COG Chair Appoints Final Members to WMATA Governance Task Force At its meeting on June 9, the COG Board of Directors authorized COG Chair and District of Columbia Councilmember Kwame Brown to appoint three additional representatives to a COG-Board of Trade task force that will review the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Agency's governance structure.  The COG Board wanted current area officials to be included in the review so that members of the public and stakeholder groups would have points of contact about the process.    Today, Chair Brown appointed Prince George's County Council Vice Chair Andrea Harrison, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Penelope Gross, and himself to join the group.  In May, the COG Board voted to join the Greater Washington Board of Trade in an independent governance review of WMATA and authorized COG's Executive Director David Robertson to select volunteers to the task force.  Mr. Robertson invited seven former elected and appointed officials to provide a public sector perspective to the task force. The first meeting of the COG-BOT task force is Friday, June 11, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.  For information on the task force, please contact COG Executive Director David Robertson at 202-962-3249 or drobertson@mwcog.org Task Force Roster Appointed by BOT Michael Daniels Senior Vice President Science Application International Corporation James Dyke Partner McGuireWoods LLP Pat McGuire President Trinity Washington University Tony Pierce Managing Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauler & Feld LLLP Manny Rouvelas Partner K&L Gates Stu Solomon Managing Director, Metro Washington Office Accenture Scott Wilfong Chairman, President & CEO Greater Washington/Maryland SuntTrust Bank Jim Dinegar President Greater Washington Board of Trade Task Force Co-Manager Appointed by COG Hon. Kwame Brown Councilmember District of Columbia Chairman, COG Board of Directors Ron Carlee Director, Domestic Strategic Initiatives International City/County Management Assoc. County Manager Arlington County Hon. Penelope Gross Vice Chair, Board of Supervisors Fairfax County Past Chairman, COG Board of Directors Hon. Andrea Harrison Council Vice Chair Prince George's County Vice Chairman, COG Board of Directors JayEtta Hecker Director of Transportation Advocacy Bipartisan Policy Center Former Director of Physical Infrastructure U.S. General Accountability Office Hon. Betty Ann Kane Chairman DC Public Services Commission Former Councilmember District of Columbia Hon. John Mason Former Mayor City of Fairfax Hon. Connie Morella Ambassador in Residence American University School of Public Affairs Former Representative, 8th District, Maryland U.S. House of Representatives Bruce Romer Vice President, Administration Westat, Inc. Former Chief Administrative Officer Montgomery County Hon. Peter Shapiro Executive Director Chesapeake Center for Public Leadership Former Councilmember Prince George's County Hon. Anthony Williams Executive Director Corporate Executive Board Former Mayor District of Columbia David Robertson Executive Director Metro. Wash. Council of Governments Task Force Co-Manager        ----------- Release Date: Jun 10, 2010