16 Facts About Jeff McKay

Jeffrey C "Jeff" McKay is an American politician who is Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in Northern Virginia.

Jeff McKay first won election to the board in November 2007, representing the Lee district, which includes the Springfield and Franconia areas.

Jeff McKay graduated from James Madison University in December 1996 with a bachelor's degree in political science.

Jeff McKay had served as president of the college Young Democrats during his sophomore and senior years, and as Chair of the Virginia Young Democrats College Caucus.

In 1998, Jeff McKay graduated from the University of Virginia's Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.

Shortly after graduating from JMU in 1996, Jeff McKay was hired as Chief of Staff to Lee District Supervisor Dana Kauffman.

Jeff McKay continued in that position for more than a decade, until Kauffman retired in 2007 and he won the November election to succeed him.

Since joining the Board, Jeff McKay co-created Fairfax County's One Fairfax resolution and policy.

Jeff McKay supported expand benefits for employees, including six week of paid family leave and entering into the county's first collective bargaining agreement with unions.

Jeff McKay is Chair of the Dulles Corridor Advisory Committee, as well as on the board of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, and the Virginia Association of Counties.

Jeff McKay was named one of Northern Virginia's 50 Most Influential People of 2024 by Northern Virginia Magazine.

The investigation considered whether Jeff McKay's purchase of his family home from a developer friend for $850,000 in 2017 was an undisclosed gift, which would have been a misdemeanor.

Jeff McKay denied malfeasance, and was later cleared of any wrongdoing.

In 2024, amid a housing shortage in the DC metropolitan area, Jeff McKay said that Fairfax County did not intend to follow the lead of other Northern Virginia counties in eliminating single-family exclusive zoning regulations.

Jeff McKay said it was important to "protect the integrity of our single-family neighborhoods" and that Fairfax County was not capable of accommodating missing middle housing.

Jeff McKay is a lifelong Fairfax County resident, born and raised on the historic Route One Corridor in Lee District.