About Tim:

Tim Laderach grew up in a small town where the "social safety net" wasn’t a government program—it was neighbors showing up for each other when the chips were down. He watched his grandfather, a WWII Navy veteran, spend a lifetime proving that service doesn’t end when the uniform comes off. That example stuck. Tim followed that path to pharmacy school and then into the U.S. Navy, a journey of service and strategic training that eventually led him and his wife, Elissa, to the place they chose to call home: Alexandria.

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When Tim and Elissa moved here, they found a city that felt like home. Tim enrolled in law school to gain the tools to advocate for others, but then the pandemic changed everything. While the world hit "pause," Tim hit "play." He stepped away from his law books, put his pharmacist’s white coat back on, and joined the frontline vaccine effort.

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In those high-pressure months, Tim didn't just deliver thousands of vaccines—he listened to his neighbors. He heard their fears about their health, their jobs, and their rent. That’s why, in the middle of that chaos, he stepped up for the first time to lead the Del Ray Citizens Association. He realized then that hope isn't a feeling; it’s an action you take for your community.

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As life returned to a "new normal," Tim finished his law degree, but his heart remained in the work of local advocacy. He joined the Economic Opportunities Commission (EOC) and was eventually elected Chair, fighting for the working families who are being squeezed out of our city. As the son of an educator and a homemaker, Tim knows that if his own family tried to move to Alexandria today, they couldn’t afford to stay.

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While leading the EOC, Tim was called back to lead the DRCA for a second term. These two roles gave him a rare view of our city: he saw the street-level concerns of a single neighborhood and the systemic, city-wide crises of housing, food insecurity, and transit. He learned how to navigate City Hall’s complex bureaucracy to get real results for people who felt left out of the conversation.

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Today, Tim is an attorney in D.C. specializing in complex regulatory advising and litigation. He spends his days solving the kind of high-stakes, intricate problems that most people shy away from. But he isn’t running for City Council to be another lawyer in the room. He’s running to use those strategic "Day One" skills—the legal mind, the Navy discipline, and the pharmacist’s empathy—to make Alexandria a stable "Safe Harbor" for everyone.​