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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
November 21, 2016
Media Contact:
Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer
barnett@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
Leesburg Town Council Swearing-In Ceremony Set for
December 15, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.
Leesburg, VA (November 21, 2016) – The Leesburg Town Council will hold a swearing-in
ceremony for Mayor-elect Kelly Burk, Council Member Thomas S. Dunn, II, and Council
Members-elect Ron Campbell and Kenneth “Ken” Reid on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 7:00
p.m. in the lower level social hall at the Ida Lee Park Recreation Center (60 Ida Lee Drive NW).
A dessert reception for the newly sworn-in members of the Town Council will immediately
follow the ceremony.
Kelly Burk will be sworn in for her first two-year term as Mayor of Leesburg. Mayor-elect Burk
is currently Vice Mayor and was elected to Council in the April 2012 special election and
reelected in November 2014. She previously served on Town Council from 2004 to 2007. In
November 2007, Kelly was elected to represent the Leesburg District on the Loudoun County
Board of Supervisors. She served on the Board from 2008 through 2011. A Leesburg resident
since 1979, Kelly was a special education teacher with Loudoun County Public Schools until her
retirement in 2014. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education from George Washington
University and a Master's Degree in Middle School Curriculum and Instruction from Virginia
Tech.
Thomas S. Dunn, II, will be sworn in for his third four-year term as a Leesburg Council Member,
having been first elected to the Town Council in 2008. Council Member Dunn served on the
Leesburg Planning Commission and the Leesburg Economic Development Commission prior to
his election to the Council. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies from Mary
Washington College, which is today the University of Mary Washington, in Fredericksburg.
Ron Campbell will be sworn in for his first four-year term as a Leesburg Council Member.
Council Member-elect Campbell currently serves on the Leesburg Enviromental Advisory
Commission. A fifteen-year resident of Leesburg, he is the owner of College Business Concepts,
LLC, a business development consulting company. Ron holds a Bachelor’s Degree in American
Studies from Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio, and a Master’s Degree in Counseling, Human
Services and Guidance from Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey.
Kenneth “Ken” Reid will be sworn in for his third non-consecutive four-year term as Leesburg
Council Member. He was first elected in 2006 and was re-elected in 2010. In November 2011,
he was elected the Leesburg District representative to the Loudoun County Board of
Supervisors. He served on the Board from 2012 through 2015. By profession, Ken is the owner
of Washington Information Source Co. (www.FDAInfo.com), a small publishing and book/DVD
distribution business located in Leesburg. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Rutgers University
and a Master’s Degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Ken and his wife,
Dr. Lynn Reid, Ph.D., have been residents of Leesburg since 2002 and are the parents of twins ,
James and Lara, who are now college juniors. Ken is a member of CHABAD Synagogue in
Herndon.
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