Ilryong Moon

Ilryong Moon is an at-large member of the Fairfax County School Board.

Moon was born in Korea and emigrated to the United States when he was 17. After attending T.C. Williams High School, Moon took his bachelor's degree from Harvard University and his law degree from William and Mary Law School. Moon was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1984.

Moon moved to Fairfax County from Alexandria in 1987. However, despite being a resident of the county, Moon erroneously voted at least twice at his old polling place in Alexandria. This error very nearly torpedoed Moon's 1995 run for the Fairfax County School Board.

Moon was able to weather the storm of these attacks, and when the elections for the school board were held on November 7, Moon was elected as the member from the Braddock District, defeating Ana M. Smith and Judith T. Wilson. On December 6, Moon was convicted of illegally voting in Alexandria and sentenced to three days in jail, although the conviction was overturned on appeal in February, 1996.

The November 2, 1999 election had a different result, with Moon losing a rematch with Wilson.

Wanting to continue his public service, Moon was appointed for a term on the Fairfax County Planning Commission, serving from January, 2000 to December, 2003.

Moon returned to the School Board when he was elected as a member at-large in 2003.

In 2009, Moon ran for the office of supervisor from the Braddock District in the special election of March 10, but lost to John Cook.