Supervisor Michael R. Turner was elected to represent the Ashburn District on the Board of Supervisors in November 2019 and reelected in 2023. He serves as the chair of the Board of Supervisors Transportation and Land Use Committee and represents Loudoun on the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board and the Fiscal Impact Committee. Supervisor Turner is a 1973 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a former command pilot with more than 3,500 flying hours as both an air rescue helicopter pilot and a fighter pilot. A Desert Storm veteran, he served on the U.S. Central Command staff before and during the war and on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon in support of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1993-1997.

Since his retirement from the Air Force in 1997, Turner has worked principally as a nonprofit development officer at six nonprofit organizations with varied missions. From 2003-2004, Turner was a military commentator for CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, KQED radio, and Newsweek online. Turner is a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Air Medal. He has a bachelor’s degree in science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a master’s degree in business administration from Chapman University in California.