Jeff McKay

Jeffrey C. "Jeff" McKay is an American politician who serves as Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in Northern Virginia. He first won election to the board in November 2007, representing the Lee district, which includes the Springfield and Franconia areas.[2][3] In 2019, he was elected as chairman, taking office in January 2020 and succeeding longtime Chairwoman Sharon Bulova.[4][5]

Jeffrey C. McKay
Chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
Assumed office
January 1, 2020
Preceded bySharon Bulova
Member of the
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
from the Lee district
In office
2008–2020
Preceded byDana Kauffman
Succeeded byRodney Lusk
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey Charles McKay[1]

(1975-09-06) September 6, 1975
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceFairfax County, Virginia
Alma materJames Madison University (BS)
Websitehttps://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/chairman/

Education

McKay attended Bishop Ireton High School, a private Roman Catholic high school in Alexandria, Virginia.[6] He graduated from James Madison University in December 1996 with a bachelor's degree.[7] He had served as president of the college Young Democrats during his sophomore and senior years, and as Chair of the Virginia Young Democrats College Caucus.[8] In 1998, McKay graduated from the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.

Career

Shortly after graduating from JMU in 1996, McKay was hired to serve as Chief of Staff to Lee District Supervisor Dana Kauffman.[9] He continued in that position for more than a decade, until Kauffman retired in 2007 and he successfully ran in the November election to succeed him.[10] Following his time as Lee District Supervisor, McKay was elected countywide in 2019 to serve as Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.[11]

Since joining the Board, McKay co-created Fairfax County's award winning One Fairfax resolution and policy,[12] the first of its kind in Virginia. The policy was adopted by the Fairfax County School Board as well.[13] Reflecting on his upbringing on the Richmond Highway Corridor, McKay led the discussion and analysis of inequities that exist in Fairfax County. The One Fairfax policy has been instrumental in implementing equity reviews of County actions and has been mirrored by jurisdictions through the region and state.[14]  

McKay has also been a strong supporter of expanding funding to education, which receives over half of Fairfax County's budget, and the Diversion First program, which directs people away from jail and into mental health treatment.[15][16] McKay has worked hard to expand benefits for employees, including six week of paid family leave and entering into the county's first collective bargaining agreement with unions.[17][18] As Chairman, McKay has also been a champion for increasing and preserving the county's affordable housing stock[19] and reducing its carbon footprint and waste.[20] McKay is also a regional leader. Currently, he is Chair of the Dulles Corridor Advisory Committee and serves on the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC), the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, and on the board of directors for the Virginia Association of Counties where he is the immediate past president. In addition, he was twice the Chair of NVTC and a member of the Northern Virginia Regional Commission. McKay's work has been recognized by the Mount Vernon Lee Chamber of Commerce as Citizen of the Year in 2019, by the Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions as the recipient of the 2020 Sustainability Champion Legacy Award, and by the Fairfax County Park Authority Board as the recipient of the 2021 Chairman's Choice Award.[21]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chairman McKay supported Fairfax County's mass testing, vaccination equity clinics, quarantine and isolation sites and the evictions task force, while leading efforts to inform the county's 1.2 million residents. He established the Chairman’s Task Force on Equity and Opportunity to evaluate systems that have made places and populations vulnerable, lift voices that need to be heard and take actions to reshape the county where all individuals can thrive.[22] Under his leadership, the county has allocated millions of dollars toward rental and food assistance, healthcare, small business grants, community outreach and more.[23] As Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, he is leading the charge to ensure that Fairfax County residents vaccinate as many people as possible and supporting a path of equitable economic recovery.

