Sharon Bulova

Sharon Schuster Bulova currently serves as chair of the Fairfax Board of Supervisors. She has held the position since 2009. Prior to being elected chair, she represented the Braddock District on the Board of Supervisors from 1988 to 2009.

In 1987, 39-year-old political neophyte Bulova, who had never previously stood for office nor even worked on a political campaign, sought her first elective position as the handpicked successor to Audrey Moore, the Representative to the Board of Supervisors from the Annandale District for whom she had worked as a board legislative aide for the previous three years. Bulova was elected on November 3, defeating D. Patrick Mullins.

Bulova was reelected as the supervisor for the newly renamed Braddock District on November 5, 1991, defeating Paul E. Jenkins.

In the elections held November 7, 1995, Bulova handily defeated Paul A. Romano, III.

Bulova was unopposed in the elections of November 2, 1999 and November 4, 2003.

On November 6, 2007, Bulova defeated Carey C. Campbell to retain her seat.

Bulova was elected Chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in a special election held on February 3, 2009, defeating Patrick S. Herrity, Carey C. Campbell, and Christopher F. DeCarlo. She was sworn into office by Circuit Court Judge Jan L. Brodie on February 6.

Bulova was elected to her second term as chair of the board of supervisors on November 8, 2011.

Education and Personal
Bulova is one of four children of Lawrence K. Schuster, Sr. and the former Mary Suzanne Knox. She is named after Charon Konoa, a town on the island of Saipan where her father fought during World War II.

Following the birth of her son David in 1969 and wanting to educate her children in the highly rated county public schools, Bulova moved to the Kings Park West neighborhood of Fairfax County in May, 1971.

Bulova has an AAS degree in business management from Northern Virginia Community College. She also holds a Virginia real estate license. In 2000 Bulova married attorney Louis G. DeFalaise, and the couple has four grown children from their previous marriages.