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WORKING GROUP

LHA has selected 25 members of the Lee Highway community to serve on the ​"Working Group on Renaming Lee Highway." The members (see below) are comprised of representatives from LHA's Community Advisory Committee (CAC) and Lee Highway Civic Associations, local business/property owners, members of the LHA Steering Committee, Lee Highway residents, and local activists. 

The Group's work will be completed based on a charge that defines preferred outcomes, criteria and rules for new words, an outline of the process, and describes LHA's Guiding Principles. They will meet at least four times via zoom and all meetings will be open to the public.
view working group charge
​Meetings dates are:
  • Wednesday, September 16th, 6:30-7:45pm
  • Wednesday, September 30th, 6:30-8:30pm
  • Wednesday, October 21st, 6:30-8:30pm
  • Wednesday, December 2nd, 6:30-8:30pm
  • If needed, early January, 6:30-8:30pm

The Lee Highway community can view these meetings live and submit their questions to be answered. A recording of each meeting will also be available to those unable to watch live. Meeting links, documents, and recorded videos can be found on the Links & Documents page.

In addition to the Working Group, LHA has appointed members to five Advisory Groups: the Branding Advisory Group, the Business & Property Owners Advisory Group, the Institutional Advisory Group, the Transportation Advisory Group, and the Neighborhood Advisory Group. These groups will provide additional support to the renaming process and help to include the greater Arlington community.

How Will the Process Work?

During their meetings, the Working Group On Renaming Lee Highway will:
  • Agree upon Evaluation Criteria and Rules. 
  • Evaluate names submitted by the public based on the Criteria and Rules. 
  • Reduce the long list to a shortlist of 20 names. 
  • Send the shortlist to be evaluated by Special Advisory Groups on Branding, Transportation, Business, Institutions, and Neighborhoods and be publicly polled by the community.
  • Based on Advisory Group and community input and dialogue during meetings, select one preferred name and 2-4 alternatives. 
  • Send the results to the LHA Board for review. 
The LHA Board will submit the names chosen by the Working Group to the Arlington County Board who will subsequently submit the recommendation to the Commonwealth Transportation Board or the Virginia General Assembly for approval and implementation. 

Working Group Members
*Indicates Steering Committee Member

Matthew Weinstein*, Chair of Working Group, LHA Board Member
Grace Abi-Najm Shea, Executive Vice President, Lebanese Taverna
Bill Braswell, CAC Member, Tara Leeway Heights Civic Association
Ginger Brown*, Executive Director, LHA
Mike Cantwell, LHA Board & CAC Member, President of Yorktown Civic Association
Sandra Chesrown*, LHA Board, Chair of CAC, Vice Chair of Plan Lee Highway
Lynn Coates, Arlington Artists Alliance, Arlington Commission for the Arts Member, and South Arlington Resident
Elaine Furlow*, LHA Board, Chair of Communications Committee 
Saundra Green, CAC Member, Calloway Church 
Lauren Harris, Owner & Director, Little Ambassadors Academy
Mike Hogan, CAC Member, Old Dominion Civic Association

Paul Holland*, Chair of Plan Lee Highway, Vice President of Waverly Hills Civic Association
Wilma Jones, CAC Member, President of John M. Langston Civic Association
Jeff Joseph, Board Member, R.E.A.D.

Minneh Kane, Arlington Engagement Brigade and Woodmont Civic Association
Ben Keeney, CAC Member, North Highlands Civic Association
Diane Kelly, CAC Member, President of Waycroft Woodlawn Civic Association
Anika Kwinana, Chair, Arlington Commission for the Arts & Arlington for Justice Steering Committee Member
Annie Moyer, Owner, Sun Moon Yoga Studio
​Maia Potok-Holmes*, Communications Manager, LHA

Richard Price, LHA Board & CAC Member, Woodmont Civic Association
Andy Rude, CAC Member, Lyon Village Civic Association 
Julius D. Spain, Sr., Arlington Branch President and Regional VP, NAACP
Jim Todd, CAC Member, President of Cherrydale Citizens Association
Tom Wolfe, LHA Board, CAC Member, Leeway Overlee Civic Association

Branding Advisory Group

Ellen Booth, Communications Consultant, Waverly Hills Resident
Patrick Brennan, CAC Member, Maywood Civic Association
Pamela Gillen, Principal, ESOARC Architects, LHA Board
​Greg Hamilton, Publisher & Co-Founder, Arlington Magazine
Amber Haynes, Graphic Designer, Halls Hill Resident
Rick Morris, Executive VP, Smith & Harroff, Rock Springs Resident
Don Partlan, Landscape Architect, Waverly Hills Resident
Desiree Stoler, Senior Director, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, North Rosslyn Resident

Business & Property Owners Advisory Group

Anne Cronin, Realtor, McEnearney Realtors, Waverly Hills Resident
Michele Horwitz Cornwell
, Lyon Village Shopping Center
Tim Hughes, Managing Shareholder, Bean Kinney & Korman & Arlington's Leadership Center for Excellence Board Member
Connie Kousis, Managing Director, Lee Lexington Shopping Center
Laura London, Associate Director of Real Estate Development, Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing 
& LHA Board
Matthew Rowan, Vice President of Residential Lighting, Dominion Lighting

Institutional Advisory Group

Kathy Dwyer, Senior Pastor, Rock Spring United Church of Christ
Renee Harbor, Principal, Swanson Middle School
Barbara Kanninen, Board Member, Arlington Public Schools
Whytni Kernodle, Co-Founder, Black Parents of Arlington
Gordon Mantler, Parishoner, St. Mary's Church

Daniel Seikaly, Glebewood Civic Association
Maura Seikaly, Glebewood Civic Association
Ellen Smith, Principal, Dorothy Hamm Middle School

Michael Weinstein, President, Leeway Overlee CA, representing Lee Community Center

Transportation Advisory Group

Christopher Forinash, Transportation Expert, Old Dominion Civic Association
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 In consultation with County DES/CPHD staff, VDOT, and Working Group Member Jim Todd

Neighborhood Advisory Group

Elizabeth Baker, Tara Leeway
John Ikeda, North Highlands
Bruce Michaels, Waverly Hills
Jill Robinson, Donaldson Run
Harry Spector, Cherrydale
Kathy Stokes, Waverly Hills
Elizabeth Sweetland, Rock Spring
Michael Vora, Yorktown

Working Group Criteria

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No new name could satisfy all or even most of the criteria. Yet the criteria overall should guide discussion and decision-making.
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