Out & About May 2023

1. David Evans and his daughter, Averett University freshman Isobel Evans, reunited on the airstrip at Averett’s George J. Falk Flight Center at Danville Regional Airport on March 17 during the Averett Department of Aeronautics’ annual Aviation Day. Photo courtesy Averett.  2. Virginia first lady Suzanne Youngkin and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears presented a lapel pin to a veteran during the kick-off ceremony for Virginia Women Veterans Week, held March 20 in Arlington County. Photo courtesy Virginia Department of Veterans Services.  3. Rosa Rainey rang the bell during a March 18 commencement ceremony for The Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding. Photo by Lexi Whitehead, courtesy Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.  4. Jeniece S. Roane, vice president of operations for Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, spoke at the March 28 Children’s Tower ribbon cutting. Photo by Kevin Morley, courtesy VCU Marketing.  5. Edward Scott, an associate professor of philosophy, accepted Mary Baldwin University’s Excellence in Diversity Lifetime Achievement Award, presented March 24 as part of the university’s inaugural Trailblazer Excellence in Diversity Awards ceremony. Photo courtesy Mary Baldwin University.  6. L to R: Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors Chair Kevin Carroll, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Lego Group Chief Operating Officer Carsten Rasmussen and U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Marisa Lago at the Lego Chesterfield facility’s April 13 groundbreaking ceremony. Photo by Rick DeBerry.  7. L to R: Elizabeth Jones Valderrama, executive director of Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church; Susan Gerock, senior vice president of information technology and chief information officer at Elme Communities; Gabriela Cañamar Clark, partner at LandDesign; Bismah Ahmed, vice president of government affairs with the Apartment & Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington; and Ebony Fleming, director of communications and public information for the city of Alexandria, participated in a panel discussion at The Chamber ALX’s 10th annual Women’s Leadership Forum on March 24. Photo by Silvia Alexiev at Jason Dixson Photography.