About Us

COG is the one place in metropolitan Washington that regularly brings leaders together to develop solutions to the region's major challenges. COG prepares plans enabling the region to receive federal funding, provides members with research and data to inform decision-making, and offers a wide range of programs, including commuter services, cooperative purchasing, technical assistance and grants, and public outreach campaigns.

Transportation

Through the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), area officials, planners, and engineers ensure a well-managed and maintained transportation system. The TPB, which is staffed by COG, conducts the federally mandated transportation planning process for the region and ensures the uninterrupted flow of federal transportation funds that area jurisdictions receive.

Environment

COG's work engages leaders in various environmental fields from water quality experts to climate scientists. Together, they are advancing regional efforts to restore local waterways, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change, promote recycling, and enhance and preserve green space and agriculture.

Community

Area officials and experts, including planning and housing directors and child welfare and health officials, work together with their counterparts at COG to help shape stronger communities throughout the region.

Homeland Security & Public Safety

COG brings police chiefs, fire chiefs, emergency managers, and other leaders together as part of its work to strengthen regional public safety coordination, homeland security planning, and emergency communication.

Aviation Technical Subcommittee

The Aviation Technical Subcommittee of the TPB Technical Committee is responsible for the coordination of airport system planning with the regional transportation planning process. The Subcommittee provides technical review for projects and reports stemming from the Continuous Airport System Planning (CASP) program. Presentations regarding such projects are made to the Subcommittee, and comments and suggestions are solicited. Then, presentations are made to the TPB Technical Committee, and the TPB. All CASP program products follow this technical review process, prior to submission to the funding agencies, which includes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), and the Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA).

The Aviation Technical Subcommittee includes representatives from the Maryland Aviation Administration, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, the District of Columbia Government, the Virginia Department of Aviation, and the Federal Aviation Administration, as well as representatives of local jurisdictions within the Council of Governments’ membership. In addition, other regional agencies with aviation interests, airport sponsors, and aviation interest groups and associations are encouraged to participate.

Recent Chairs of the Subcommittee

2022, Kevin Clarke, MAA
2021, Mark Rawlings, DDOT
2020, Mike Hewitt, MWAA
2019, Kevin Clarke, MAA
2018, Mark Rawlings, DDOT
2017, Mike Hewitt, MWAA
2016, Tony Storck, MAA
2015, Laura Richards, DDOT
2014, Mike Hewitt, MWAA
2013, Tony Storck, MAA
2012, Amber Carran-Fletcher, DDOT
2011, Mike Hines, MWAA
2010, Mark Rawlings, DDOT
2009, Tony Storck, MAA
2008, Mike Hackett, MWAA
2007, Bob Griffiths, COG
2006, Simone Johnson, MAA
2005, Damon Harvey, DDOT

For more information on the work of the Aviation Technical Subcommittee, see the Continuous Airport System Planning Program.

Aviation Technical Subcommittee

Committee Members

Staff