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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
December 16, 2016
Media Contact:
Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer
barnett@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
New Leesburg Mayor and Town Council Members Sworn In
Mayor Kelly Burk and Council Members Ron Campbell, Tom Dunn and Ken Reid
will take office on January 1, 2017.
Leesburg, VA (December 16, 2016) – At the Ida Lee Park Recreation Center last night, Mayor
Kelly Burk and Council Members Ron Campbell, Tom Dunn and Ken Reid took their oaths of
office. Clerk of the Circuit Court Gary Clemens administered the oath of office to Mayor Burk,
Council Member Ron Campbell and Council Member Tom Dunn. General District Court Judge
Deborah C. Welsh administered the oath of office to Council Member Ken Reid.
Kelly Burk was sworn in for her first two-year term as Mayor of Leesburg. Mayor Burk served
as Vice Mayor of the Council for 2016. She 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, was 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 was sworn in for his first four-year term as a Leesburg Council Member. Council
Member-elect Campbell currently serves on the Leesburg Environmental 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 was 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.
Mayor Burk stated, “I am very excited to begin my term as Leesburg Mayor. I look forward to
working with the new Council and the public to continue to make #Leesburg a dynamic, vibrant
place to live, work, and play.” Mayor Burk and Council Members Campbell, Dunn and Reid will
take office on January 1, 2017.
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