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Committees Sign up to serve on a committee today! LFI Leadership Team The LFI team and committees are organized into pillars. The pillars are structured as follows:
Advancement Pillar The Advancement Pillar chair oversees the Advancement Committee and the Gala and Auction sub-committee
Advancement Committee The Advancement Committee is the fundraising arm for LFI and is responsible for the Circle of Investors, supporting the Northern Virginia Leadership Awards and going on ambassador visits. The committee meets monthly. Education Pillar Chair: Larry Padberg, LFI '06 lpadberg@newhopehousing.org The Education Pillar Chair oversees the LFI Program and ELI Program and their affiliated committees.
Emerging
Leaders Institute Program The ELI Program Committee is responsible for all aspects of planning, organizing and implementing the Emerging Leaders Institute (ELI) program. This includes the responsibility for delegating, overseeing, and approving the work done by the ELI Curriculum, ELI Community Service Projects, and the ELI Mentoring sub-committees. The ELI Program Committee is composed of the chairs and vice-chairs of each ELI sub-committee. The ELI Program Committee meets during the summer and monthly after the ELI program begins in September.
ELI Curriculum Committee:
ELI Community Service Project Committee
Vice-Chair: Robin Wood, ELI ‘10
ELI Mentoring Committee
Finance Pillar The Finance Pillar oversees and give direction to the Finance Committee.
Finance Committee The Finance Committee's primary objectives include oversight of the current year's budget, preparation of the next fiscal year's budget, development of future budget projections as well as providing financial guidance to all LFI committees. The committee meets monthly.
Governance
Pillar
Governance Committee
Leadership Fairfax Gala
and Auction The Northern Virginia Leadership Awards Committee is responsible for producing the annual gala, which includes soliciting sponsorships and silent auction items and managing the award nominations and application process for the annual awards dinner. The committee meetings vary according to the event timeline. LFI Program Committee Co-chairs: Ellen Gray, LFI '06 and Tyra Garlington, LFI '09 ellengray@verizon.net tyra.Garlington-Skinner@fairfaxcounty.gov The Leadership Fairfax Program Committee manages and oversees the annual class program. This committee also works with coaches, who support class planning teams for their program days. The committee and its members plan the opening and final program days as well as a Leadership day, a County and Local Government day and a Virtual Road to Richmond day. The committee meets monthly.
Marketing &
Communications The Marketing and Communications Committee's mission is to assess, develop and implement strategies and tactics to effectively brand, differentiate and promote Leadership Fairfax. The committee also provides resources that inform alumni of upcoming events, personal and professional updates and leadership opportunities. Responsibilities include promotional brochures, LFI Web site, Destination Leadership newsletter and the LFI Directory. The committee meets monthly.
Member Engagement Committee The Member Engagement Committee offers opportunities for member networking and continuing education. Programs include Member Reception, Leaders That Lunch, Leadership on Tap, and continuing education. The committee meets monthly.
Outreach Pillar
Chair: Jaleh Moslehi, ELI '05 The pillar chair oversees the Marketing and Communications, the SERVEFairfax, the Alumni Outreach, Recruiting and Selection and Leadership Speaker Series' committees.
Recruiting Committee The Recruiting Committee is responsible for a recruitment plan identifying and attracting candidates for each year's new LFI and ELI class programs. The Committee plans several info sessions and spreads the word about the Leadership Fairfax programs, especially to those organizations and communities that will best represent the diversity of the county. The committee seeks speaking opportunities to introduce Leadership Fairfax to the community.
Selection
Committee The Selection Committee meets each summer to review the applicants for the annual class program and selects a class composition based on the criteria and the strength of the applicant. The committee focuses on filling a class that best represents diversity in terms of gender, ethnicity and geography, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Northern Virginia region's business, nonprofit, community, government and education sectors.
SERVEFairfax
Committee The SERVEFairfax Committee supports the efforts of Leadership Fairfax to connect its alumni to invest their skills and talents to passionately serve the county’s nonprofit community. The committee oversees the various SERVEFairfax initiatives including Leadership@YourService, On the Boardwalk seminars, the Mason-LFI Partnership Honors College Connects and other community service project teams initiatives.
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 "I went through the ELI program in 2006 to broaden my leadership skills and develop a base for future networking opportunities. I liked the energy of the people and the program. It was a very positive experience that allowed me to contribute amongst a strong group of Fairfax County's future leaders" |