Reena Bhatia, Founder and President of ProposalHelper, writes proposals for the thrill of it
“It’s the thrill of winning for our clients,” she says, “and mak...
Barb Chan, creator of the Koolooks app, wants to make the world a more beautiful place. “I say more beautiful instead of better because, as an artist, I’m alway...
The room is filled with parents, siblings, and supporters of the young men receiving a significant award. The code and law are recited, as the American flag sta...
As a child, Julie Coons was fascinated by National Geographic. Her paternal grandmother introduced her to the magazine when she was in grade school, and ever si...
Since high school, Chris Devine has played in about a dozen different bands. For decades, music was his side-gig, his hobby; an intense hobby, but a hobby nonet...
Walter Deyhle is blessed with the ability to change the way he sees himself when circumstances knock the scales off his eyes. He counts two such experiences amo...
Ann Dolin had always been drawn to teaching. But, during her first year as a young teacher with Fairfax County Schools, she began to have doubts about her capab...
As a rising junior in high school, Tripp Donnelly got the opportunity of a lifetime: entering the Congressional Page program and working in the halls of power. ...
In early 1994, Richard Duvall was flying high as a prominent member of the D.C. area legal community. He’d just successfully led the merger of Dunnells & Du...
Stephanie Eberhart was only 10 years old when she began mowing her parents’ lawn. They hadn’t insisted on it; she just wanted to contribute, and she enjoyed bei...
Jim Etter has a lot of energy — so much that it sometimes makes his thoughts move too fast for articulation. Words and phrases bounce when he talks. Most of his...
For over 20 years, Courtney Fairchild has been a leading figure in federal contracting and a shining example of what small businesses can contribute to our comm...
On May 7, 2007, Colonel Greg Gadson’s life changed in an instant when his vehicle was struck by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Baghdad, Iraq. He rememb...
In the mid-1980’s, David Gage finally reached the goal he had dreamed about and worked toward for over a decade. He’d completed his undergraduate work and Ph.D....
The most pivotal evening of Chip Grange’s life began with a half-truth. His younger sister, who had committed herself to Jesus at the age of 12, offered him two...
