Boards and Commissions Vacancies

The Alexandria City Council is regularly seeking applicants to fill vacancies on City of Alexandria boards, commissions, and committees. All applicants must complete a Personal Data Record form electronically via the City’s website.
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December 16, 2024

The Alexandria City Council is seeking applicants to fill the vacancies on City of Alexandria boards, commissions, and committees.  Council will act on these vacancies at the January 14, 2025, City Council meeting.  All applicants must complete a Personal Data Record form electronically via the City’s website no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 3, 2025.  Applications received after this deadline will not be forwarded to City Council.  Applicants may only apply and be considered for one committee at a time.
 

MULTIPLE or DUPLICATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 

Please note the meaning of the following terminology related to board vacancies:

Expiring Term – denotes a current member's term will be ending soon.  There may or may not be an incumbent applying for the position.

Expired Term - denotes a term completed and no one is in the position.

 

Alexandria Gang Prevention Community Task Force – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule:  Task Force meets quarterly. 
One vacancy for consideration:
One At-large youth member, due to an expired term.

Alexandria Housing Affordability Advisory Committee – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule:  first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.  
Five vacancies for consideration: 
One landlord of a residential property in the City, due to an expired term.
One Builder/Developer of Residential property, due to an expired term.
One person designated by, but who need not be a member of the Commission on Persons with Disabilities, due to a resignation.
One real estate professional with knowledge and experience in residential real estate, due to an expired term. 
One person designated by, but who need not be a member of the Commission on Aging due to an expiring term.

Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority- 4-year term
Meeting Schedule: fourth Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
One vacancy for consideration:
One citizen member, due to an expired term.

Alexandria Renew Enterprises – 4-year term
Meeting Schedule: third Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.
One vacancy for consideration:
One citizen member, due to an expiring term.

Alexandria Transportation Commission – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule: third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. 
Two vacancies for consideration:
One member from the Planning Commission, nominated by the Commission, due to an expiring term.
One citizen who resides west of Quaker Lane who shall be residents of the City possessing qualifications in land-use, transportation and/or municipal finance, of whom one shall reside east, due to an expiring term.

Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule: second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Three vacancies for consideration:
Three citizen members, due to resignations and an expired term.

Archaeological Commission – 4-year term
Meeting Schedule: third Wednesday of each month at 7:00p.m. 
Three vacancies for consideration:
One Visit Alexandria representative, due to a resignation.
Two At-large member, due to a resignation and an expiring term.

Beauregard Urban Design Advisory Committee – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule: third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
One vacancy for consideration:
One qualified professional member skilled in architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and/or urban design, due to a resignation.

Beautification Commission – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule:  second Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.  
Five vacancies for consideration:  
Four citizen members, due to a resignation, expired, and expiring terms.
One member shall have expertise in the field of architecture or urban planning, or be a historian with architectural knowledge, due to a resignation.

Building Code Board of Appeals - 5-year term
Meeting Schedule: meetings are called when appeals are filed.
One vacancy for consideration:
One citizen member, due to an expired term.

Children, Youth and Families Collaborative Commission – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule: second Wednesday of each month from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
One vacancy for consideration:
One member of City staff, identified by the City Manager, due to a resignation.

Citizen Corps Council – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule: fourth Monday of every other month.
Four vacancies for consideration:
One representative of the Crime Prevention Council, or an individual with law enforcement or crime prevention experience, due to an expired term.
One representative of the business community, due to an expired term.
One representative from Commission on Persons with Disabilities, due to an expired term.
One citizen designated by an Alexandria School Board member, due to an expired term.

Commission for the Arts – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule: third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. 
Three vacancies for consideration:
One professional in the field related to the visual appearance of the city landscape, such as architecture, environmental design, landscape architecture or urban design, due to an expired term.
One public At-Large arts consumer or participant, due to an expiring term.
One member with expertise in the arts, including, but not limited to, arts educators, professional practitioners of various art disciplines and professional administrators working in the arts, due to an expiring term.

