April 17, 2025

Chris Pehrson joined MobileNuclear as Chief Executive Officer of MobileNuclear in 2024.  He brings a distinguished background in organizational leadership, business development, program execution, and profit and loss management.  He has over 35 years in the defense aerospace sector, both in industry and as a career military officer.  Chris joined MobileNuclear from Apogee Professional Solutions, a management consulting firm he founded to help clients in the defense industry formulate and implement winning business strategies, drive sustainable growth, and foster cultures of excellence within their organizations.

Previously, Chris was Vice President of Business Development in the C5ISR Group of the Mission Technologies division at HII (Huntington Ingalls Industries) where he directed growth strategies for a $1.1 billion line of business and managed a $20 billion opportunity pipeline.  Prior to joining HII, he was Chief Growth Officer at Parry Labs LLC, a defense technology company providing cloud-native infrastructure and network solutions for highly-regulated military platforms.  Chris also held multiple leadership roles at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.  As Vice President of Special Programs, he directed a $400 million business unit responsible for new aircraft development, quick reaction capability programs, commercial aviation programs, and flight test and training.  As Vice President for Strategic Development, he led the company-wide strategic planning process and was responsible for promoting the company's full line of unmanned aircraft systems and mission systems solutions.

Chris's leadership experience extends to his military service as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, where he commanded at the squadron and operations group level, and served staff tours at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Headquarters Air Force, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.  He was rated as a Command Pilot and Electronic Warfare Officer, with over 3,000 hours in the F-111, EF-111, and C-130, including over 400 combat hours.

Chris holds an M.S. in computer information systems from Boston University, an M.S. in logistics from the Air Force Institute of Technology, a Master of Strategic Studies from the Air War College, and a B.S. in computer science from the University of Michigan.  He continued his professional development through the Wharton Executive Education Chief Strategy Officer program

Danica Roem represents the 30th District of the Senate of Virginia, which includes western Prince William County, the City of Manassas and the City of Manassas Park. Elected to the Senate in 2023, Danica serves on four committees: General Laws and Technology; Transportation; Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources; and Local Government (vice-chair). She also served on the Privileges and Elections Committee. She is a member of the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus.

During her three terms representing the 13th District of the Virginia House of Delegates, she served on four committees: Counties, Cities and Towns (chaired the Charters subcommittee); Communications, Technology and Innovation (chaired the Communications subcommittee); Transportation; and General Laws.

During her first eight sessions in office, the General Assembly has passed and the last two governors have signed 60 of Danica’s bills into law – all with bipartisan support – including more than 20 bills to prevent and reduce food insecurity. Her legislation has led to hundreds of thousands of more Virginia students receiving free breakfast and lunch while eliminating school meal debt shaming; created Virginia’s “Shield Law” to protect news reporters; prohibited health insurers from discriminating against transgender Virginians; and overhauled the court-appointed adult guardianship system for incapacitated adults to protect them from harm.

She also secured $62.5 million for innovative intersection designs along the Route 28 corridor in Manassas Park and Yorkshire as well as $8.9 million for Rollins Ford Road in Bristow and Gainesville, as well as the funding stream needed to launch the first Haymarket commuter bus.

Since taking office January 10, 2018, Danica has earned the “Readers’ Choice” awards for “Best Public Servant” / “Best Local Politician” from the Prince William Times (x3) and Inside NOVA, as well as the “Local Hero” award from the readers of the Washington Blade. She’s also received legislator of the year honors from the Virginia Council of Chapters of the Military Officer Association of America, Virginia Coalition for Open Government and Virginia Counselors Association. She was inducted in the LGBTQ+ Political Hall of Fame in 2024 and made the “Out 100” list of 2018 as the first out-and-seated transgender state legislator in American history.

Most significantly, Danica kept her 2017 campaign pledge to vote for Medicaid expansion, which has provided health insurance to more than 700,000 Virginians. She was uninsured and driving a $324 ‘92 Dodge Shadow when she launched her first campaign on January 3, 2017.

