Summit Strategies Partner Jim Kolb Appointed to NVTA by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe

On Friday, July 15 Summit Strategies Partner Jim Kolb was appointed by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to serve on the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA). The Governor is required to select one representative with significant experience in transportation planning, finance, engineering, construction, or management who resides in a county or city embraced by the Authority outside of the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Mr. Kolb will serve as a voting board member of NVTA helping to shape the region’s transportation future, and will sit on one of the Authority’s five committees. For more information on the appointment, click here.

 

The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) is the transportation planning, programming and funding organization for the nine jurisdictions that make up Northern Virginia and is responsible for developing and updating the region’s long range transportation plan, TransAction 2040. The NVTA aims to reduce congestion in the area while improving travel times, connecting regional activity centers, and promoting safety and air quality.  For more information on NVTA, click here.

 

About Summit Strategies Government Affairs LLC

Jim Kolb is a founding a partner of Summit Strategies Government Affairs, and is recognized as a leading expert in transportation policy, funding and finance issues. Before joining Summit Strategies, Mr. Kolb served on the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit in the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Vice President of Congressional Relations for the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), and as the Director of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Congressional Affairs. Mr. Kolb has over two decades of experience spearheading policy initiatives, contributing to the passing of major national transportation legislation, and influencing leading political strategies and programs to effect change.

 

Summit Strategies was founded in February, 2015 by Jim Beall, Mark Dedrick, Hal Hiemstra, Michelle Giguere, and Jim Kolb.  With more than 150 years of government and government affairs experience among the partners, Summit Strategies launched as an experienced practice with years of success. Partners and professionals based in both Portland and Washington, DC have worked extensively on federal and state matters involving transportation, natural resources, energy, the environment, tax policy, trade, labor, economic development, healthcare, education, and defense. Summit Strategies represents business clients, trade associations and a wide range of municipal and county governments.  Summit Strategies’ Partners have helped client’s secure significant contracts and federal funding for their projects and shaped favorable federal and state policies that advance their objectives. The foundation of the firm’s success centers on its professionals’ ability to think strategically, establish alliances, and work effectively with politically diverse interests on behalf of its clients.