Arlington World War I Commemoration Task Force Membership

Arlington Public Schools (1)

Cathy Hix

Arlington Public Schools High School Student (2)

Gabriel Perez

James Nicholson

Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (2)

Sara Steinberger – Task Force Vice Chair

Mitchell Zink

Arlington Sister Cities Association (2)

Carl Lankowski

J. Brinton Rowdybush

Arlington Historical Society (1)

Karl VanNewkirk

Arlington Black Heritage Museum (1)

Craig Syphax

Preservation Arlington (1)

Allison Finkelstein – Task Force Chair (see bio below)

At-Large (up to 3)

Tom Dickinson

Edwin Fountain

Chaz Hendrix

Military and Veterans Affairs Committee (up to 5)

Frank O’Leary

Dan Donahue

Brendon Gehrke

Joseph Simonelli

Arlington County Staff

Cynthia Liccese-Torres

Diane Kresh

Courtney Cacatian

Peter Golkin

Liaisons

James Schwartz (Staff)

John Vihstadt (County Board)

About the Task Force Chair:

Allison S. Finkelstein earned her Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she also studied Historic Preservation. She currently serves as the Chair of the Arlington World War I Commemoration Task Force. A specialist on World War I, her scholarship has been published in Buildings & Landscapes: The Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum and the National Park Service’s new book of essays, “World War I Remembered.” Allison frequently presents at scholarly conferences and was featured on C-SPAN “American History TV” as an expert narrating WWI era silent films.