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The Fairfax County Federation of Citizens' Associations requests the pleasure of your company at the Seventieth Annual Awards Banquet honoring 2020 Fairfax County Citizen of the Year Paul W. Hammack, Jr Citation of Merit Honorees Lance Beets JoEllan Frasch James Migliaccio Jeff Parnes Sunday, the Fourteenth of November, 2021 at the Springfield Golf & Country Club 8301 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, Virginia Cocktails 5:30 p.m. Program 6:30 p.m. Cost $55 Please click here to register and pay for the Banquet

Paul W. Hammack, Jr the 2020 Fairfax County Citizen of the Year Paul Hammack is a retired local attorney, who has contributed his wisdom and efforts to civic life in Fairfax County for decades. He served on the Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals for 39 years, from 1982 to 2021, and was its Vice-Chairman for the last 30 years. Paul has volunteered in many Bar Association activities and leadership roles, and exemplifies the selfless participation of attorneys in community activities. Paul's contributions to Fairfax County include his appointments and volunteer services as: Member, Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals, 1982-2021 Vice-Chairman, Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals, 1991-2021 Hearing and participating in public hearings for thousands of special permits, variances and appeals, usually 1 day per week. Elected representative from the 19th Judicial Circuit to the State Bar Council of the Virginia State Bar, for many years, representing local lawyers on the governing body. Member, Fairfax Bar Association; Chairman, Grievance and Fee Arbitration Committees, 1981-1982. Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, District Governor. Mantua Citizens Association, Past President and Board of Directors Member. Strathmeade Square Homeowners Association, Past President. Board of Directors Member, Theater Wagon, Inc., Staunton VA. Paul's lengthy service to the local community is the primary reason he in nominated for recognition. He was a steady voice of experience on the BZA, benefiting the community with his legal knowledge, and his familiarity with how cases were handled over the decades. He ensured fairness and consistency for almost 40 years, a length of community service not likely to be matched. Paul also has been extremely active in Bar Association activities and long respected by other attorneys, as reflected by his multiple elections to the State Bar Council. Paul also found time for homeowners association leadership and land use task forces, among other activities. Paul grew up in Arlington County, received his BA degree from the University of Virginia in 1962, and his Bachelor of Laws degree from George Washington University in 1965. He was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. Paul was an associate attorney at Phillips, Kendrick, Gearheart & Aylor, Arlington in 1965 to 1966, advised the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC from 966 to 1968 and the National Auto Dealers Association, Washington, DC, from 1968 to 1971. He was a partner at Russell & Hammack, Arlington and Fairfax, VA, from 1971 to 1977 the did solo practitioner in Fairfax VA, from 1977 to 2016. Paul is now retired.

Citation of Merit Recipient Lance Beets Mr. Lance Beets volunteers in many capacities for Volunteer Solutions, a program housed in the Fairfax County Agency on Aging. Mr. Beets' efforts are directed at helping older adults and adults with disabilities age in place safely and with dignity by assisting them with transportation to medical appointments, grocery shopping, meal and supplement delivery, and the prevention of social isolation. He accomplishes this service by delivering meals to those enrolled in the Meals on Wheels program and delivering nutritional supplements to those in need on a regular basis. He also provides much needed medical and non-medical transportation to multiple older adults and adults with disabilities on a consistent basis. Lance Beets has been energetically and faithfully volunteering for Volunteer Solutions for more than seven years and has given more than 1,200 hours of his time to assist older adults and adults with disabilities. The people he serves often request him by name. He has volunteered without notice to deliver emergency food as well as medicine and clothing on many occasions. He is extremely patient with and accommodating to each person he serves. Recently Mr. Beets assisted a woman with vision impairment by taking her grocery shopping. The woman was extremely grateful and mentioned how kindly he treated her. Although this is just one example of how he serves the community, he serves many people on a regular basis, making his impact invaluable and immeasurable to this senior population. On another occasion, he volunteered to assist at the last minute to help a client who needed help cleaning up her apartment so that she would not be evicted. He is very good at anticipating client needs and knows how to respect boundaries while also meeting needs. Lance has been a Meals on Wheels driver once or twice monthly for over seven years. He does Nutritional Supplement delivery to more than one client across the County monthly for over seven years. He is a transportation provider for grocery shopping and medical as well as non- medical appointments for countless senior clients for over seven years. Mr. Beets always has a positive attitude and will often step up to fill in for other volunteers when they are not available. In addition to volunteering with Volunteer Solutions, he volunteers at a Fairfax County Recreation Center. This is another setting where he displays his genuine caring and customer service skills. In his volunteer position at the recreation center he greets hundreds of people, logs them into the computer system, gives directions, and performs other tasks as assigned. He also happily fills in for other volunteers when they need to switch their schedules. Ann Shields, who directs operations at the center, notices Mr. Beets' abundant kindness and says everyone at the center just loves him. Lance's dedication to his community is very evident and we are fortunate to have him on our community team. Fairfax County is also a better place to live because of his willingness to serve his neighbors. He is an excellent ambassador to promote volunteering as he does not know a stranger and is always available to volunteer! Lance has volunteered with Volunteer Solutions since he retired from the United States Post office in 2012. He often takes clients to the Western Fairfax Christian Ministries to pick up needed food or clothing. He also regularly donates food to the food pantry at Western Fairfax Christian Ministries. He is an avid bowler and a champion whistler. He loves to be involved in his community and has volunteered with the Fairfax County Recreation Center since 2016.

