Mayda Sakawat
Arbonne Intl.- The Mayda Touch
2765 Centerboro Dr., Unit 361
Vienna, VA 22181
Phone: 703-272-3765
E-mail: themaydatouch@myarbonne.com

We can't thank Mayda enough for her generous contributions of time and energy to the Chamber from the moment she became a member in March of this year. She is a role model for new members in how to participate, network and get involved in activities in the Chamber. Mayda served on the 2007 Halloween Parade Committee as Sponsorship Chair and made this one of the best-sponsored parades ever. Then she rode around in the rain the night of the parade in a golf cart helping keep everything running smoothly. She really helped demonstrate how Chamber members partner with the Town of Vienna to make this such a great community in which to live, work and play. Mayda's next contribution will be to chair the Prize Committee for our 2008 Casino Night and Taste of the Town. It is a privilege to be able to honor her professionalism and dedication with this award.

Mayda Sakawat is an Independent Consultant and District Manager for Arbonne International which specializes in pure, safe and beneficial skin care and wellness products. In an effort to differentiate herself you will hear her say she has 'The Mayda Touch'. "You cannot avoid your birthday," she says, "but you can avoid looking like you have celebrated many."

Mayda has an extensive background in the investments and insurance arena which spans almost 15 years where she has been able to harness her desire to educate and coach others to plan for the future. She earned her BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance/Management from the State University of NY in Albany and also holds a Graduate Certificate in Project Management from Keller Graduate School of Management.

Mayda was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Liberty, New York, a small town in the Catskills where she struggled with severe eczema. Out of this struggle a passion for the wellness lifestyle was born that would later fuel her desire to become an entrepreneur.

When Mayda decided to start her Arbonne business this past March, she decided that the VTRCC would be the most logical place to meet people in the community. Not only was it logical, but becoming a VTRCC member "was by far the best decision I have made for my business. I have met some wonderful people and they have been extremely supportive. I believe it is my duty to help other business owners realize the same success that I have had."

Looking for the perfect gift this holiday season? Mayda is offering all Chamber members a 20% discount on all Luxurious Holidays purchases thru December 20, 2007.

Russell Brannan
United Storage- Vienna
300 Mill Street, NE
Vienna, VA 22180
E-mail: usacvienna@verizon.net
Phone: 703-255-0185
www.unitedstorallcenters.com

We can’t thank Russell enough for his incredible generosity to the Chamber, both in resources and time. He works behind the scenes on every major Chamber project, yet most members are not aware of the great contributions Russell makes to the success of this Chamber. His donation of free storage for the Chamber’s Halloween Parade and Casino Night materials is invaluable. But then he always helps deliver and retrieve all the equipment for events and often single-handedly packs and unpacks the storage unit each time. Russell has served on the Halloween Float Committee every year since 2005 and been co-chair the last couple of years, even stepping in as chair in 2006 when the project chair was incapacitated. When the Parade is over each year, Russell steps in and does it all over again for Casino Night— storage, transportation, construction, and anything else the committee needs. It is a privilege to be able to honor Russell’s professionalism and dedication with this award.

Russell Brannan is a Virginia native who moved to the Town of Vienna in 2004. He immediately joined the Vienna-Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce, became a very active member, and was awarded as the 2005 New Member of the Year.

Russell is proud to have contributed to the success of Casino Night and Taste of the Town, the VTRCC Fall Carnival, and the Chamber’s Halloween Parade float for the past four years.

In addition to supporting the Chamber, United Storage - Vienna has supported the community in many other ways. They sponsored and supplied volunteers for the Vienna Jaycees 5K Turkey Trot; participated in the Special Olympics “Dulles Days” at Dulles Airport; and donated time, storage space, and/or services to the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department, Our Daily Bread, Vienna Presbyterian Church, Vienna Assembly of God, the Committee for Helping Others, and James Madison High School.

Russell’s involvement in the Chamber and community have paid off for United Storage; occupancy at the Vienna facility has increased 31% in the past three years.

With his wife Stephanie and his dogs Twister and Zoe, Russell really enjoys living in the Town of Vienna. He loves working with other Chamber members, and looks forward to volunteering at many events in the future to help build a better community.

