Edwin W. "Ike" Broaddus

Scott Magisterial District

In 2024, Edwin W. “Ike” Broaddus was elected to represent Scott Magisterial District for a four-year term of public office on the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors. 

Mr. Broaddus is a business owner, conservationist, husband, and father of three. He has been living and working in Fauquier County since 1996, raising children, chickens, and goats in an 18th century farmhouse on Old Bust Head Road with Julie, his wife of 37 years.

Mr. Broaddus studied at Virginia Tech for three years alternating trimesters between school and work.  In what was intended to be a one-year hiatus to earn money before returning to finish his degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics, the hiatus turned into a career in business.

Mr. Broaddus met his wife Julie in 1985.  They married and began their real estate careers together in 1987, having two children before buying their first Century 21 franchise in 1990.  He served as the company’s CEO and opened offices around the DC metro area.  By the time they sold the company to their management team in 2006, Century 21 New Millennium had become the largest C21 franchise in the world.

Mr. Broaddus was appointed to Fauquier County’s Purchase of Development Rights Committee in 2004, and served as its Vice Chair until 2024, permanently preserving over 14,000 acres of family farms during his tenure. 

From 2006 to 2015, Mr. Broaddus served on the Board of Trustees for Highland School and was its Treasurer beginning 2007, facilitating the school’s $24 million expansion with $17 million in bond financing, all while navigating the 2008-2009 recession.

In 2007, Mr. Broaddus was appointed to the Vint Hill Economic Development Authority, where he served as Chair and Executive Director until 2012. 

In 2013, Mr. and Mrs. Broaddus purchased several of the oldest and most run-down buildings in Vint Hill, launching their new brewery, Old Bust Head Brewing Company, at the center. They began renovating those buildings using state-of-the art sustainable infrastructure like geothermal heating and cooling, LED lighting, and a massive 100kW PV solar electric rooftop installation, the largest for miles around.  Their efforts have attracted 50 businesses including ballet, yoga, gymnastics, and CrossFit studios, a church, a school, several defense contractors, a food distribution center, a winery, a hair salon, two restaurants, a coffee shop, a museum, a retail gift shop, a veterinarian, a global land-conservation non-profit, and dozens of other small businesses, housed in over 260,000 square feet of commercial space, and employing hundreds of people who no longer have to commute to Northern Virginia every day.

In 2024, Mr. Broaddus enrolled in the Virginia Certified County Supervisors' Program, a certification curriculum through the Virginia Association of Counties (VACo). On November 14, 2024, Mr. Broaddus graduated from the 12-month program and became a certified supervisor. 

Mr. Broaddus currently serves on a number of committees, including: the Fauquier County Broadband Authority; Board of Supervisors/School Board Liaison Committee; Facilities Planning and Implementation Committee; Finance Committee; Potomac Watershed Roundtable; Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission; Rappahannock River Basin Commission; Town/County Liaison Committee; Transportation Committee; Water & Sanitation Authority Liaison Committee; the Piedmont Workforce Development Board; and the Foothills Housing Corporation Board of Directors.

In his free time, Mr. Broaddus enjoys hiking, cycling, kayaking, sailing, camping, playing guitar and bass, and singing in local classic rock cover bands.