Sharon Bulova
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| Chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors |
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Assumed office February 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Gerry Connolly |
| Member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors from the Braddock district | |
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In office 1988–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Audrey Moore |
| Succeeded by | John Cook |
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| Born | December 6, 1947 |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Alma mater | Northern Virginia Community College |
| Website | sharonbulova |
Sharon Schuster Bulova /bəˈloʊvə/ is the current chairman of the Fairfax County, Virginia Board of Supervisors. She was first elected chairman in a special election on February 23, 2009. Bulova was reelected chairman of the board of Supervisors on November 3, 2015.
One of four children of Lawrence King Schuster, Sr. and the former Mary Suzanne Knox, Sharon Schuster grew up in Pikesville, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore. In 1966, Shuster married scientist Richard T. Bulova and the couple moved to Fairfax County, where Richard worked at Fort Belvoir. After living in Woodbridge for a short time, in 1971 the Bulovas moved back to Fairfax County, buying a house in the Kings Park West neighborhood of Fairfax.
Bulova was elected vice president of the Kings Park West Civic Association, then became president when the existing president moved to Korea. It was Bulova's work as president of the Kings Park West Civic Association that brought her to the attention of Annandale District Supervisor Audrey Moore, who hired Bulova in 1985.
In 1987, Bulova was working as a legislative aide to Annandale District Supervisor Audrey Moore when Moore decided to challenge Republican Jack Herrity for the Chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Moore encouraged Bulova to replace her on the Board, and despite being a political novice, Bulova declared her candidacy in April 1987.
Bulova defeated Republican D. Patrick Mullins for the Annandale District seat in the November 1987 election, and was sworn in the following January.
In 1988, Bulova became a member of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission.
In her first term as supervisor, Bulova focused on transportation, environmental and educational issues. One of her major projects, which she had begun working on while still on Audrey Moore's staff, was the Virginia Railway Express commuter rail service.
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