Karin Collis Arnette
Karin’s Custom Images
Phone: 703-450-4053
Fax: 703-450-0263
Mobile: 703-309-6446
Web site: www.karinsci.com

The Board, staff and membership really appreciate all Karin does to help and support EVERY Chamber program. Her participation in Casino Night and the Halloween Parade contribute immeasurably to the great success of these signature Chamber events that, with Karin’s help, grow better year after year. As a founder and primary force behind our popular TIPS Groups, Karin has helped make this Chamber one of the premiere networking vehicles for businesses throughout the area. Her experience, guidance and participation in our Marketing Committee has inspired our efforts to give the Chamber a professional image that portrays us as a primary influence in the Vienna-Tysons community. Karin consistently models the highest level of Chamber membership and is an inspiration for all of us.

Karin’s Custom Images provides the best in advertising specialties for a diverse clientele. Headquartered in Great Falls, VA, KCI has developed a reputation for top quality products and responsive service.

Karin is a native of the Washington D.C. area. She has more than 30 years of experience in sales and customer service with 18 years in the ad specialty industry. Karin grew up working at Karin’s Florist, the family business, and graduated from George Mason University with a degree in Business Administration.
In 2002, VTRCC named Karin as Entrepreneur of the Year. She is a 2003 graduate of Leadership Fairfax, one of the founders and the treasurer of Professional Networkers Alliance, and a founding member of The Networking Community. Karin is a member in good standing of several networking organizations in the Washington DC Metro area. If there’s a networking event, you probably will see her there. She has recently joined the board of Homestretch and is a member of the VTRCC Marketing Committee.

Karin resides in Great Falls with her husband Jeff Arnette (WAVA 105.1) who she met through VTRCC and other networking events. She is very proud of her two sons: Peter, a Virginia Tech honors graduate who currently works at Orbital as a Sr. Electrical Engineer; and Bill, a Shenandoah University honors graduate who is currently employed with Freeman & Sherburne Insurance as a Personal Lines Manager.

Robert Stemetzki, Partner
The Burdette Smith Group, P.C.
4035 Ridge Top Road, #550
Fairfax, VA 22033
Phone: (703) 591-5200
Fax: (703) 385-3572
E-mail: rstemetzki@bsgpc.com www.bsgpc.com

It is a great pleasure for the Chamber to honor Bob Stemetzki as the September 2007 Member of the Month in recognition of the fabulous job he has done for the third consecutive year as Chair of our Annual Fall Carnival. As a former Chairman of
the VTRCC Board of Directors, Bob is very aware of the importance of the Carnival to the Chambers presence to families in our community as well as the vital role it plays
in helping fund Chamber programs. The energy, commitment, participation and leadership he gives to this event is the key
to its ongoing success. We can’t thank you enough, Bob, for your generosity to the Chamber in leading this event!

Bob Stemetzki has been a shareholder with the accounting firm of The Burdette Smith Group, PC, located in Fairfax, VA, since 2000. Prior to that date, he had been a partner with the accounting firm of Whelan Barsky & Graham in Maryland. He has had over 24 years experience in public accounting, with emphasis in the following areas: business and succession planning for family-owned corporations and their shareholders;
financial reporting, tax planning and compliance for individuals,
corporations and partnerships; estate planning; trust administration; mergers and acquisitions; personal service corporations; manufacturing companies; and businesses specializing in new technology.

Bob and his family moved to Vienna in 1987. He and his wife Sue will celebrate their 31st wedding anniversary in November. They have two sons— Scott, a recent Syracuse University graduate and Todd, a sophomore at Radford. Bob has
been active in the Chamber for many years, serving on the board from 2001 to 2004 and as Chairman of the VTRCC in the 2002-2003 fiscal year.

Bob received a B.S. in accounting from Albright College in Reading, PA, and an M.S.in Taxation from the University of Baltimore. He is a member of the Tax Division of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Virginia Society of CPAs. He is also a member of the Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council. He was twice voted one of the Top Virginia CPAs in 2005 and 2006 by readers of the Virginia Business magazine.

