Martina A. Hone

Martina Anne Tomašević 'Tina' Hone was an at-large member of the Fairfax County School Board from 2008 to 2011.

The daughter of an African-American mother and Nikolas Vid Tomašević, a Yugoslavian immigrant father, Hone grew up in Chicago.

Hone graduated from the University of Chicago and later took her law degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

After three years in private practice, Hone worked as a schoolteacher with Teach for America from 1992 to 1994.

In 1994, Hone moved to the Washington, D.C. area and served as legislative assistant and later legal counsel for Representative Mel Watt of North Carolina.

In 1998, she became the associate undersecretary for economic affairs at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

In 2000, Hone became the spokesperson and vice president of public policy for the nonprofit PowerUP: Bridging the Digital Divide, which closed in October, 2002.

In 2003, Hone joined the American Legacy Foundation as Associate Counsel for Policy and Government Relations.

Hone became the executive director of events for Congressional Quarterly in 2007.

In 2007, Hone was elected to one of the at-large seats on the school board.

In September 2008, Hone was named vice president of public policy for the Susan G. Komen foundation and president of Susan G. Komen Advocacy Alliance, the foundation's lobbying arm.

Hone left the Susan G. Komen Advocacy Alliance in March 2009 and founded Omnivox Strategies in April.