Virginia governor appoints two new members to airports board

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One of whom is a teabagger who decisively lost an election a few weeks ago.

Virginia governor appoints two new members to airports board

By Dana Hedgpeth and Anita Kumar, Published: November 23

Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has named an information technology executive and an unsuccessful legislative candidate to the board of the authority that operates Reagan National and Dulles International airports and is managing construction of the $6 billion Metrorail expansion to Loudoun County.

Todd Stottlemyer of Oakton, chief executive of the Silver Spring-based technology firm Acentia, and Caren Merrick of McLean, a businesswoman who ran for the state Senate this month, will join the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

McDonnell (R), who made the appointments Wednesday morning, has strong ties to Stottlemyer and Merrick, who have donated to his campaigns. The appointments follow McDonnell's long-standing attempt to get more seats on the board and other regional transit groups.