Jeff  is a lifelong resident of Lee District, born and reared on the Route 1 corridor. Jeff’s long history of civic involvement means that he has first hand knowledge of our communities and he shares our concerns.

For the past 12 years, Jeff has served as chief of staff to Lee District Supervisor Dana Kauffman. During this time, he has worked closely with Supervisor Kauffman on constituent and policy issues that affect the citizens of the Lee District, as well as those of all of Fairfax County. Jeff is also the Chairman of Delegate Mark Sickles Transportation Advisory Committee.

Jeff is a sworn Reserve Deputy Sheriff for Fairfax County, a member of the Southeast Health Planning Task Force (the task force that kept Mount Vernon Hospital from closing), a member of the Metropolitan Washington Local Government Assistants Association, and a former board member of United Communities Ministries (UCM) and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Committee on Reapportionment.

Jeff earned a B.A. in Public Administration from James Madison University and is a graduate of the Sorenson Institute of Political Leadership at the University of Virginia.

Jeff and Crystal who count two retired racing greyhounds*, Keota and Miss Vera, as part of their household, expect their first child this October.
 * Both Keota and Miss Vera were rescued through the Greyhound Pets of America — Northern Virginia.

Jeff lives in the Groveton section of Lee District, belongs to St. Louis Catholic Church, and is an active member of the Groveton Civic Association, the oldest civic association in Fairfax County. Jeff and his wife Crystal live in the house originally built by his grandparents in the 1950s and since renovated. Jeff kicked off his campaign in their packed house on May 5th, 2007.

McKay Makes It Official Kauffman's retirement creates a critical open seat on county board.  by Chuck Hagee (Connection community reporter) "Local government is our basic level of government," he [Jeff] said. "That's why it was important for me to kick this campaign off in my neighborhood and in this house." The McKays live in his grandmother's former home, where he spent many childhood hours, he said. His grandmother, Dorothea Morris, was an active community and Democratic Party member. She served as the finance officer at William Cullen Bryant Middle School in Fairfax County from 1960 until her retirement in 1972.   She was also a charter member of the Groveton Civic Association and its treasurer from 1946 to 1995. Her political activism included being a campaign staffer for numerous local, state and national campaigns beginning in the 1950s and serving as a member of the Lee District Democratic Committee, where she also served as treasurer from 1959 to 1995. She and her husband, Robert, were jointly awarded the Community Builders Award in 1996 and the Life Time Achievement Award by Fairfax County. In 1995, the Morris Glen Senior Retirement Community was dedicated to Robert and Dorothea Morris.