Citation of Merit Recipient JoEllan Frasch Currently JoEllan volunteers for the following: Goes to 10 preschool classes as the story lady thru FCPL ready-to-read program. Is the story lady at Chantilly Regional Library every Thursday afternoon. Volunteers at Vacation Bible School for preschool at St John Neumann every July. Provides childcare many Friday mornings for Mom Bible Study group. Organize teens for Living Stations on Good Friday for the past 10 years Helps serve food at Hypothermia Project each January, including making casseroles for guests. Provides in-service programs for Diocese Preschool teachers. Assists Mary Kay at Chantilly High School making all student ID cards the first week of school and has done this for 9 years. Organizes photo day for all group photos for CHS yearbook for past 8 years. Has been a judge at 4-H Fairs in August for past 5years. Leads a Bible-based study group for adults for 2 years. Serves as a committee Chair for the Chantilly High School All Night Grade Party and has volunteered at the All Night Grad Party. Previously, JoEllan volunteered in the following capacities (many for multiple years): Chantilly High School (CHS) Chorus Booster President for 2 years, which included: operating the concession stand every home football, purchasing and hauling all products and supplies for sale. Performed concession stand inventory and cleanup after games, organizing all costumes and cataloging the inventory of costumes and accessories. Organized the senior event at the Senior Game for band and chorus students. Chaperoned all music competition trips. Organized and chaired FCPS Area Music for band, chorus, and regent scoring. Covered CHS main office one hour twice a week for 2 years so secretaries could enjoy lunch together. Served on the PTA board at Franklin Middle School and Chantilly High School (many years). Chaired and organized the Teacher Appreciation for 3 years. JoEllan organized 6th grade basketball games at OHS and 8th grade parties which included all faculty. She started and ran a program for middle school students at Saint John Neumann called Lifesavers. Meetings were one Saturday evening at the church auditorium for games or movies and one Saturday day for community service projects off site. Events included bingo art Sunrise Reston or food to homeless in motels via FACET or stacking food on shelves at Cornerstone, etc. – Reserved one Saturday for offsite fun like white water rafting and paintball and rock climbing with two dances and one video game and inflatables for super fun times over 3 years. This was a huge group and had to limit attendance to first 65 registrants since they always brought friends. Her many other volunteer efforts included: Started a mini work camp at Saint John Neumann for high schoolers to offer help to Habitat for Humanity over 4 years. Organized egg hunt for preschoolers at SJN including teen egg coloring and hiding. Organized fundraiser at Oak Hill Elementary School to help PTA pay for playground. Organized Big Help one Saturday in connection with Nickelodeon and had 1200 hours donated: Made peanut butter/jelly sandwiches with parents for bag lunches for homeless, adding fruit and juice boxes. Led 1st and 2nd graders collected items for Animal Shelters. Led 3rd graders in making backpack meals for Hunters Wood and Dogwood Elementary Schools. Helped 4th and 5th graders perform cleanup of school grounds. Led seniors in area and 6th graders to So Others Might Eat and served meals. Helped raise enough money to relocate 4 wolves from Shenandoah Valley to Wyoming with a National Wildlife Project Helped students collected over 200 donated coats. Organized mitten and scarf tree in school lobby for 4 years, all were donated to Rucker Shelter. Taught religious education for 8 years and Vacation Bible School for 6 years. Each Sunday morning helped a friends granddaughter care for animals at Frying Pan Park for 6 years. Served as a guide in the historic house at Frying Pan Park for 2 years. Organized transporting animals for 4-H Fair for 4 years. Helped with Hoofers and Heifers 4-H for 4 years. Coached cheerleading at CYA for 6 years. Judged cheer competitions for 2 years Organized cookie packs for Kiros, a prison ministry, for 2 years. Organized teens to use ceramic bowls to collect donations after Mass on Super Bowl Sunday to benefit work camp projects. JoEllan has held many leadership positions in Fairfax County, including: Chantilly High School Chorus Booster President for 2 years, which included operating the concession stand every home football game. This involved purchasing and hauling all products and supplies for sale, inventory, and concession cleanup after each game. Served as chaperone on multiple music competition trips. Organized and chaired FCPS Area Music band and chorus regent scoring. Chaired the PTA Board Hospitality at Franklin Middle and Chantilly High Schools and organized Teacher appreciation for 3 years. Started and ran a program for middle school students called Lifesavers through her parish, St. John Neumann, for community service projects such as bingo at Sunrise Reston and food to homeless in motels via FACET, and stacking food on shelves at Cornerstone. Organized fundraiser at Oak Hill Elementary to help PTA fund a playground. Organized a Big Help event in connection with Nickelodean, resulting in 1,200 donated hours where children and parent volunteers performed community service to include packing lunch bags for homeless, collecting items for Animal Shelters, school ground cleanup, and serving food to homeless through So Others May Eat (SOME). Organized school fundraiser to raise enough money to relocate 4 wolves from Shenandoah Valley to Wyoming with National Wildlife Project. JoEllan has led a Bible based study group for adults in her parish. JoEllan lives her belief that it is important to give to community. She is friend and supporter of humans and of animals, be they young, old, of special needs, or ill. She instinctively knows what each person she meets needs and does her best to fulfill the needs of others. She is a cheerleader, a confidant, a friend, provides honest and direct advice and guidance, and pulls people up. If she alone can't fulfill a need, she will find the resource(s) needed to provide what is needed. JoEllan considers no one a stranger and welcomes all into her world. JoEllan has the gift of Leadership. She is dedicated, committed, and self-less. She expects no one to do anything that she wouldn't do herself. Because her actions and words foster trust, her leading people to follow in her steps of volunteering results in making the County a better place to live. Given the fact that JoEllan has touched so many lives by her many activities and organizations she serves, the reach that she has had on Fairfax County is significant. Her success is by not by the being in the forefront but by being in the trenches working side by side and helping people one by one. Kids, teens, and adults draw others in to help with the volunteer projects by spreading the gift of community that JoEllan lives by and shares with each of them.

