Loudoun to host the Virginia Young Professional Summit
The Virginia Young Professional Summit chooses Loudoun County as host venue on May 29th and 30th
Post written by Director of Membership & Brand Strategy, Loudoun Chamber, Grafton deButts
Register Here for the Virginia Young Professional Summit!
In 2008 a small group of local young professionals met together in the back room of Vintage 50 to discuss one thing: “What does Loudoun County need to do to attract and retain younger workers?” After 45 minutes it became clear that there was no silver bullet. But, what we did have was a small group of YPs eager to take on this mission.
Today, almost seven years later, this group is hundreds of young professionals strong, representing practically every industry and size of company in Loudoun. Every month they meet together, learn together, and affect the future of Loudoun County through their involvement.
As a testament to the success of our young professionals and their aspirations, Loudoun County has been selected as the host site for the 2015 Virginia Young Professionals Summit on May 29th– 30th. This Summit, created by Senator Mark Warner and steered by a team of local Loudoun businesses, is designed to connect Young Professionals from across the Commonwealth and increase their investment in their local communities.
As the Chair of our local committee, I couldn’t be more thrilled to be teaming with the Department of Economic Development, Visit Loudoun, GMU, GWU, Northern Virginia Community College, LoudounYP, and Senator Warner’s staff.
On top of the great speakers and panelists (see link below), the summit is 100% free to attend. We as a community need everyone who is willing and able to participate in shaping the future to do so, and this Summit is no different. We hope that you can join us, or consider inviting a member of your staff or business sphere.
Click here to register. I encourage you to consider being a part of this historical event in Loudoun County.
Keynote Speaker: Aneesh Chopra
Aneesh Chopra is the co-founder of Hunch Analytics, a “hatchery” incubating open data startups that improve the productivity of health and education markets. He leads NavHealth, a Hunch portfolio company. He also serves as a Member of the Council on Virginia’s Future and an inaugural Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. From 2009-2012, he served as the first U.S. Chief Technology Officer with a focus on better public/private collaboration as described in his 2014 book, “Innovative State: How New Technologies can Transform Government.” In 2011, Chopra was named to Modern Healthcare’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare and in 2008, to Government Technology magazine’s Top 25 in their Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers issue. Chopra earned his master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University in 1997 and his bachelor’s degree from The Johns Hopkins University in 1994.