Greater Reston Chamber Elects, Installs New Board

RESTON, VA — The members of the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) recently elected its 2020-2021 Board of Directors, according to a GRCC release.

“The GRCC has been blessed with corporate citizens who accept a nomination to serve in the important leadership role as a member of the board of directors” said Charles Kapur, president and CEO of the GRCC, in the release. “Each year the membership elects, by by-law, the chair-elect and the new and re-appointed members of the board of directors. The slate of directors was unanimously approved by the GRCC membership, through both live voting and submitted ballots.”

Dee Katar of M&T Bank will start his term as chairman of the board, following in the footsteps of former chairwoman Maggie Parker of Comstock Tom Madden of Visual Impact Productions will assume the role of chair elect.

“The 2020 - 2021 year will be a challenging yet defining year for businesses and the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce,” Dee Kakar said. “I am committed to the challenge of furthering the conversation on diversity, social injustice, and inclusion. We will invent new ways of promoting business and continue our history of being a leader in the Dulles Corridor.”

2020 - 2021 GRCC Board of Directors:

• Dee Kakar, M&T Bank, (Chair)
• Matt Clary, Law Offices of Matt Clary, (Legal Counsel)
• Tom Madden, Visual Impact Productions, (Chair-Elect)
• Maggie Parker, Comstock, (Immediate Past Chair)
• Kendall Coleman, CST, (Treasurer)
• Charles Kapur, GRCC (Secretary)
• Joe Becker, Not Your Average Joes
• Matt Brennan, Brennan and Waite
• Iris Britt, Iris Britt Consulting
• Steve Coniglio, Hidden Creek Country Club
• John Deardorff, Reston Hospital
• Michael Delpierre, Conversion Pipeline
• Bailey Edelson, JBG Properties
• Jame Estep, John Marshall Bank
• Mike Franz, SOSi
• Leila Gordon, Reston Community Center
• Bob Hicks, Bean Kinney & Korman
• Mike Jennings, BEI
• Andy Klaff, Newmark Knight Frank
• Alex Lane, Northwest Federal Credit Union
• Hank Lynch, Reston Association
• Jeff Makhlouf, Sheraton Reston
• Colin May, KME.digital
• Mike Misleh, Veatch Commercial
• Shane Murphy, Reed Smith LLP
• Andrew Painter, Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, & Walsh
• Chris Pharo, Leidos
• Kenyetta Price, Boston Properties
• Anne Rosenblum, Fairfax County EDA
• Laura Siko, Northern Virginia Community College
• Kevin Taylor, CDB-X
• Gordon Thrall, Guernsey Office Supplies
• Monica Tressler, Sandy Spring Bank
• Tyson Warren, Hyatt Regency Reston
• Carrie Welch, Comfort Works
• Charlene Wheeless, Charlene Wheeless, LLC
• Kerrie Wilson, Cornerstones

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