Citation of Merit Recipient James Migliaccio James was the Lee District representative on the Fairfax County Planning Commission from 2010 through 2019. Over the years, he held many positions of responsibility, including Commission Secretary; Chairman of the Parks Committee, helping guide the Urban Parks Framework to passage and serving as Vice-Chairman of the Policy and Procedures Committee. He helped author the new Site Specific Plan Amendment (SSPA) process and was a member of the Telecommunications, Environment, Personnel & Budget, Tysons, Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and Housing Committees. Paul was a Virginia Certified Planning Commissioner, a member of the Citizens Planning Association (CPEAV), and holds a Congressional relations graduate certificate from the Legislative Studies Institute. James has been involved in many other community activities as well. He volunteered for several years in a mathematics program at Lane Elementary School, where the 5th graders designed a park. He has been a member of the Economic Advisory Commission, an Election Officer, an environmental cleanup volunteer participant, a member of the Embark Advisory Group and other local advisory groups. A significant position that James has served in was the Fairfax County Planning Commission, 2010-2019, and as the Commission Secretary, 2019. James's other committee positions and achievements include: Director of Field Operations, New Hampshire presidential campaign of General Wesley Clark, 2004 Chief of Staff for Supervisor Penny Gross, 2001-02 Deputy Chief of Staff, Senator Chuck Robb, 1999-2001 Regional Representative, Senator Chuck Robb, 1995-97 Legislative and Political Regional Field Coordinator, National Association of Letter Carriers, 1998-99 James has devoted long hours and personal energy to making Fairfax County an outstanding place to live. His service on the Planning Commission represents an outstanding contribution to civic affairs. He combined his intelligence with a willingness to listen to citizens, to build a consensus on sometimes controversial land use issues in the Lee District, and advocated for reform of countywide procedures. He earned the respect of his colleagues for his tireless efforts and deserves our thanks. James grew up in Northern Virginia and currently resides in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County. He has a B.S. degree in Political Science from James Madison University. James is the Director of Migliaccio Solutions, 2002 - present, is a public relations consultant for companies, organizations and political campaigns, a Division Manager for TSCG, Inc. in Chicago and Philadelphia, 2004-07, working on land use campaigns for Fortune 100 clients. He is an outdoor enthusiast, a baseball fan, and a history buff, frequently posting pearls of wisdom on Twitter.

