5 Recognized By Northern Virginia Chamber With 2024 Impact Awards

TYSONS, VA — Northern Virginia Chamber will be recognizing five of its members by presenting them with Impact Awards for regional leadership and in the areas of workforce and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Jason Stanford, Laura Miller Brooks and Nick Clemente will receive the 2024 Impact Award for Regional Leadership, recognizing their "intellectual and policy engagement on the future financial and operational integrity of WMATA," according to the chamber's release.

Standford is the executive director of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance and Brooks is the director of transportation and infrastructure on the Federal City Council.

As the chamber's vice-president of government relations, Clemente represented its interests in Richmond, including writing a weekly blog during the 2024 General Assembly session. The chamber worked closely with NVTA to identify a sustainable path for Metro.

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Here are all the 2024 Impact Award Recipients:

2024 Impact Award: Regional Leadership

• Jason Stanford, Executive Director, Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance
• Laura Miller Brooks, Director of Transportation and Infrastructure, Federal City Council
• Nick Clemente, Vice President, Government Relations, NVC

2024 Impact Award: Workforce

• David Hunn, President and CEO, SkillSource Group

2024 Impact Award: DEI

• Inaugural DEI Board of Advisors

The awards will be presented June 6, at the chamber's annual members' meeting. Networking will take place 8-9 a.m. and the program is 8-10 a.m. This members-only event will be at the Westover Country Club in Vienna.

VHC Health is the members' meeting sponsor and Deltek is the chamber's premier partner. Elite partners for the event include Appian, Cox, Dominion Energy, Kaiser Permanente, PNC, Peraton, USI, Verizon, and Washington Gas. Business partners are BakerTilly, Bank of America, BDP, Cherry Bekaert, Cigna, CohnReznick, Holland & Knight, I66 Express Mobility Partners, Lexell Blue Consulting, M&T Bank, ManTech, MITRE, TD Bank, and United Bank.