September 9, 2020
UPCOMING EVENTS
NOVA Chamber's Distinguished Service Awards Show
September 11th | 9-10AM
partner event
2020 Capital Region Business Forum
September 18th | 9-10AM
VA Senatorial Debate
September 23rd | 10-11AM
Reaching Veterans: Make Your Company a Destination Employer for Veterans
September 30th | 10-11AM
Veterans & Military Business Council
Greater Washington Innovation Celebration Awards Show
October 8th | 3-4:30PM
Engage and Retain your Veteran Employees: Best Practices for creating a Veterans Employee Resource Group (ERG)
November 19th | 10-11AM
Veterans & Military Business Council
The Coronavirus Pandemic has gripped the globe and is having an impact on Americans not seen in generations. This unforeseen, quick moving, and constantly changing crisis has evolved into a second pandemic – the panic, fear and perceptions cascading as a result of the virus. Now more than ever, leadership is required. 

CEOs, executive teams and companies who deal with the crisis effectively will come out the back end with stronger bonds with their clients, improved relationships and connectivity to external stakeholders, and resilient systems and processes to deal with future crises. What are the critical elements leaders should be thinking about and doing during the coronavirus crisis?
To hear Major General Malcolm Frost's (Ret) thoughts on leadership, register for our Distinguished Service Awards this Friday, September 11th here.
Major General Malcolm Frost (Ret) has over 32 years of leadership experience in both the U.S. Army and business and currently specializes in corporate leader development, crisis communications, and keynote speaking. He served as a career Infantryman, commanding and leading soldiers at every level from Lieutenant to 2-star General. Throughout his military career he provided large-scale strategic and operational leadership and oversight of units in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Europe, and the United States - successfully leading the evolution of soldier training programs in peace and war.
ADVOCACY UPDATES
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Clayton Medford, NOVA Chamber's Vice President, Government Relations
The Virginia General Assembly continues to meet in Special Session to address issues of criminal justice and policing, and the health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We crossed the 6-month anniversary of the first confirmed COVID case in Virginia this week, and virtual schooling has begun around the region.



Keep an eye out in early August for the Chamber’s legislative priorities for the Special Session. In the meantime, please contact me at cmedford@novachamber.org with any questions or concerns.
COUNCIL SERIES & NETWORKING
UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS
2020 Distinguished Service Awards
September 11th | 9-10AM

The Distinguished Service Awards honors those who have made meaningful contributions to help Veterans succeed.

Keynoting the Awards is Major General Malcolm Frost, U.S. Army (Ret), whose timely address will relate leadership traits he learned in a career spent enduring repeated crisis realized in combat to leading in business within today’s current pandemic environment.
Watch the 2020 Virginia Senatorial Debate live-- before it publicly airs!
September 23rd | 10-11AM
The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce invites you to view the Northern Virginia Senatorial debate between Senator Mark Warner (Democrat) and Daniel Gade (Republican). In the new virtual world, the debate will be recorded and broadcast that evening. This is an opportunity for Chamber members to watch the debate live, as it happens, before the rest of the world sees it!
Reaching Veterans: Make your Company a Destination Employer for Veterans
September 30th | 10-11AM
Is a career with your company attractive to veterans? Have you set up your hiring program to draw in veteran job seekers? In this third part of our Veteran and Military Business Council hiring series, our speakers will focus on the steps you should take to bring in veteran talent.
The Awards Show!
October 8th | 3-4:30PM
Join us for the Region's zaniest awards show showcasing great minds and business creativity! This not-to-be-missed event will have it all: live judging, audience picks, team costumes, and so much more. At the end of the evening, we'll crown this year's Innovator of the Year and our People's Choice winner!
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MEMBER NEWS
Join the George Washington Chapter AUSA as a Community Partner and support our Soldiers and Solider Families. Our community partners are an important part of the support we provide to all our members. The benefits of being a community partner include our Professional Development Forums where featured speakers are from DoD and Department of the Army. Learn more here.

Government Contracting in a Changed World Fall Conference hosted by the Center for Government Contracting and Defense Acquisition University. Resiliency - Virtual Session 6-Oct-20 8:00 am to 12:30 pm EST. Fireside Chat with The Hon. Adam Smith (WA) Chairman, House Armed Services Committee. Learn more here.

CohnReznick LLP, one of the top advisory, assurance, and tax firms in the U.S. and Unanet, the leading SaaS project-based ERP provider, released findings from their annual survey of the GovCon industry. GAUGE Report 2020 reveals a variety of compelling storylines, best practices, and benchmarks from the GovCon industry. Learn more here.

Cox Business Executive Discussion Series on Statewide Economic Recovery Efforts, Thursday, September 24, 2020, 10:00-11:30 am. Panel includes Nova Chamber President and CEO, Julie Coons, and VA Secretary of Finance, Aubrey Layne. Register here.

Read CliftonLarsonAllen's PPP Loan forgiveness for GovCon article here.

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