Reston Association elects new board officers, approves secretary certificate

The Reston Association Board of Directors elected new officers and approved an administrative certificate at its April 9, 2025, organizational meeting in Reston.

In secret-ballot elections conducted under rules cited from the Virginia Property Owners Association Act, the board chose Travis Johnson as president, Izzy Sanchez as vice president, Michael Lanza as secretary and Matt Mullenix as treasurer. General counsel distributed and collected blank ballots and announced the winners; the number of votes cast for each candidate was not disclosed by counsel.

The officer elections opened with a nomination of Travis Johnson for president. Johnson said he wanted “an affirmative agenda for 2025 and 2026,” listing priorities that included improving how Reston Association conducts business, strengthening ties among Reston communities, building relationships with local elected officials and reaching out to Reston neighborhoods not currently organized as RA members. Izzy Sanchez, nominated and elected vice president, said one of her top priorities would be “effective agenda setting.” Michael Lanza and Matt Mullenix each spoke briefly after their nominations; Mullenix noted he had run a $40,000,000 profit-and-loss account in prior work and offered that experience as relevant to the treasurer role. Margaret Perry was also nominated for treasurer and described plans to work closely with the association’s CFO and a former board member who offered to mentor her.

The board also approved a secretary certificate to support banking and filings with the State Corporation Commission. The motion, presented by counsel, named the president, vice president and the chief executive officer as officers authorized to execute and deliver documents such as performance agreements, bonds, escrow agreements, permit applications, deeds and plats on behalf of the association. The motion passed by voice vote; counsel announced the vote was unanimous among those present.

In addition to officer elections and the secretary certificate, the board appointed Britney Copeland as assistant secretary and Anthony Champ, the association’s general counsel, as parliamentarian. The appointment of Copeland was confirmed by a unanimous voice vote. Counsel reminded directors that conflict-of-interest disclosure forms — required by the association’s resolutions governing material conflicts — had been distributed and asked that completed forms be returned before the next board meeting.

During the meeting directors debated whether to add two agenda items to the next meeting. One director sought unanimous consent to add the items; the requests were objected to and will be considered at the next scheduled meeting. The meeting concluded with the president thanking members and noting the session ended well ahead of the scheduled time.

The board followed a standard nominations-and-secret-ballot procedure for officer elections, with nominations made from the floor, brief statements by candidates and tabulation by general counsel and the assistant secretary. Counsel said tie-breaking procedures would include additional speeches and reballoting until a majority was reached.

No public-comment items were recorded as part of this meeting’s minutes for these agenda items. The decisions described here are administrative and internal to Reston Association’s governance; no external funding or regulatory approvals were announced.