October 20, 2020
UPCOMING EVENTS
Leading a Remote Workforce
October 22nd | 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Roundtable Discussion
Get Connected / Speed Networking
October 22nd | 3-4PM
Roundtable Discussion
18th Annual GovCon AwardsTM
November 4th | 5PM start
partner event
Brown and Brown Distinguished Speaker Series Featuring Molly Catalano
November 18th | 4-5PM
Engage and Retain your Veteran Employees: Best Practices for Creating a Veterans Employee Resource Group (ERG)
November 19th | 10-11AM
Veterans & Military Business Council
A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO
Northern Virginia, I'm in awe of you...
My role as President and CEO of the region’s largest Chamber of Commerce daily sees me working with members, regional leaders, the press, and government officials. It’s through these first-hand experiences that my team and I have witnessed the remarkable resilience and perseverance our member businesses have demonstrated in an unimaginably challenging year. I’m always in awe of our Northern Virginia business community, but in 2020, I’ll admit I've been impressed time and again, most notably during one of our awards shows.

Our 18th annual GovCon Awards show on November 4th will mark the close of a truly outstanding 2020 awards series. Each one of our awards shows has showcased Northern Virginia businesses and nonprofits who answered this year’s challenges and, through adaptation and innovation, have achieved the extraordinary. (Our awards shows were recorded and the winners’ stories shared via the links below.)

We first saw examples of community benevolence in our Good Business Awards whose honorees and winners selflessly serve as champions for good in our Northern Virginia Community. Our Business of the Year winner, Great American Restaurants...
ADVOCACY UPDATES
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Questions or concerns? Contact the Chamber's Clayton Medford, Vice President, Government Relations, at cmedford@novachamber.org.
COUNCIL SERIES & NETWORKING
UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS
18th Annual GovCon Awards
November 4th | 5PM start
Registration is now open for one of the region's most popular annual events, the 18th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards. These Awards honor the leaders and legends of the government contracting community. Don't wait - tickets will sell out quickly! 

Details about this virtual event, including this year's Finalist List, can be found here.
partner event
Brown and Brown Distinguished Speaker Series: Featuring Molly Catalano, VP of Marketing & Communications, Five Guys Enterprises
November 18th | 4-5PM
Join GMU's School of Business, Brown & Brown Insurance, and the Chamber for the Brown & Brown Distinguished Speaker Series featuring, Molly Catalano. Molly has spent the past 15 years leading the marketing and communications efforts for Five Guys Enterprises. During her time the company has grown from 30 restaurants on the East Coast of the United States to over 1,600 locations in 19 countries.
Engage and Retain your Veteran Employees: Best Practices for creating a Veterans Employee Resource Group (ERG)
November 19th | 10-11AM
Has your company established a Veterans Employee Resource Group (ERG)? What are you waiting for? In this fourth and final part of our Veteran and Military Business Council hiring series, our speakers will share the advantages to creating your own Veterans Employee Resource Group (ERG).
MEMBER BENEFIT
MEMBER NEWS
Cox Business is offering a free webinar on IDaas, a managed identity solution that securely consolidates all identities and access management into one place, allowing businesses to secure their network and add/remove users with ease. October 21, 1:30 pm. Learn more here.

Apply for the Dean’s Scholarship to Darden's flagship program, The Executive Program. Each year, the UVA Darden School Foundation awards a limited number of Dean’s Scholarships to outstanding leaders who would benefit from participating in TEP. Connect with the TEP Program Director, Katie Wiesel, to apply for the scholarship. Learn more here.

Virtual Information Seminar, October 27th @ 11:00am. The Mather, a $475-million-plus Life Plan Community coming to Tysons, Virginia, is 70% pre-sold, a significant milestone in the project. Phase 1 of The Mather is projected to open in 2023. Join us and learn more! Learn more here.

WashREIT has transitioned from helping tenants in need to now helping them get back to the office. Each one of our buildings has a customized Tenant Re-Entry Guide, and our property management team are now consultants for each company's unique situation. Learn more here.
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Doing Business is the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce's weekly e-newsletter focused on member-relevant news, Council Series updates, and upcoming events. Each month we will feature advocacy updates, a message from our President & CEO, and member-written blog posts. Subscription sign-up and past issues may be found on our website.
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