Bob is also active at his church, is a preferred CPA of The Women’s Center in Vienna, serves on the Financial Literacy Advisory Board, was a director of the Children’s National Medical Center Planned Giving Foundation, and is a member of the Vienna Rotary Club.

Donna Wilson
The Business Bank, Vienna
133 Maple Ave, E
Vienna, VA 22180
Phone: (703) 938-2500
dwilson@businessbankva.com

The Board, staff and membership of the Chamber really appreciate all Donna does to help with EVERY major Chamber event. Not only was she responsible for generating many of the sponsorships and prizes for both Casino Night and the Golf Tournament, but she was a tireless worker at each of the events in setting up and staffing volunteer posts. We are also very grateful for Donna’s efforts in bringing The Business Bank’s generous sponsorship support to our Chamber. But, most importantly, we value Donna’s great sense of humor; seemingly boundless energy; warm and welcoming responses to every request for help and support; and a graciousness that is unsurpassed. Donna’s positive, “can do” attitude is an inspiration to all of us. It is a privilege to be able to honor her professionalism and dedication with this award.

Donna M. Wilson, AVP Client Manager for The Business Bank, has been banking for 10 years. She specializes in giving special customer service to consumer and small business banking customers.

Donna graduated from GMU with a degree in Business Administration. Before her banking career she was a longtime retailer managing furniture and clothing stores. She received many awards for having the number one volume business in each of her locations. While working at Nordstrom, Donna received a special thank you letter from President Bill Clinton for having his tuxedo shirts custom-made in two days for the inauguration for his first presidency.

Donna has been an officer for Business Networking International and board member for the Annandale Chamber of Commerce. Donna is currently a member of the Profit Club, TIPS, and Success in the City; a contributor and participant of The Women’s Business Center; and just recently became a board member for the Fairfax Partnership for Youth. She is an active member in VTRCC and since she resides in Springfield with her husband and son, she is busy with Lee High School sports activities and the Daventry Dolphin swim team.

T.R. Cook
Cook’s Photo -Art Studio
135 Park Street, NE
Vienna, VA 22180
Phone: 703-938-5858
cooksphotoart@aol.com

T.R. Cook’s involvement, participation, commitment and generosity are boundless when it comes to service to this Chamber. He truly epitomizes what being a VTRCC member can be within the Chamber and as a representative of the Chamber and local business in the Community. Our image over
the years has been shaped through the “eye” of TR’s camera. His presence at our events provides us with a pictorial chronology of this organization and a wise and benevolent counselor who helps us remember our roots while visioning our future. It is a privilege to be able to honor T.R. Cook’s professionalism and dedication with this award.

The Cook family came to Vienna in 1965, when there was no active photographic studio in Vienna. In 1966, after securing
a permit and joining the Vienna Chamber they prepared a portrait shooting space in their Vienna Woods basement to do a market test.In 1968 the studio & family moved to the current location.

Photographic services include individual, family & group portraits, wedding, Bar/Bat Mitzvah and other event coverage, plus copies and restoration of old or damaged photographs. They also provide artist paintings from photographs. Some
photo assignments require travel nationally, but it’s the local area people and assignments they enjoy most. Excellent photography, service to our customers, and a commitment to community service are the hallmarks of Cooks Photo-Art
Studio. The studio team is T.R. Cook, Betty Swartz, and Mike Olson. The studio has Partnered with The Junior League of NOVA, CASA, Viva! Vienna, The Womens Center, Madison High School’s all night graduation party, Historic Vienna, Vienna and Great Falls Historic Societies and and the VTRCC. Examples are prominent in the VTRCC Directory, web site, and the Enterprise– showing portraits, events and area locations. T.R. chairs the Northern Virginia Area Action Council of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIBVA) and serves on
the NFIBVA Council. He has joined in supporting business programs including “Death of the Death Tax” and efforts for affordable health insurance in the Virginia State and Federal
governments. He received the NFIBVA Small Business Champion award.

