relations Specialist
AIR Communities
Jared Gigliotti
Managing Director, Residential Property Management
Lerner Enterprises
Denzel Gomez
Southern Management Companies LLC
Brian Gordon
Senior Vice President of Government Affairs
AOBA
Kathy Guy
Senior Vice President, Management Services
JBG SMITH
Christopher Hembree
Director, Asset Services
Cushman & Wakefield
Donald Holmes
Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, PC
Destiny Igiebor
Director of Operations
Grady Management, Inc.
Brian Isleib
Senior Project Manager
Mosaic Engineering & Consulting
Douglas Lazo
Revenue Associate
Trinity Property Consultants
Lisa Mallory
President & CEO
AOBA
Judy Martinez-faye
SVP - Government Affairs
Equity Residential
Matt Middlebrook
Airbnb
Mariana Mudd
Area Vice President
Laramar Group
Silas Pace
CFO
Carydale Apartments Management, LLC
Scott E. Pedowitz
Vice President of Government Affairs, VA - Local
AOBA
Mark Rogers
Wilkes Artis, Chartered
Alexander Rossello
Director of Policy Communications
AOBA
Arianna Royster
Partner
Borger Residential
Rich Sockol
President
Derick Associates, Inc.
John Steele
Senior Director Government Relations
Johnson Controls
Melissa Steele
Chief Executive Officer
E and G Group
Parker Stone
Principal
Clear Bay Capital
Amanda Strole
Senior Regional Property Manager
Hines Interests Limited Partnership
Benito Trujillo
Government Affairs Analyst
UDR, Inc.
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