McKay was investigated by the Virginia State Police in 2019.[24] The investigation considered whether McKay's purchase of his family home from a developer friend for $850,000 in 2017 was an undisclosed gift, which would have been a misdemeanor. McKay denied malfeasance, and was later cleared of any wrongdoing.[25]

Personal life

McKay is a lifelong Fairfax County resident, born and raised on the historic Route One Corridor in Lee District.[26] McKay married Crystal Newsome in 2005.[27] They have two children, Leann and Aidan.[21]

Electoral history
Lee District general election results, 2007[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff McKay 10,377 64.6
Republican Doug Boulter 5,656 35.2
n/a Write-ins 20 0.1
Total votes 16,053 100.0
Democratic hold
Lee District general election results, 2011[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff McKay 14,425 98.1
n/a Write-ins 272 1.9
Total votes 14,697 100.0
Democratic hold
Lee District general election results, 2015[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff McKay 13,104 96.8
n/a Write-ins 429 3.2
Total votes 13,533 100.0
Democratic hold
Fairfax County Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Democratic primary results, 2019[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff McKay 29,702 42.5
Democratic Alicia Plerhoples 21,980 31.4
Democratic Ryan McElveen 11,439 16.4
Democratic Tim Chapman 6,851 9.8
Total votes 69,972 100.0
Fairfax County Chairman of the Board of Supervisors general election results, 2019[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff McKay 195,342 66.5
Republican Joseph Galdo 97,608 33.2
n/a Write-ins 1,006 0.3
Total votes 293,956 100.0
Democratic hold

References
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  2. "Fairfax County - Lee district". Fairfax County. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
  3. "Jeff C. McKay - 2007 - District Supervisor". The Washington Post. 2007. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
  4. "2019 November General".
  5. "Democrats pick up one board seat in Fairfax but GOP's Herrity hangs on". Washington Post.
  6. "Meet Jeff". McKay for Chairman. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  7. James Madison University (June 3, 2015). "1997 Bluestone". All JMU Yearbooks.
  8. James Madison University (September 26, 1996). "September 26, 1996". The Breeze. 74 (10).
  9. "Exit Dana Kauffman: Enter Jeffrey McKay". www.connectionnewspapers.com. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  10. "Exit Dana Kauffman: Enter Jeffrey McKay". www.connectionnewspapers.com. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  11. "Democrats pick up one board seat in Fairfax but GOP's Herrity hangs on". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  12. "Fairfax Co. adopts policy in hopes of reducing social inequality". WTOP News. November 25, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  13. "One Fairfax | Fairfax County Public Schools". www.fcps.edu. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  14. "ABOUT US: Equity". www.mwcog.org. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  15. "FY 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET PLAN GENERAL FUND DISBURSEMENTS "WHERE IT GOES"" (PDF). Fairfax County Government. 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  16. "11-23 - Addressing Mental Health | Board of Supervisors - Chairman". www.fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  17. Times, Lydia Antonio-Vila/Fairfax County (July 3, 2020). "Fairfax County passes six weeks of paid family leave". Fairfax County Times. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  18. Radio, Will Vitka/WTOP (October 21, 2021). "Fairfax County passes collective bargaining ordinance". INSIDENOVA.COM. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  19. "7-7 - Our work on affordable housing | Board of Supervisors - Chairman". www.fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  20. "Board Update: Carbon Neutral by 2040 | Board of Supervisors - Chairman". www.fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  21. "Meet Jeff". McKay for Chairman. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  22. "The Chairman's Task Force on Equity and Opportunity | Board of Supervisors - Chairman". www.fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  23. "Fairfax County Health and Human Services COVID-19 Response Updates" (PDF). Fairfax County Government. December 14, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  24. "Fairfax Supervisor McKay meets with state police, says he has nothing to hide regarding home sale". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  25. Antonio Olivo, Fairfax Supervisor Jeff McKay cleared of wrongdoing in house purchase The Washington Post, December 3, 2019
  26. "About Chairman McKay | Board of Supervisors - Chairman". www.fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  27. "McKay Officially Enters Lee District Race". www.connectionnewspapers.com. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  28. "Fairfax County Lee District general election results, 2007". Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  29. "Fairfax County Lee District general election results, 2011". Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  30. "Fairfax County Lee District general election results, 2015". Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  31. "Fairfax County June 2019 Democratic Primary Results". Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  32. "Fairfax County 2019 November General Results". Retrieved October 13, 2022.
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