Katherine R. Hutt, APR
Nautilus Communications, Inc.
P.O. Box 1600
Vienna, VA 22183-1600
Phone: 703-938-4540
KHutt@NautilusCommunications.com
www.NautilusCommunications.com

The Board is very pleased to recognize Katherine Hutt for continuously going above and beyond the call of duty in her
level of involvement with the Chamber and the community at large. As VTRCC grows in size and influence, we are particularly
indebted to Katherine for her marketing guidance and expertise. Katherine’s design, writing and distribution of our eNews Alerts
represents us well and her lead stories in the Enterprise are key to the great response it’s had. But most importantly, we are grateful for Katherine’s willingness to give time and energy to develop the branding that has distinguished this Chamber and represented it so well in the community.

Katherine R. Hutt, APR, Fellow PRSA, is President of Nautilus Communications, Inc., a consortium of senior-level communications consultants specializing in consumer and small business issues. She is accredited in public relations (APR) by the Public Relations Society of America and is a member of that organization’s prestigious College of Fellows. Before starting Nautilus in 1996, Katherine was Director of Public Affairs with Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. She has received numerous awards during her career, including
“Washington PR Woman of the Year” from Washington Women in PR in 1994, and VTRCC’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2005.

Katherine is very active in the Vienna community, including the Vienna-Madison Community Coalition, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts,
PTA and church activities, and she was recently appointed by the Vienna Town Council to the Town-Business Liaison Committee. She lives in Vienna with her two children,
who are also active in the community.

Jim DiModica
APT Impact, Inc.
10900 University Blvd.
Bull Run Hall, Suite 147
Manassas, VA 20110
(W) 703-396-8205, ext. 100
(F) 703-396-8778
jim.dimodica@aptimpact.com

The Board, staff and members of the Chamber are so grateful for all the support and leadership Jim provides to our organization and the individuals in it. A true visionary, Jim’s talent and skills have helped lead VTRCC to a new level of growth and member service. Jim’s contributions go far beyond great ideas, however; he is always ready to put his time, resources and considerable experience into the implementation of the concepts he helps to generate. His creative vision and organization of a new Strategic Planning Committee shows a commitment to the Chamber that is really “over the top.” It is an honor to have Jim as a key person on our team and to be able to acknowledge him with this award.

Since founding APT Impact, Inc. in 2003, Jim DiModica has brought a strategic combination of Sales and Marketing to the company. APT Impact is an Audio Marketing and Sales Strategies Consulting firm which is derived from Audio Point of Purchase Technologies. APT provides a managed subscription service which turns idle time or dead air into a marketing and PR tool. The simplest program is a AudioNewsletter– for business telephone systems to help clients improve customer service and cross sell products and services more effectively. The company currently serves clients in 20 different states and is expanding its channel network of dealer/agents. With more than 20 years as a senior level manager in Sales and Marketing, Jim has helped to start and grow three successful businesses. He started in Sales and worked his way up through Sales Management and Vice President of Sales for both large and small companies as well as a venture-funded start-up.

His affiliations include: Board of Directors of VTRCC and Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee; Chairman of Membership Committee, NVTC; Board of Directors, Prince William Regional Chamber; President, BXG of Prince William; Active: Make-A-Wish, and Friends of the Foundation-PWHS.

Jim has been married to Christine over 11 years and has two children, Alexis and Nicholas.

Rich Irons
First Citizens Bank
8500 Leesburg Pike, Suite. 101
Vienna, VA 22182
Phone: 703-749-3140
Email: richard.irons@firstcitizens.com
Web: www.firstcitizens.com

VTRCC is so grateful for all the support and leadership Rich Irons has provided to the Chamber as the restaurant chair for Casino Night this year as well as in previous years. The quality of restaurants he recruits for this major event gives it the distinction necessary to be bigger and better each year. Rich’s contributions as a member of the 2007 Board of Directors Fundraising Committee Chair are making it possible for this Chamber to grow at a phenomenal rate. And to further that growth, Rich— as Vice President of the new First Citizens Bank— has brought the membership and support of another corporation to the Chamber. Rich is a terrific role model for Chamber membership and involvement. We are honored to be able to recognize his contributions to the Chamber with this award.

Rich has been in banking his entire career to date, totaling 18 years in the Northern Virginia market. His banking career includes concentrations in Retail Banking, Banking Technology and Commercial Services. Currently, Rich serves as the Vice President and Financial Services Manager for First Citizens Bank’s newest location in Tysons Corner. Since 2003, Rich has served on the VTRCC Casino Night Committee and has been a regular supporter of the Chamber and its mission to serve the business community.

