Chamber Members Named to Women Who Mean Business

Please join us in congratulating Chamber members who have been named to the Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business: Melody Dickerson, SVP, Hospital Operations and Chief Nursing Officer, VHC Health; Larysa Kautz, President & CEO, Melwood; Lexy Kessler, Mid-Atlantic Leader, Aprio; Jamie Jones Miller, Dean & CEO, Northeastern University, Arlington Campus; Janet Osborn, East Region Managing Director, AON; and Liz Porter, Health Group President, Leidos.

Take the Northern Virginia Workforce Index Survey today and help us predict future trends within our Region!

What will our Region's workforce hiring, recruiting, and retention look like in the future? How can you best anticipate future workforce trends and position your organization for success?

The Northern Virginia Workforce Index, an annual longitudinal study developed in partnership between the Chamber and Northern Virginia Community College, demystifies our Region's workforce trends with real, actionable data. This is an opportunity for you to benchmark yourself against your peers and help our Region--and your own organization--respond to the tight labor market. Through data collected via this survey, we will compile our annual report, providing our community's leadership with critical information on hiring, retention, and professional development trends among employers in the Region.

Add your insight to this 10-minute survey here. It should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. The third annual Northern Virginia Workforce Index Report will be released at the Annual Economic Outlook Conference on January 30, 2024. Details to come.

C-Suite Roundtable By Invitation, Members-Only

October 19th

Join Dr. J. Stephen Jones, MD, President & CEO, Inova, and Kathryn Falk, Vice President, Cox Communications, for a frank conversation on the state of healthcare in the Region, key insights and national trends in the healthcare industry, and lessons in leadership from the Region's largest private employer, Inova. We’ll discuss how health equity is central to our Region's economy, why the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath have fundamentally changed healthcare delivery, and how the industry is managing through an unprecedented workforce crisis.

This Roundtable is sponsored by Inova and will be held at the Inova Center for Personalized Health Conference Center.

If you would like to add your name to our C-Suite Roundtable guest list, please contact Carmen Sevilla, Chamber Director, Member Engagement, at csevilla@novachamber.org.

C-Suite Roundtable By Invitation, Members-Only

October 24th

Our Region's workforce woes have become a common theme within our business community. Finding novel solutions to sourcing, training, and retaining new employees has become our modern day leadership challenge.

Join us for our October 24th C-Suite Roundtable where speakers Radha Muthiah, CEO, Capital Area Food Bank; Dr. Anne Kress, President, Northern Virginia Community College; and Cecilia Hodges, Regional President, Greater Washington and Virginia, M&T Bank, will discuss how their novel pilot program is bundling access to food, education, and the opportunity to interview for living wage jobs to improve students' lives... And our Region's workforce. Through their program, students pursuing higher education receive assistance to help them balance rising living costs and priorities that have traditionally derailed academic careers. Through this program, graduation rates have improved, resulting in better-qualified candidates.

This Roundtable is sponsored by Evans Consulting and will be held at Ruth's Chris.

If you would like to add your name to our C-Suite Roundtable guest list, please contact Carmen Sevilla, Chamber Director, Member Engagement, at csevilla@novachamber.org.

2023 Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards^TM Gala

November 1st | 5:30-10PM | Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner

Founded in 2002 in the shadow of 9/11, the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards have honored an industry that is vital to our society and its citizens for two decades. The Greater Washington Government Contractor Award is the premier event honoring the leadership, innovation, and commitment to excellence of the people and businesses in the Region’s government contracting community.

Presented by the Chamber and the Professional Services Council (PSC)

DEI Connects

October 17th | 2-3PM

Speaker: Sharnnia Artis, Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, George Mason University

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Greater Washington Apprentice Network Employer Briefing

November 7th | 2-3PM

Speaker: Eliza Chappell, Virginia Career Works and Jennifer Robertson, Qwasar Silicon Valley.

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The Fairfax County Public School Board honored the Children’s Science Center Lab by naming them to the 2023 Virginia School Board Association Business Honor Roll for their ongoing support of the community’s public schools through the Family Science Night Program. Learn more here.

The Greater Washington Heart Walk steps off on November 4th on the National Mall. A celebration of the American Heart Association's work to save and improve lives, join event co-chairs, Cynthia Cifuentes and Dr. Ameya Kulkarni of Kaiser Permanente for a 1-or 3-mile walk among the monuments, music, kids zone, pet parade and more. Learn more here.