Ray Brill’s passion for public service extends beyond the Vienna community: Brill served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and as counsel to the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Science & Technology Committee.

Brill moved to Vienna in 2005 to serve as pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church and was elected to Town Council in 2020. He is a founding scoutmaster for Troop 345 at Wesley United Methodist Church and a volunteer at the Lamb Center and with Wounded Warriors at Walter Reed Hospital. He also previously served on a city planning commission while living in Florida and as chairman of the board of a Salvation Army Chapter, also in Florida, and the Suzanna Wesley House for homeless women in Washington, DC.

Brill received a bachelor’s degree in engineering management from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a master’s degree in business administration from UCLA, a law degree from the University of Florida, and a Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Jane, live in northeast Vienna. They have two daughters and two grandchildren.