STEPHEN MORET \;is president and CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP)\, the economic development authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia.Congratulations to our ACE recipients! \; Please see the press release and nominees in bold below.
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\nJoin your Reston Chamber friends\, members and guests at the \;Annual Meeting and Awards for Chamber Excellence Luncheon \;where we will recognize \;the \;individual and corporate members below\, who have been nominated by their peers for their demonstrated excellence\, industry innovation and Chamber support over the past year. Other highlights of this networking luncheon include transitioning to the 2018-2019 Board of Directors under Charlene Wheeless of Bechtel\; learning about economic development priorities in the Commonwealth from Keynote Speaker Stephen Moret of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP)\; and celebrating our 35th Anniversary.
Announcing Our 2018 ACE Nominees!
\nCommittee of the Year
\nGovCon \;
\nMembership
\nNoVA B2G Conference Steering Committee
\nResourceful Women
\nTuesday 11:30 Leadshare
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\nSmall Business of the Year
\nch'i bodyworks
\nChip McCrea Photography
\nDave and JoAnne Adams Group
\nDimensional Concepts
\nEmbrace Home Loans
\nHCM2020
\nHughes &\; Abarca Insurance LLC
\nLend-a-Box
\nLNI Digital Marketing
\nPurple Squirrel Management Consulting
\nSpeedPro Imaging Northern VA
\nSweet Signatures
\nTagence
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\nMedium Business of the Year
\nAOC Key Solutions
\nCommunicate by Design (cbd-x)
\nClark Financial Solutions
\nGold's Gym Clocktower
\nHidden Creek Country Club
\nKME.digital
\nM&\;T Bank
\nShelter House
\nSynergy Design &\; Construction
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\nLarge Business of the Year
\nAccess National Bank
\nAmerican Disposal Services\, Inc.
\nCrowne Plaza Dulles Airport
\nMicrosoft
\nSOS International (SOSi)
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\nMember of the Year
\nDan Nathan\, AOC Key Solutions
\nDave Adams\, Dave and JoAnne Adams Group
\nDave and JoAnne Adams\, Dave and JoAnne Adams Group
\nEllen Jennings\, BEI
\nSusan Banville\, Embrace Home Loans
\nJanel Giambrone\, M&\;T Bank
\nJennifer Rhodes\, Tagence
\nJennifer Robinson\, ch'i bodyworks
\nJerry Ferguson\, Fairfax Public Access
\nKevin Learned\, McMahon\, Welch &\; Learned
\nKevin Lee
\nMonica Archondo\, Sweet Signatures
\nOahn Henry\, Allegra Printing
\nRandy Jones\, First Financial Group
\nRobyn McClure\, Pinot's Palette
\nTom Madden\, Visual Impact Productions
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\nNew Member of the Year
\nCooper's Hawk Winery &\; Restaurant
\nKaren Dobson\, GovCon Consulting
\nPure Perfection Catering
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\nVolunteer of the Year
\nDan Nathan\, AOC Key Solutions
\nIris Britt\, Iris Britt Consulting
\nJennifer Rhodes\, Tagence
\nJennifer Robinson\, ch'i bodyworks
\nKevin Taylor\, cbd-x
\nLauralee Beall\, First Baptist Church of Herndon
\nOmicron Kappa Kappa (OKK) Foundation
\nRandy Jones\, First Financial Group
\nSteve Salley\, Salley Wealth Management
\nSusan Banville\, Embrace Home Loans
\nTom Madden\, Visual Impact Productions
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\nYoung Professional of the Year
\nAmber Hart\, AOC Key Solutions
\nBen Bookwalter\, Able Moving &\; Storage
\nColin May\, KME.digital
\nLeland Rogan and Jake Endres\, Crooked Run Brewing
\nTahirah Khan\, Access National Bank
\nKelly McNerney\, FJY Financial
Click here to see the partial list of previous ACE Recipients.
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\nAbout our Keynote Speaker
STEPHEN MORET \;is president and CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP)\, the economic development authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Prior to VEDP\, Moret served as president and CEO of the LSU Foundation\, where he crafted a blueprint for the future of development at LSU\, preparing the institution to launch the largest capital campaign of any kind in state history. Concurrently he served as executive director of the LSU Property Foundation\, working to launch a $180-million\, mixed-use real-estate development that will revitalize the western edge of the LSU campus.
\n\nFrom 2008 through early 2015\, Moret served as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Economic Development (LED)\, which he transformed into one of America?s top state economic development agencies. At LED\, he directed business development efforts and cultivated higher education partnerships that helped secure a diverse array of economic development projects in urban and rural communities\, including software/IT centers (e.g.\, CGI\, CSC\, GE Capital\, and IBM)\, food/agricultural processing facilities\, and a few of the largest foreign direct investment manufacturing projects in U.S. history. Altogether Moret and his team helped secure private-sector capital investments in excess of $62 billion. He also established LED FastStart\, which The Economist called ?probably the most notable statewide workforce-development initiative [in America].?
\n\nDuring Moret?s tenure\, LED repeatedly was recognized as one of the top-performing state economic development agencies in the U.S.\, and Louisiana improved to its highest-ever position in every national ranking of state business climates. Business Facilities ranked LED FastStart the best state workforce training program in the U.S. every year from 2009 through 2015.
\n\nMoret previously served as president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce\; a management consultant with McKinsey &\; Company\; a public policy fellow with the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (a good-government think tank)\; a consultant to Harvard Business School\; assistant to the chancellor of LSU\; and an environmental consultant to industry at Trinity Consultants.
\n\nMoret earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from LSU and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He earned a doctorate (Ed.D.) in higher education management\, with Distinction for Dissertation\, from the University of Pennsylvania\, where his research focused on linkages between higher education and the labor market in the United States.
\n\nMoret resides in Richmond with his wife\, Heather\, and their four children.
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\n\nEvent marketing opportunities are available! \; Promote your business to our members and secure new business leads with a sponsorship. \; There are a variety of options for all members to participate! \; For more information\, please view our list of \;2018 ACE Event Marketing Opportunities \;or contact Ashleigh Dorfman.
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