Northern Virginia Eagle Scout Network

PRESENTS

Celebrating the Eagle Class of 2011Leadership Symposium

December 15, 2011Belmont Country Club, Ashburn, VA

of National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

United Way #8046 CFC #48974

Celebrating 100 Years as the National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

1911 2011

9190 Rockv i l l e P i ke , Be thesda MD 20814

Goose Creek & Powhatan DistrictsAre proud to honor all Eagle Scouts for

their outstanding achievements.

Congratulates the 2011 Class of Eagle Scouts

Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Since its introduction in 1911, the Eagle Scout rank has been earned by more than 2 million young men. Requirements include earning at least 21 merit badges and demon-strating Scout Spirit through the Boy Scout Oath and Law, service, and leadership. This includes an extensive service project that the Scout plans, organizes, leads, and manages.

is proud to honor all Eagle Scouts for their outstanding achievements.

Program7:00 PM – Reception

7:30 PM – Dinner

Call to Order ...................................................................................................... Fred Rubin Event Chairman

Flag Ceremony ...............................................................................................Eagle Scouts

– Grace –

– Dinner –

Donor Appreciation .......................................................................................... Fred Rubin

The Importance of Eagle Scouts .....................................................................Les Baron Scout Executive & CEO National Capital Area Council, BSA

Leadership Discussion Panel ..........................................................................Scott Eblin President The Eblin Group, Inc.

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Leadership Panelist MembersScott Eblin is the co-founder and president of The Eblin Group, Inc., a leadership devel-opment and strategy firm that supports organizations in ensuring the success of their executive level leaders. He is the author of The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success which Business Book Review calls a “fascinating read” that “is full of potentially career-saving advice.” Scott is an honors graduate of Davidson College and holds a masters degree in public administration from Harvard University. He has a certificate in leadership coaching from Georgetown University and is a member of the faculty for that program. He is also an Eagle Scout from the class of 1976.

Rear Admiral Michael Anderson, Medical Corps, USN, earned his Eagle Scout Award with bronze palm in 1974 as a Scout in Troop 289 located in San Diego, CA. Admiral Anderson received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biology from the University of Cali-fornia and subsequently received a Doctorate of Medicine (M.D.) from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine in Bethesda, MD. His 32-year career in the United States Navy is highlighted by assignments that span the globe from Western Australia to Keflavik, Iceland. A Board Certified Family Medi-cine Physician, Admiral Anderson also holds a Masters of Health Care Administration degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. As a Senior Health Care Exec-utive he has served as the United States Pacific Command Surgeon, the Navy Medicine Inspector General, and The Medical Officer to the Marine Corps. His current assignment as the Senior Medical Advisor to the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps includes ensuring the delivery of quality healthcare to Marines and Sailors deployed to Afghanistan and afloat in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Rob Stalzer has over thirty years of local government experience. He has been the Deputy County Executive of Fairfax County, VA, since June, 2000 and is responsible for emergency management, police, fire and rescue, public safety communications, public works and environmental services, planning and zoning, transportation, code compli-ance and the McConnell Public Safety Transportation Operations Center. He is cur-rently leading the County’s efforts to construct a $100 million public-private mixed-use transit-oriented development project adjacent to the new Dulles Corridor Metrorail.

Powhatan DistrictEagle Class of 2011

Dylan Anderson Troop 1577Peter Arcoria Troop 673Dominick Barbaris Troop 160John Becker, II Troop 158Zachary Brannan Troop 160Alexander Butterfield Troop 160Evan Cahoon Troop 1530Samuel Cipriani Troop 20Robert Clair Troop 12Cameron Crawford Crew 887William Crowe Troop 160Ryan Culberson Troop 1577Alan Davis Troop 1257Joseph Davis Troop 160Kyle DeCamp Troop 1313Mitchell Dempster Troop 1530Nathan Derr Troop 1970Akshay Deverakonda Troop 51Clayton Dobry Troop 1530Ryan Forrest Troop 20Walker Franks Crew 872Richard Fronczak Troop 913Roman Gawatt II Troop 1970Thomas Grant Troop 673Stephen Gurley Troop 1257Emery Hart Troop 51Brooks Henne Troop 160Benjamin Hewer Troop 158Sean Hill Troop 20Kevin Hopkins Troop 1570Paul Howell Troop 51James Hull Troop 877Andrew James Crew 872Evan Johnson Troop 20

