The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board of directors re-elected William Sudow to serve as its chairperson and Thorn Pozen to serve as vice chairperson for 2022 at its meeting Wednesday. The board also re-elected Monica Hargrove as secretary to the Airports Authority. All three will serve one-year terms in office beginning in January.

William Sudow, chairperson, is the founding partner of Sudow Kohlhagen LLP, a Washington-based private equity and commercial real estate law firm. He has over 35 years of experience representing clients in complex financial transactions, financings, joint ventures, private equity investments and general business transactions. Sudow also serves as counsel and chief compliance officer for Madison Marquette, an integrated real estate investment and operating company focused on infill retail and mixed-use real estate in major markets of the United States. Sudow is a trustee of the Federal City Council and co-chairs its transportation committee. Previously, he was head of the Washington, D.C., real estate practice at Sidley Austin LLP. Earlier in his career, he served as special assistant and counsel to U.S. House of Representatives Majority Whip John Brademas. Sudow is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is an appointee of the governor of Virginia.

Thorn Pozen, vice chairperson, is a partner in the law firm of Goldblatt Martin Pozen LLP in Washington, D.C., where he advises government and private sector clients on local government, administrative law, and local government ethics issues. He previously served as a partner at Stinson Morrison Hecker, and was the D.C. Government’s chief ethics counselor and chief freedom of information act officer. He has over 30 years of experience working for and with the District government, in the executive and legislative branches, as well as for the former D.C. Financial Control Board. Pozen graduated from American University, Washington College of Law, magna cum laude, and from Connecticut College with honors and distinction in his major. He is an appointee of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

Monica Hargrove, secretary, carries out official board duties and manages day-to-day operations, including serving as a liaison to Airports Authority senior management. Hargrove joined the Airports Authority in 2013 as deputy general counsel. A veteran aviation attorney, she previously served as general counsel at Airports Council International – North America and associate general counsel at US Airways. Prior to that, she was a trial attorney in the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Hargrove is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan Law School. 

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