Citation of Merit Recipient Jeff Parnes Jeff was both a voice for regional interconnectivity and a consistent presence advocating for the transportation needs of the residents in Fairfax, Northern Virginia and the region as a whole. As a volunteer interested in transportation, he spoke to the connectivity issues while leading the Fairfax Federation, while representing Fairfax on the Greater Washington 2050 coalition, as a member of the MWCOG TPB Community Advisory Committee, in front of citizens in Fairfax and Prince William counties, as a member of WMATA studies (Blue/Orange/Silver and Bus Transformation groups), in front of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as TAC Chair, and at public hearings held by VDOT, FCDOT, Fairfax Connector, NVTA and NVTC. We can see results of the push for interconnectivity as Fairfax County's replanning of the Fairfax Connector routes reach out to Loudoun County and now Virginia and Maryland are actively planning the long-awaited improvements to I-495 at the American Legion Bridge. Implementation will not only improve automobile commutes but also greatly expand mass transit options for commuters. Jeff has selflessly been on the front lines of these discussions for many years. Jeff Parnes has been involved in the Fairfax Community since he moved here over forty years ago. His volunteering in Fairfax includes: Greenbriar Community Association Land Use Committee, Member 1981-85, Chair 1982-85 Fairfax Center Area Study Task Force, 1982-1984 Greenbriar Community Citizen of the Year 1983 (circa) Northern Virginia Section of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), Charter member as of 1983; Treasurer and Chairman for several terms Agricultural and Forestal District Advisory Committee since 1984-Present Pender Golf Course Replanning Task Force, 1984 Chantilly Highlands Homes Association, various terms as President, Treasurer, Board Member and Civic Affairs Committee Chair since 1985 Rt 50 Corridor Planning Task Force, 1988 Sully District Council of Citizens Associations: President, Vice President, Land Use and Transportation Committee Chair (SDCCA) 1992-Present Sully Lord Fairfax 2003 Fairfax Federation: Sully Representative 2003-Present, Treasurer 2004-6, 1st VP 2006-7, President 2007-10, Webmaster 2007-present, Transportation Chair 2010-present Greater Washington 2050 Task Force 2007-2010 Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Transportation Planning Board, Community Advisory Committee 2010-Present Dulles Area Transportation Association (DATA) Fairfax County Citizen Representative and Board member, Early 2000s-Present DATA Citizen Participation Award 2012 Fairfax County Transportation Advisory Commission (TAC) Sully Commissioner 2003-2020; Chairman 2010-2020 WMATA Bus Transformation Project 2018-19 WMATA Blue/Orange/Silver Corridor Capacity & Reliability Study 2019-2020 Reading through Jeff's qualifications and contributions, one's eyes might first glaze over from the alphabet soup of boards and committees that he has served on but it has never been a paper chase for Jeff. He actively translates the lofty words of those groups into real and practical efforts to serve his community. As Chairman of the TAC, Jeff would engage VDOT and County Transportation staff from real world experience. He literally "walked the walk" in questioning staff about bus routes and paths and trails because he had stood at bus stops trying to read signage that was not helpful in getting him to his destination. He could relate firsthand where it was safe and unsafe to bike to work because he had done it. Jeff never does this with arrogance or condescension as he believes in the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam, an aspiration to behave and act constructively and beneficially. Jeff obtained his Master of Operations Research/Management at George Mason University and a Master of Information Systems at Virginia Tech. He is a member of Alpha Phi Omega with a Distinguished Service Key and, in his youth, became an Eagle Scout. Jeff's self-taught skill in website programming and maintenance has resulted in his being, one time or another, webmaster for his HOA, the SDCCA, the Federation, the NoVa ASQ section and the CMWG, for some of which he still serves in that position

The Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations, established in 1940, is the countywide voice for homeowner, civic, and community associations. An all-volunteer organization, The Federation works on issues that impact Fairfax County residents, including education, transportation, the environment, human services, land use, the county budget, and state and federal legislative issues.

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