Rich lives in Falls Church with his wife Lisa (also a banker) and his three daughters, Kaitlyn, Julia and Megan. Both Rich and Lisa grew up in Arlington, Virginia, graduating from Radford University and George Mason University respectively. In addition to spending time with his family, Rich enjoys mountain biking, golf and racquetball.

Kurt Frogale
Commerce Bank, Vienna
308 Maple Avenue, East
Vienna, VA 22180
Phone: 703-281-1257
Fax: 703-281-1908
Email: Kurtis.Frogale@yesbank.com
Web: www.commerceonline.com

The Chamber is delighted to be able to award the Member of the Month designation for March to Kurt. We are so grateful for all the support and leadership he has provided to the Chamber as the manager of the new Commerce Bank in Vienna, including securing a corporate sponsorship that enabled us to launch our new Enterprise newsletter. Kurt’s willingness to serve as the Business Development Chair on our 2007 Board of Directors, as well as representing VTRCC on the Town of Vienna Business Liaison Committee, shows a commitment to the Chamber that is really “over the top.” We are honored to be able to recognize his contributions to the Chamber with this award.

Kurt is the Vienna Store Manager for the Commerce Bank on Maple Ave. that had its grand opening January 13. He has been in retail banking for the past 6 years and has built his clientele by focusing on personal relationships and helping them with their financial and credit goals. He believes that it is only through listening to his customers concerns that an appropriate and effective strategy for their finanaces can be determined. Kurt was born in Salt Lake City, Utah but was raised in Fairfax, Virginia. He graduated from James Madison University with a degree in Biology, Pre-Med.

Kurt serves as the Director of the Business Development Committee of the Vienna-Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce. He is also active with Business Development International and has applied to represent the VTRCC on the Town of Vienna Business Liaison Committee.

Kurt and his wife Jamie have been married for six years and have a 1-1/2 year old son named Vincent. In his free time he likes to play on a men’s baseball league, golf and spend time with his family.

Matthew A. Brennan, III
Brennan & Waite, P.L.C.
2915 Hunter Mill Road, Suite 17
Oakton, Virginia 22124
703-620-4977
mbrennan@brennanandwaite.com
www.brennanandwaite.com

Matt Brennan is the new Board’s overwhelming choice because he epitomizes the standard for this award, a member who “consistently goes above and beyond the call of duty in his involvement with the Chamber and the community at large.” Matt used his long experience with the Chamber and his legal expertise as he took the lead in developing the Chamber’s new bylaws, enabling an expanded 2007 Board of Directors to take the next big step in leading VTRCC to reach its full potential. We are privileged to have Matt Brennan involved with the Chamber.

Mr. Brennan is a local attorney with the law firm of Brennan & Waite, P.L.C. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1987 and has lived in the Vienna/Oakton area since that time. His law practice is dedicated to serving the needs of businesses, both large and small, and includes general civil litigation, debtor/creditor law, mergers and acquisitions, and general business law. Mr. Brennan’s professional experience includes complex commercial litigation and debtor/creditor law. For two years he was employed in the general counsel’s office of a regional corporation, where he managed corporate litigation and provided legal advice regarding operations. Mr. Brennan practiced in a law partnership with Carol Waite from April 1995 until her death in December 2001.

Mr. Brennan has been an active member of the Vienna-Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce since 1995. He first served on the Board of Directors in 1995 as Director of Government Affairs and continued in that post until 1998. From January, 1999 to June, 2000, Mr. Brennan served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Chamber. Mr. Brennan is also active in the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce where he is a member of the Public Policy Committee, chairman of the Ethics Day Program and a member of the Board of Directors. He was named the Reston Chamber’s Member of the Year for 2001-2002. He is an active member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Vienna, Virginia, where he was President of the Congregation from July, 2000 to July 2001 and where he sings with the contemporary Christian group Revelation. He has also been an active member in the Vienna Rotary Club Since 1995. He was President of the club for 2005-2006 and was the 2005-2006 Rotarian of the Year. Mr. Brennan was a founder of the Ethics Day Program at George C. Marshall High School in 2000 and the Ethics Day Program at James Madison High School in 2001. He remains active with those programs, which have been staged annually since their inception.

