Avril Ussery Sisk, NACD.DC, currently serves on the board of a privately held information technology company. She is the immediate past chair of the Arlington County (VA) Economic Development Commission (EDC) and chaired the EDC’s Workforce Taskforce, the commission’s collaborative initiative to address workforce development, business recruitment and realignment, business climate, and other economic development concerns. This initiative led to the creation of the Arlington Talent Pilot, a technology apprenticeship program, which is currently expanding throughout Virginia.

Avril also spearheaded Arlington County's Framework for Prosperity 2.0-Equity Update, providing a strategic framework for the county board’s equity resolution with emphasis on economic development. During her tenure, the National Landing area of Arlington County became the first “smart city” in the United States through a public–private collaboration establishing new 5G digital infrastructure, drawing more technology companies to the area.

Avril’s portfolio combines governance and ethics expertise, employee relations and community engagement successes, adaptive governance and environmental, social, governance (ESG) principles, and thought leadership regarding the transformation of work and the competition for talent. Her career includes a variety of leadership roles in public policy and state governments. With her strong record of professional and community leadership, she is recognized for her skills in risk assessment, process improvement and return on investment initiatives, innovations in large and midsize government, business, and nonprofit organizations and consulting experience in both Japan and the United States. She couples these with government and regulatory, business, public affairs, and legislative experience.

A frequent speaker and panelist on these and related issues, Avril is a certified Leadership Professional in Ethics and Compliance through the Ethics and Compliance Certification Institute. A former North Carolina State Court judge and currently ethics counsel at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, she is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley Law School and the University of California, Los Angeles.