Board of Supervisors

Supervisor Jim Burton

Jim Burton was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in November 1995, and was re-elected in 1999, 2003 and 2007. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors' Finance, Government Services & Operations Committee and serves on the Joint Board/School Board Committee.

He currently represents the Board of Supervisors on the Purcellville Urban Growth Area Policy Review Committee, Loudoun County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and the Hamilton Area Sewer Study Committee. He previously served on the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Air Quality Committee.

He has also represented the Board of Supervisors on the Rt. 28 Transportation Commission Improvement District, Loudoun County Library Board of Trustees, Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Commission, Fiscal Impact Analysis Technical Review Committee and Rural Economic Development Council.

A native of Normal, Ill., he is a retired Air Force Colonel. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1959, and an M.B.A. degree from Auburn University in 1969.

He and his wife, Lina Baber Burton, live in Aldie. He has two children – James G. Burton Jr. and Laura Burton Kelly – and five grandchildren.

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