Commission for Women – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule: second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.  
Two vacancies for consideration:
One youth member, due to an expired term.
One citizen member, due to a resignation.

Commission on Aging – 3-year term 
Meeting Schedule: second Thursday of every month
One vacancy for consideration:
One citizen member, due to an expired term.

Commission on Employment – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule:  second Tuesday of each month at 8:00 a.m.  
Three vacancies for consideration: 
Two representatives from a recognized area business including minority-owned and small businesses, due to an expired term.
One representative from such organization as educational agencies, organized labor, rehabilitation agencies community-based organizations, economic development agencies and the area public employment service, due to an expired term.

Commission on HIV/AIDS – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule: third Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
Sixteen vacancies for consideration:  
Seven citizen members, due to expired terms and resignations. 
One HIV/AIDS service organization representative which provided services in the City to the minority community, due to an expired term.
One local Gay and Lesbian Community Association (AGLCA) representative, due to an expired term.
One High School student, due to a resignation.
One representative from Hospice of Northern Virginia, due to an expired term. 
One Alexandria Community Services Board representative, due to an expired term.
One ACPS representative, due to an expired term.
One member who is a practicing physician, due to a resignation.  
One member for and representing Inova Juniper, due to a resignation.
One Commission for Women representative, due to an expiring term.

Commission on Information Technology – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule: meets on the second or third Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Three vacancies for consideration:
One Budget and Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee representative, due to an expired term.
One student representing Alexandria City High School, recommended by the faculty, due to a resignation.
One member representing the Alexandria City Library Board, due to an expiring term.

Commission on Persons with Disabilities – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule: meets at 7:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month.
Four vacancies for consideration:
Two citizen members, due to an expired and expiring term.
One representative of the Alexandria Commission on Aging, due to an expired term.
One Chamber of Commerce business representative, due to an expired term.

Community Criminal Justice Board – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule:  first Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m.  
Six vacancies for consideration:  
One sheriff member, due to administrative action.
One person appointed by City Council to serve as its representative, due to an expired term.
One representative of the business community recommended by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, due to an expired term.
One representative of local education to be nominated by the Superintendent of Schools, due to an expired term.
One representative of non-profit organizations recommended by the Alexandria United Way, due to an expired term.
One citizen member, due to an expiring term.

Community Services Board – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule: second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
Three vacancies for consideration:
One consumer member currently receiving service, due to an expired term.
One citizen member, due to a resignation.
One Sheriff or the Sheriff's designee, due to a resignation.

Economic Opportunities Commission – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule:  third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.  
Five vacancies for consideration:
Two Category I – elected public officials currently holding office, or their representatives appointed by the City Council, due to an expired term and a resignation.
One Category I - elected public official (State representative) currently holding office or their representative, due to an expired term.
One Category III - representatives of business industry, labor, religious, welfare or other private groups and interests certified by the Commission, due to an expired term.
One Category II - representative of residents living with low income and/or from historically marginalized communities in the city certified by the Commission, due to administrative actions.

Emergency Medical Services Council – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule:  meets quarterly at the call of the Chair.  
Eight vacancies for consideration:
One Fire Chief, due to administrative action.
One Federation of Civic Association representatives, due to an expired term.
One representative of the Alexandria Red Cross, due to a resignation.
One representative of the Alexandria Medical Society who has privileges at INOVA Alexandria Hospital, due to an expired term.
One Alexandria Hospital administration representative, due to an expired term.
One representative for the Emergency Nurses Association from Alexandria Hospital, due to an expired term.
One Emergency Room Physician from Alexandria Hospital, due to an expired term.
One Director of the Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Division, due to an expired term.

Environmental Policy Commission – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule: third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
One vacancy for consideration:
One member from the Alexandria Business community, due to an expired term.

George Washington Birthday Celebration Committee – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule:  third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.  
Four vacancies for consideration:
One member who attends high school in the City of Alexandria, due to an expired term.
One city manager or a designee, due to an expired term.
One member to be nominated by the City of Alexandria Pipe and Drums, due to an expired term.
One member nominated by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association, due to an expired term.

