SILVER SPRING, MD – At its July 12 meeting,
members of the Montgomery County Planning Board elected John M. Robinson to be
vice chairman, effective immediately. The vice chair presides over board
meetings in the chairman’s absence.
Appointed to the
Commission in September 2001 and reappointed in June 2005, Robinson is an
attorney who has worked in a number of roles, serving as staff attorney for the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C., and – when in the private sector – specializing in real
estate, finance and employment issues. His first federal career involved the restructuring of the Northeastern
railroad system and the reform of federal rail regulatory structure.
A citizen activist for
many years, Robinson has served as president of organizations as varied as the
Rock Creek Hills Citizens Association, the Noyes Children’s Library Foundation
and the Kensington Historical Society.
The vice chair’s seat had been held by former Planning Board commissioner Wendy Perdue, whose maximum two terms on the board expired in June.