Daniel L. Shaw, CPA, CFE
2536 West Meredith Drive
Vienna, Virginia 22181
Phone: 703-255-0799
Fax: 703-255-6231
Email: danshaw@erols.com
www.taxbeacon.com/shawcpa

Although Dan Shaw joined the Chamber as a business member, he chose to become involved in the Nonprofit Committee as his contribution to the Chamber. His expertise as a business person devoted to non-profit organizations has been key to growing the very vital non profit group in the Chamber. As the spark behind the Committee's program development, Dan has made the Non Profit Committee meetings events that people don't want to miss. We are honored to be able to recognize his contributions to the Chamber.

Dan Shaw is the owner of Daniel L. Shaw, CPA, an accounting firm that he runs with his wife, Eileen, who is also a CPA. Most of their work is performed with individuals and small businesses. They also do some estate accounting work. Dan started his career as an Internal Revenue Agent and then went on to work for the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts. Since 1983, he has worked with the National Endowment for the Arts where he is the Inspector General. Most of his work with the Arts has been dealing with nonprofit organizations.

Currently he is a member of the Virginia Society of CPAs, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Financial Planners Association. In addition to being active with the nonprofit committee of the Chamber, he helps run a Christian Businessmen’s group. Other past activities include coaching girls’ softball, serving as Treasurer for the Vienna Girls Softball League and other responsibilities within his neighborhood. Professionally, he has served and been the chairman of several committees either for the Virginia Society of CPAs or for its Northern Chapter.

Rev. C. Craig Burns
Vienna Assembly of God
100 Ayr Hll Ave. N.E.
Vienna, VA. 22180
Phone: 703-938-7736
Web site: www.ViennaAG.com

Craig Burns, Lead Pastor of the Vienna Assembly of God Church, was the Board’s overwhelming choice for the December Member of the Month. Pastor Burns gives the Invocation for each VTRCC Monthly meeting and has been one of the founders and chief supporters of the growing Non-Profit community in the Chamber. He rarely misses a Chamber event and volunteers to work at nearly all of them. He epitomizes the spirit of connection and community that is at the center of this Chamber.

Pastor C. Craig Burns has been Lead Pastor of the Vienna Assembly of God Church in Vienna since 1987. Before coming to Vienna he served as Asst. Pastor at Faith Tabernacle in Oklahoma City, OK from 1983-1987 and First Assembly of God Church in Montgomery, Alabama from 1979-1983.

Currently Craig serves as Secretary to the Capitol Virginia Section of the Assemblies of God. He has also been a coach, board member and president of the Vienna Girls Softball League.

Craig has been married to Brenda since 1978. They have three children, Rachel, Daniel and Catherine and two grandchildren, Becca and Lydia. Personal accomplishments in 2006 were a finish in the Boston Marathon, the Capon Valley 50 K, the Highlands Sky 40 mile, the Great Eastern Endurance 50 K and the Mountain Masochist 50 miler. These runs were used to bring awareness and raise money for missions both global and local. Craig is currently surviving and overcoming Lymphoma.

Greg Bauer, Partner
Vienna Lending Group
107 Pleasant St.
Vienna, VA 22180
Phone: (703) 255-2202
Fax: (703) 255-1159
E-mail: gabauer@yahoo.com
www.viennalending.com

Greg Bauer did a phenomenal job recruiting, scheduling and supervising volunteers for the Annual Carnival in September, distinguishing himself as key member of the Chamber. He is a great example of a member maximizing membership investment in the Chamber, and we are honored to be able to recognize his contributions.

Greg Bauer is a Partner of Vienna Lending Group, a residential mortgage brokerage firm specializing in residential and commercial loans, wealth management, investments, retirement planning, and 401(k) plans.

Prior to the mortgage business, Greg spent 15 years working as a staffing consultant for companies such as Intel, Nextel, and GTSI. Five years ago, he started to invest in real estate and really enjoyed real estate finance, so he started a firm with friend who had a banking background. Together they formed Vienna Lending Group in 2005.

