Mary Ann Moran will receive the the Arlington Community Foundation’s 2015 William T. Newman, Jr. Spirit of Community Award.
The award will be presented at the 2015 Spirit of Community Luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 12 at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel. Anne Holton, Virginia Secretary of Education, will be the keynote speaker. Sonia Johnston of John Marshall Bank and Avril Ussery Sisk, Esq. are the 2015 Spirit of Community co-chairs.
Moran’s service to the community includes involvement with Arlington's Task Force on Youth, resulting in the creation by Arlington County of the Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth and Families, which she was appointed to Co-Chair with Diane Smith. She was also instrumental in bringing the Developmental Assets movement to Arlington and Arlington Public Schools — and has been involved with organizations and projects such as Teen Day, Project Peace, A-SPAN (where she was a board member and a volunteer for 25 years), Northern Virginia Family Service and more.
The Spirit of Community Award, named in honor of the foundation’s founder and president emeritus, William T. Newman, Jr., was established to recognize individuals and organizations who have demonstrated a commitment to improving the quality of life in Arlington.
Moran will join a roster of past honorees including John Andelin and Ginger Geoffrey, Anna Barber, Jean Berg, Elizabeth Campbell, Preston Caruthers, Judy A. Connally, Karen Darner, Jennie T. Davis, Rich Doud, Ralph Johnson, John T. McCracken, H. Paul Mount, Joan Cooper, Mary Ann Nirschl, Charles L. Overby, Lola C. Reinsch, Eric Schaeffer, Walter Tejada, Meg Tuccillo,George D. Varoutsos, and the Woman’s Club of Ashton Heights.