Council makes some appointments but not to CRHA

Charlottesville City Council named several people to boards and commissions at their meeting on May 18, 2026, but not to the seven-person Board of Commissioners for the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

The CHRA Board currently has two vacancies and a third position expires on June 30. Applications are being taken for two at-large positions and one reserved for a resident of a CRHA property.

“The CRHA Board helps guide policies and decisions related to affordable housing and redevelopment initiatives that support Charlottesville residents and neighborhoods,” reads an information release sent out on May 19 after Council made other appointments the night before.

The CRHA is also overseeing the redevelopment of several properties including new units at South First Street and Sixth Street. Planning work is also underway for the first of Westhaven. City staff approved a major development plan on March 9 and a preliminary ranking from Virginia Housing indicates the project will likely be awarded low-income housing tax credits.

The CHRA meeting scheduled for May 25 has been canceled.

• Jennifer Trompetter has been named to the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review for a place set aside for a landscape architect. Trompetter is also a member of the Charlottesville Historic Resources Committee.
• Marquez Mitchell has been named to the Community Policy and Management Team
• William Bergen, Lucy Pola, and Richard Guy Wilson have been reappointed to the Charlottesville Historic Resources Committee. Jonathan Rice has been appointed.
• Catherine Zuver been selected for the Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA) Advisory Council on Aging.
• Jennell Lynch has been named to be a trustee on the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library (JMRL) Board.
• Former City Councilor Brian Pinkston has been named to the Piedmont Virginia Community College Board.
• David Opper has been reappointed to the Region Ten Community Services Board and Emily Warren has been appointed.
• Casey Parker has been reappointed to the Charlottesville Retirement Commission.
• John Edwin Mason, Stella Mattioli, and Elizabeth Smiley have all been reappointed to the Charlottesville Sister Cities Commission.
• Aaron Mills has been reappointed to the Thomas Jefferson Water Resources Protection Foundation.
• Roger Gettig has been named to the Charlottesville Tree Commission.

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