The fourth Schar School Regional Elected Leaders Initiative (RELI) capped off the year with an in-person dinner on the Arlington Campus after hosting the ceremony online last year. The dinner was followed by a panel discussion about effective leadership and featured former Virginia Secretary of Education and Schar School professor Anne Holton and former Virginia Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne. Pictured, awardees for exceptional regional leadership and event sponsors: From left, Falls Church council member David Snyder; Virginia Senator Janet Howell (D-32); McGuire Woods Consulting’s James W. Dyke, Jr.; Schar School Dean Mark J. Rozell; Arlington School Board Chair Barbara Kanninen; and Prince William School Board Chair Babur Lateef; Virginia Housing’s Jill Norcross; JBG Smith’s Jay Corbalis; and the Virginia Housing Development Authority’s John Payne. Photo by Jeanine Finch/finchphotodc.com
—Buzz McClain