Education Partnership 2024 Award Recipients
2024 CHAMBER BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIPS
Fourteen scholarships were awarded to local high school students by Mount Vernon Springfield Chamber of Commerce to recognize outstanding achievement of 2024 graduating seniors planning to continue their study in a business-related field.
The 2024 Distinguished Business Scholars are Ibrahim Zamir, Annandale High School; Jack Garlock, Bishop Ireton High School; Victoria Cremer, Bishop Ireton High School; Tyler Pinkney, Edison High School; Sydney Wong, Hayfield Secondary School; Caitlin Luu, Lake Braddock High School; Michael Banks, Lewis High School; Conner Crowley, Mount Vernon High School; Kathleen Higgins, South County High School; Sean Cousins, South County High School; Abi Little, Thomas Jefferson High School; Willa Bowers, West Potomac High School; Nairi Masih, West Potomac High School; John Ogden, West Springfield High School.
Scholarships are made possible by the generous donations of local businesses and by funds raised at the annual Chamber Golf Classic. Businesses that provided complete scholarships are Reworld (formerly known as Covanta Fairfax Inc.), Ourisman Automotive dealerships, CDI Inc., Palo Alto Networks, Mount Vernon Knights of Columbus and Cisco.
This continues the Chamber’s annual tradition of providing scholarships to students planning to study business. The Chamber has awarded scholarships for more than 20 years and these scholarships totaling $26,000 brings the Chamber’s cumulative scholarship giving to more than $332,000.
CDI
2024
Abi Little
Thomas Jefferson High School
Cisco
2024
Tyler Pinkney
Thomas Edison High School
Ourisman
2024
Victoria Cremer
Bishop Ireton High School
Business Scholar
2024
Caitlin Luu
Lake Braddock High School
Business Scholar
2024
Ibrahim Zamir
Annandale High School
Business Scholar
2024
Sydney Wong
Hayfield Secondary School
Business Scholar
2024
Nairi Masih
West Potomac High School
2024 Scholarship Benefactors
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Mount Vernon Knights of Columbus
Contribute to the Education Partnership
A strong commitment to education has led to the creation in 2005 of the Mount Vernon Springfield Education Partnership, a 501(c)3 organization, to provide scholarships for local graduating high school students pursuing further education in a business related field.
Since 1998, the Mount Vernon Springfield Chamber of Commerce has provided scholarships worth almost $300,000 to local high school students. In 2023, thirteen scholarships with a total value of $26,000 were awarded.
You are invited to be part of this effort to prepare future business and community leaders by contributing to the Chamber’s scholarship fund. Any contribution is greatly appreciated and special benefits are given to the contributions listed below. All money goes directly to scholarships with no overhead.
A “Summa Cum Laude” $2,000 investment provides these benefits:
- A scholarship named after your business awarded to a local high school senior.
- A listing on the Chamber’s Education Honor Roll published in local newspapers and on Chamber social media.
- Your business logo with hotlink to your website on the Education Partnership website.
- Reserved admissions and recognition at Scholarship Awards.
A “Magna Cum Laude” $1,000 investment provides these benefits:
- A listing on the Chamber’s Education Honor Roll published in local newspapers and on Chamber social media.
- Your business logo with hotlink to your website on the Education Partnership webpage.
- Reserved admissions and recognition at Scholarship Awards.
A “Cum Laude” $500 investment provides these benefits:
- A listing on the Chamber’s Education Honor Roll published in local newspapers and on Chamber social media.
- Your business logo with hotlink to your website on the Education Partnership webpage.
- Reserved admissions and recognition at Scholarship Awards.
Education Partnership Board of Directors
Chairman Scott Stroh III, Historic Gunston Hall
Michael Bennett, Ourisman
Don Cammarata, Covanta Fairfax Inc.
Travis Clarke, Burke & Herbert Bank
Holly Dougherty, Mount Vernon Springfield Chamber of Commerce
George Ksenics, Andrews FCU
Alex Thalacker, Fairfax County EDA
Eric Christensen, Springfield Town Center
Michael Murphy, Mount Vernon Knights of Columbus
Eugenia Wiliford, Edison High School Academy