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Ms. Danner is a principal of her law firm in McLean, Virginia. Her practice is concentrated in full service business and trade association representation, and estate planning. Prior to establishing her own law firm in 1992, she was a partner with Ross & Hardies, a Chicago-based law firm, where she helped establish the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
    From 1982 through 1984, Ms. Danner was with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as the Director of the Office of Manufactured Housing and Construction Standards, responsible for all construction standards relating to public, FHA-insured housing, and manufactured housing as well as the manufactured housing enforcement program. In 1982, she was appointed Director of the Office of Manufactured Housing and Regulatory Functions. In this position, she administered four major housing programs: Title I Insured Loans, Manufactured Housing, Minimum Property Standards and Technical Suitability of Products, and Land Sales Registration. Previously, Ms. Danner had served as an attorney with the Office of General Counsel of HUD.
    In private practice, Ms. Danner has represented a wide range of clients, including national and state trade associations concerning federal and state regulatory and land use issues. She has filed amicus briefs on behalf of her clients on critical national issues before the U.S. Supreme Court. She has participated in litigation in Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
    In 1977, Ms. Danner earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. As a law student, she was third year editor for the Georgetown International Law Journal, Law and Policy in International Business. She earned a M.A. from the American University School of International Service and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Purdue University. She attended Madrid University her junior year and is fluent in Spanish.
    Ms. Danner is a member of the Virginia, Indiana and District of Columbia Bars. She served four years on the District of Columbia's Building Code Advisory Committee engaged in updating the District's construction codes. She was appointed by HUD Secretary Kemp and served as a member of the National Manufactured Home Advisory Council.
    From 2004-2005, Ms. Danner served as President of the Rotary Club of McLean, a chapter of the world's oldest service club organization. Ms. Danner was a member of the Fairfax County Water Authority Board from 1992 until 2004 and she served as Chair of its Water Quality Committee and served on its Finance Committee. She is a member of the American Society of Association Executives Legal Section and has served on its Legal Council. She has served as the Chair of the Dranesville Area Plan Review Task Force and on the Dranesville Transportation Spot Improvement Task Force.
    On October 3, 2002, Ms. Danner was appointed by Governor Mark Warner to serve as the Escheator for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit.
    Ms. Danner is a graduate of the 1993 Leadership Fairfax Class and is an active member of many business and professional associations, including the McLean Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club of McLean, and McLean, and American Bar Associations.
    Ms. Danner has been actively involved in her community for over 25 years. She served on the McLean Community Center Governing Board from 1986-92; as President of the Barney Neighborhood House Board of Trustees; and has served on the Friends of the McLean Community Center and the McLean and Great Falls Celebrate Virginia's 400th Board of Directors. She is currently serving on the Tysons Land Use Task Force, and as Vice President of the McLean Citizens Foundation.
    For further information on Ms. Danner, please see her Resume.
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Pamela Beck Danner

Education:

J.D., Georgetown University, 1977

M.A., American University School of International Service, 1973

B.A., Purdue University, 1971, Phi Beta Kappa

Community Service:

American Heart Association Northern Virginia Heart Ball Committee, 1993-1995

Barney Neighborhood House (Barney Senior Citizen Center) Board of Trustees, 1982-1989, President, 1986-87,
Recording Secretary 1983-86

D.C. Building Code Advisory Committee--Representative of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, 1988-1992

Dennis Duffy Citizenship Award, Presented by The Fairfax Bar Association, 2001

Dranesville Area Plan Review Task Force, Chair

Dranesville Transportation Spot Improvement Task Force

Fairfax Committee of 100

Fairfax County Water Authority Board Member and Secretary, Chair Water Quality Committee

Friends of the McLean Community Center Board of Directors, 2002-2006

Georgetown University National Law Alumni Board

International Republican Institute, Trainer, Women's Political Development Seminar, Cambodia and Thailand

McLean Citizen's Association, Recording Secretary, 1993-94, 2nd Vice President, 1994-1995

McLean Community Center Governing Board, 1986-1992, Treasurer, 1989-1991

McLean Citizens Foundation Board of Trustees, 2007-Present, Treasurer 2007-2008, Vice President 2008-Present

McLean and Great Falls Celebrate Virginia's 400th Board of Directors, 2003-2008

McLean Rotary Club Member, Director Club Service 2000-2001, Sergeant-at-Arms 2001-2002,
Director Vocational Service 2002-2003, President-Elect, 2003-2004, President, 2004-2005 , Vice President 2005-2006,
District Foundation Coordinator 2005-2007

National Manufactured Home Advisory Council Member, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Superintendent's Community Advisory Council for Fairfax County Schools--Superintendent's Appointee

Trinity United Methodist Church, Administrative Board 1991-1994, Chair Council of Ministries 1997-1999, Board of Trustees 2008-Present

Tysons Land Use Task Force, July 2005-Present

Professional Affiliations:

American Society of Association Executives 1992-Present, Legal Section Council 1998-2001, Chair Education
Committee, 1998-1999, DC Legal Symposium Committee 2001-2003

McLean Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors Recording Secretary, 1993-1994, Advisor to the Board 1995

Leadership Fairfax Class of 1993

American Bar Association

D.C. Bar Association

Indiana State Bar Association

McLean Bar Association

Virginia Association of Female Executives, Advisory Board Member, Chair Scholarship Committee, Co-chair
Art Auction

Virginia State Bar Association

Employment History:

Private Law Practice, Attorney, 1992-Present, 1985-86 and 1979-81

Ross & Hardies Law Firm, Partner, 1986-1991

Department of Housing and Urban Development; Director, Office of Manufactured
Housing and Construction Standards, 1982-84

Attorney, Office of General Counsel, 1977-79

Law Clerk, Chief Administrative Law Judge, 1976-77

Argle Junior High School, Montgomery County, Maryland, Spanish Teacher

IDEAMATICS, Inc., Washington, D.C. Board of Directors 1976-Present

Publications:

Pamela Beck Danner, Washington Report , Manufactured Home Merchandiser, Monthly since 1988.

Pamela Beck Danner, Legal Issues for RFPs , Association Management, Sept. 1999.

Pamela Beck Danner, Professional Responsibility and the Lighting Designer , Architectural Lighting, Mar. 2001

Other:

Escheator for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, appointed by Governor Warner, Oct. 3, 2002

Fluent in Spanish