About John
T. Stirrup
Supervisor John T. Stirrup, was born, raised and educated in
New Jersey. A graduate of Seton
Hall University, he moved to
northern Virginia in 1982 and
has lived in Prince William
County for the last nine years. He
was elected on November 4,
2003 to represent the Gainesville District at the Prince William
County Board of Supervisors.…, and on November 6, 2007, Sup.
Stirrup was overwhelmingly re-elected to a second term with 62%
of the vote.
John has had a distinguished career and as an accomplished Washington
government affairs representative, he has worked with a wide range
of elected officials in the United States Congress, the Executive
branch, state governments and the private sector.
Presently, he is the top policy advisor to a transportation logistics
trade association and represents their interests before Congress,
the Administration and in state capitals. He previously worked
for one of the Big Five accounting firms, served as chief of staff
for a Member of Congress, served as a political appointee in three
Cabinet Departments in the Reagan Administration and worked as
a commercial real estate broker.
In his currently capacity, John understands the key to success
for many business strategies depends on their knowledge, understanding
and ability to work with the legislative branches and regulatory
offices of government. It is precisely this experience that he
brings to bear in the position of Supervisor.
In addition to his professional work, John has also served the
citizens of Prince William as a member of the Prince William County
Park Authority Board of Directors and the Prince William County
Zoning Ordinance Review Committee. He is a member of the of the
Gainesville Ruritans, Optimist Club of Manassas and the Prince
William Republican Committee. He is a founding member of St.
Katharine Drexel Mission in Haymarket.
An avid outdoorsman, John enjoys
waterfowl hunting and fishing,
as well as the family horses, cats and dog. He has successfully
completed the US Marine Corps marathon, is an accomplished downhill
skier, swimmer and bird watcher. John is married twenty years to
his wife Heidi, and they have one daughter, Sarah and reside on
a small horse farm in the Rural Crescent..
