At the Commission's January 6 Meeting, Alexandria City Councilman Canek Aguirre was unanimously elected Chair of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission for 2022. Aguirre is the first Latino to serve as Chair of the Commission. Founded in 1964, NVTC advances a robust and reliable public transit network to support communities in Northern Virginia.
Following his historic election to the Alexandria City Council in November 2018, Councilman Aguirre was appointed to the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, serving on both the NVTC Legislative and Policy Committee and the NVTC WMATA Committee since 2019. In 2020 and 2021, Aguirre was elected Vice Chair of NVTC and also served as Chair of the NVTC WMATA Committee. Aguirre represents the Commission as an alternate on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Board of Directors.
Canek Elected Chair of Northern Virginia Transportation Commission