Born at Prince William Hospital in Manassas in 1984, Danica is a lifelong resident of the greater Manassas area, attending Loch Lomond Elementary School, All Saints Catholic School and Paul VI Catholic High School (‘02) before earning a B.A. in journalism/mass communication from St. Bonaventure University (‘06). She authored more than 2,500 news stories as the lead reporter of the Gainesville Times / Prince William Times from 2006-2015, including many articles about the development of utility infrastructure and data centers in western Prince William County.

Danica worked as the news director of the Montgomery County Sentinel from 2015-2016, content writer for Yoga Alliance from 2013-2014 and staff writer for The Hotline (National Journal) from 2009-2013. She authored the 2022 memoir “Burn the Page” (Viking Books/PRH) and now works as the executive director of Emerge Virginia. She’s been a guest on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, VH1, Comedy Central, E!, NPR and the BBC among other media outlets.

Supervisor Bob won a special election in February 2023 for the Gainesville District vacancy on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.  He was sworn in on February 27, 2023; that term ran through December 2023.  In November 2023, Bob ran for Gainesville District Supervisor again, this time, unopposed.  He has been elected to serve a four-year term:  January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2027.

Bob has been in public service for more than two decades by serving multiple terms on both the Haymarket Town Council and the Haymarket Planning Commission and has served on multiple advisory boards and community organizations.   

He has lived most of his life in the Commonwealth, graduating college from the University of Virginia.  He and his wife of 31 years, Diane, raised their children, Samantha, Michael, & Megan in the Gainesville District. Bob and Diane currently reside in the Town of Haymarket. 

Bob's passion lies with encouraging and empowering the residents of Prince William County to always demand from their elected officials: fiscal responsibility and transparency; strict adherence to adopted policies and state mandated procedures; awareness that we must never stop improving the quality of public education; and always make public safety a top priority.

He is responsible for federal, state and local government relations; corporate communications; advertising; public relations; creative services; philanthropy; and community affairs.

Murray joined the company in 2007 as managing director–Corporate Public Policy. He was named senior policy director–Public Policy and Electric Policy in 2016 and promoted to vice president–State and Electric Public Policy in May 2017. He assumed his current position in February 2019.

Murray previously served as a management analyst at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; a senior staff member for the Virginia General Assembly; and vice president–Policy at the Virginia Hospital Association. He also held several positions in the offices of former Virginia Govs. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine.

He is a member of the board of directors of the Virginia Health Care Foundation.

Murray received his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Virginia, his master’s degree in public administration from Virginia Tech, and his doctorate in public administration and public policy from Virginia Tech.

Since the start of her professional career, Kate Smiley has worked in the government and public relations sector at every level in capacities ranging from lobbying to campaigning to working in the federal and state legislature.

Kate began her career representing federal services contractors for a large trade association in Arlington, Virginia, a role in which she both led political action committee fundraising and directly lobbied members of Congress on complex defense and intelligence matters. 

She later expanded her issue portfolio as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill, focusing on healthcare, education, and veterans’ issues. Kate later served as Chief of Staff to House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rip Sullivan. She also managed his campaign activities, including fundraising and communications during his time as Campaign Chair in 2019 when Democrats flipped the Virginia House of Delegates and the State Senate.

Most recently, Kate lobbied state and local governments for clients ranging from small non-profit organizations to large publicly traded corporations as an Assistant Vice President at McGuireWoods Consulting, located in Richmond, Virginia. In this capacity, she created and executed strategic lobbying plans, bolstered her strong, bipartisan network of relationships with Virginia lawmakers, developed bill and amendment language, and published political and elections analysis.

In her free time, Kate enjoys baking and reading about early European history. She previously practiced Muay Thai and earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Kate graduated from Georgetown University with degrees in Government, History, and Philosophy. She lives in Richmond with her husband and two daughters.