Barbara is an original member of the Doris Leadbetter & Associates team. A native Arkansan, she came to Northern Virginia over 30 years ago after graduating from Loyola University in New Orleans and working in NYC and settled in the Reston/Herndon area.  As she and her husband raised their three sons, now VA Tech and JMU grads, she was involved in numerous volunteer  activities through Fairfax County Public Schools and youth sports.   Barbara has extensive knowledge of Reston and Herndon as well as the surrounding areas of Great Falls, Potomac Falls, Sterling, Ashburn and Vienna.  She particularly enjoys working with first-time home buyers.