Health Systems Agency of Northern Virginia – 3-year term
One vacancy for consideration:
One consumer member, due to an expiring term.

Historic Alexandria Resources Commission – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule:  third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.  
Five vacancies for consideration: 
One Planning District II representative, due to and expired term.
One Lease Holding Artist at the Torpedo Factory Arts Center, due to an expired term.
One Alexandria Society for Preservation of Black Heritage representative or an equivalent organization, due to an expired term.
One OHA Friends Group representative, due to an expired term.
One representative from George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, due to an expired term.

Human Rights Commission – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule: third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.  
One vacancy for consideration:
One Landlord Tenant Board representative, due to a resignation.

Independent Community Policing Review Board – 3-year term
Five vacancies for consideration:
One member from a historically, racially, or socially marginalized community that have commonly experienced disparate policing in Alexandria of the Commonwealth of Virginia Representative, due to a resignation.
One citizen member, due to an expiring term.
One ex-officio member who shall have past experiences in law enforcement but shall not be a current employee of or an immediate family member of a current employee of a law enforcement agency, due to an expiring term.
Two members who represent an organization, office, or agency that seeks racial or social justice or that otherwise advocates on behalf of historically, racially, or socially marginalized communities, particularly communities that may have experienced disparate policing, due to expiring terms.

Landlord-Tenant Relations Board – 2-years
Meeting Schedule: meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Three vacancies for consideration:
One low-income tenant representative, due to an expired term.
Two landlords of a residential property in the city representative, due to a resignation and an expired term.

Library Board – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule: six times a year on the third Monday of the month at 4:00 p.m. 
One vacancy for consideration:
One citizen member, due to an expiring term.

Local Emergency Planning Committee – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule: at the call of the Chair quarterly.  
Two vacancies for consideration:  
One owner and operator of facilities subject to the federal emergency planning requirements of Super Fund Amendments and reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), due to an expired term.
One community group representative, due to a resignation.
    
Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule: at the call of the Chair.  
Three vacancies for consideration:  
One member representing the Potomac East area, due to an expired term.
One qualified professional skilled in landscape architecture, architecture or urban design, due to an expired term.
One National Park Service representative, due to an expired term.

Public Health Advisory Commission – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule:  third Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m.  
Three vacancies for consideration:  
One fire department representative, due to admin action.
One dentist practicing in the city nominated by the NOVA Dental Society, due to an expired term.

Public Records Advisory Commission – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule:  third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.  
Three vacancies for consideration:  
Three citizen members, due to an expiring and expired term.

Sister Cities Committee – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule: third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
One vacancy for consideration:
One citizen member, due to an expiring term.

Social Services Advisory Board – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule:  third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.  
Two vacancies for consideration:     
One citizen member, due to an expired term.
One client of the Department of Social Service, due to expired term.

Towing Advisory Board – 3-year term
Meeting Schedule: at least once, but no more than quarterly meetings annually, and may also have special meetings at the call of the chairperson.
One vacancy for consideration:
One citizen at-large with preference given to a citizen who has expertise in property management or who is a business owner, due to a resignation.

Waterfront Commission – 2-year term
Meeting Schedule:  third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 a.m.
Four vacancies for consideration:
One representative from the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, due to an expired term.
One Chamber of Commerce representative, due to an expired term.
One Planning District III representative, due to an expired term.
One representative from the Historic Alexandria Foundation, due to an expiring term.
 

Applicants may only submit an application to one committee at a time.

Applicants must comply with City Ordinance No. 2452, which states that no appointee shall reside outside of the City of Alexandria unless a residency waiver is granted by Council.

For further information about the vacancies or responsibilities of boards, commissions, and committees, contact Keia Waters, Deputy City Clerk and Clerk of Council at 703.746.4550 or by email at alexboards@alexandriava.gov.