Greg has lived in Vienna since 2000, when he relocated from Phoenix with Intel. His wife Lisa runs an endermologie center in Reston called Body Elements. They have two little girls, Faith and Sara.

Robert Stemetzki, Partner
The Burdette Smith Group, P.C.
4035 Ridge Top Road, #550
Fairfax, VA 22033
Phone: (703) 591-5200
Fax: (703) 385-3572
E-mail: rstemetzki@bsgpc.com www.bsgpc.com

Bob Stemetzki is a Chamber member that just keeps on going…and giving. After finishing his term as Chairman of the Board, Bob then moved into chairing the Annual Carnival in 2005 and 2006, making this event at Nottoway Park one of the outstanding family events in the community each year. Bob believes the Chair of the event works harder and longer than anyone else involved, so he parks cars, totes ice, shuttles pizza, puts up signs, sets up and takes down booths….and the list goes on. Thank you, Bob for all your service to the Chamber and the community.

Bob Stemetzki has been a shareholder with the accounting firm of The Burdette Smith Group, PC, located in Fairfax, VA, since 2000. Prior to that date, he had been a partner with the accounting firm of Whelan Barsky & Graham in Maryland. He has had over 24 years’ experience in public accounting, with emphasis in the following areas: business and succession planning for family-owned corporations and their shareholders; financial reporting, tax planning and compliance for individuals, corporations and partnerships; estate planning; trust administration; mergers and acquisitions; personal service corporations; manufacturing companies; and businesses specializing in new technology.

Bob and his family moved to Vienna in 1987. He and his wife Sue will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary in November. They have two sons – Scott, a senior at Syracuse University and Todd, a freshman at Radford. Bob has been active in the Chamber for many years, serving on the board from 2001 to 2004 and as Chairman of the VTRCC in the 2002-2003 fiscal year.

Bob received a B.S. in accounting from Albright College in Reading, PA, and an M.S. in Taxation from the University of Baltimore. He is a member of the Tax Division of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Virginia Society of CPAs. He is also a member of the Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council. He was twice voted one of the Top Virginia CPAs in 2005 and 2006 by readers of the Virginia Business magazine.

Bob is also active at his church, is a preferred CPA of The Women’s Center, Vienna, VA, serves on the Financial Literacy Advisory Board, was a director of the Children’s National Medical Center Planned Giving Foundation, and also the Vienna Rotary Club.

Harvey Allen Silverman, Esq. (Harv)
Attorney and Counselor at Law
The Law Offices of Harvey Allen Silverman, Esq.
1900 Campus Commons Dr., Suite 100 Reston, Virginia 20191
phone: 703-319-8806 voice, 7
fax: 703-319-8773 fax,
email: harveyas@aol.com www.lawyers.com/harveysilverman

Harvey A. Silverman, Esq., has been chosen as Vienna-Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce Member of the Month not only for his dedicated service to the Chamber as General Counsel since 2003, but also for founding and developing the phenomenal Lunch and Lead Tip Groups that meet weekly at Morton’s Steakhouse at Tysons Corner. Many members have joined the Chamber originally because of the Tip Groups and then have become involved in other aspects of the Chamber. Last year the Tip Groups generated more than $300,000 of income for their members. Harvey’s hard work provides benefits for the entire Chamber.

Member of the Virginia Bar, admitted to practice before the Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, and U.S. Courts of Appeals.
Received highest ratings for ethics and ability by Martindale-Hubbell, “AV”.

Educational: BA, MBA Northern Colorado University, U. S. Army Engineer Officers Candidate School, Intelligence Analyst Schools, Fixed Wing Flight School.
Juris Doctor, George Mason University School of Law, U. S. Naval Reservist’s JAG School.

Accomplishments: Husband to Peggy and father of two young adults in the business world. Founder of Law firm in continuous practice since 1980. Founder of several lead share groups. Awarded highest honor given an alumnus of Sigma Chi Fraternity, Member of the board of trustees for Sigma Chi Fraternity. General Counsel to The Eisenhower Society and the Vienna/Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce. Guest Lecturer on Risk Management on College Campuses. Former Naval Intelligence Analyst.