Elie Kawmy Troop 55Joshua Killian Troop 1570Alexander Kim Troop 51Alexander Knutson Troop 51Srikar Kuppa Troop 20Jonathan LaRose Troop 1577Timothy Larson Troop 160Dominic Leshock Troop 1570Matthew Livingston Troop 841James Luehrs Troop 1018Benjamin Lynch Troop 1970Sean Lyons Troop 1970Kevin McCormick Troop 55Samuel McKinley Troop 1018Logan Meikle Troop 158Michael Melendez Troop 673Michael Millon Troop 1577Matthew Mitchell Troop 1983Stephen Mitchell Troop 160Michael Nielson Crew 872Joseph O’Shea Troop 1983Joshua Oswalt Troop 20Seth Pacheco Crew 811Christopher Papas Troop 159Conner Pierce Troop 673Tyler Planto Troop 673Alec Powell Troop 20Nicholas Rebovich Troop 160Noah Rubin Troop 160Aarya Sawant Troop 160Jordan Schmuckler Troop 160Thomas Scott, III Troop 55Edward Shanahan, V Troop 158Jeremy Sitko Troop 160

Nicholas Skeen Troop 1577Eric South Crew 160Christopher Stevens Troop 839Matthew Thomas Troop 20Thomas Vollaro Troop 1577Jonathan Wille Troop 160Erich Windmuller, III Troop 1983Owen Wolfe Troop 20Zachary Wright Troop 877Brenton Yarnall Troop 1530

Leadership Panelist MembersDave Link is the president and CEO of ScienceLogic in Reston, VA. With more than 20 years experience in the service provider and IT management industry, Dave started ScienceLogic in 2003 to press the industry to embrace a better way of managing complex IT environments.

Dave previously served as senior vice president and as a corporate officer at Inter-liant, where he helped establish the company’s strong presence in the ASP/MSP mar-ket. He also held senior management positions within IBM’s Software Division, leading the development of internet commerce products, and with CompuServe, building global online communication solutions for businesses and consumers. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Denison University.

John D. Butler, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired), commenced his current assignment at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (SSC) in September, 2008. He serves as the SSC liaison with the U. S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs and Lockheed Martin Washington Operations. From September, 2005, to August, 2008, he served at Lock-heed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors (MS2), Littoral Ships & Systems (LS&S) as Vice President of Programs, which included 18 months as the on-site Lockheed Martin Executive in charge of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) construction in Marinette, WI. He joined Lockheed Martin MS2 in September, 2005, after a successful 31-year naval career as a submariner and Engineering Duty Officer.

Goose Creek DistrictEagle Class of 2011

Justin Alfon Troop 961Joshua Anderson Troop 1168Nathan Anderson Troop 663Gustavo Ardila Troop 956Austin Barrus Crew 1106Clark Bartolomei Crew 1174Matthew Bayly Troop 997Schaefer Beardsley Troop 2970Seth Berry Troop 711Joseph Bidinger Troop 163Chism Blauer Troop 743Matthew Bowen Troop 2970Benjamin Bozzay Troop 711Connor Brinton Troop 663Alexander Bullock Troop 997Noah Carney Crew 1430Michael Cassis Troop 982Stephen Castro Troop 998Gary Christensen Crew 953Kevin Connell Troop 961Alexander Cooney Troop 761Jerome Cottone, III Troop 2970William Crain Troop 572Matthew Davis Troop 969Oscar Deaver Troop 969John DeGroot Troop 1550Cody Dennis Troop 961Patrick Eckenfels Troop 962Jacob Fairholm Team 1173Matthew Farley Troop 711Justin Farmer Troop 572Ryan Ferguson Troop 966Roberto Garcia Troop 997David Graham Crew 663

Chase Grimmer Crew 953Connor Grimmer Team 953Eric Haldeman Troop 1550William Hall Troop 961Jacob Hamm Troop 1106Murjan Hammad Troop 1576Garrett Hancock Troop 1154Jonathan Henderson Troop 2970Matthew Hill Troop 961Brandon Hinke Troop 982Jacob Holtom Troop 1106Jameson Horn Troop 163Sean Kelly Troop 2970Nicholas Lutkins Troop 2970Andrew Manuel Troop 997Marcus McGann Troop 533Andrew Metz Troop 962Michael Nokes Crew 1167Nicholas Pampaloni Troop 711Wayne Pampaloni Troop 711Andrew Parkin Crew 1173Nathan Pede Troop 1154Kyle Perka Troop 572Alexander Perryman Troop 997Mark Peterson Crew 953Samuel Porter Troop 711Patrick Ryan Troop 572Christian Sanabria Troop 572Samuel Sanderson Troop 1550Weston Sauer Troop 1158Matthew Schaffer Crew 1106Connor Schmutz Troop 1174Spencer Schmutz Troop 1174Cole Scoggin Crew 1430

Brandon Scott Troop 982John Shimazaki Team 1165Christopher Shutler Troop 2970Stephen Simmons Troop 663Steven Simms Troop 982Jonathan Snow Troop 1550Andrew Snyder Troop 962Joshua Snyder Troop 533Ryan Solomon Troop 969Stephen Spears Crew 953Michael Speroni Crew 533Bradley Stalcup Troop 1154Christopher Stowell Troop 982Jacob Sweeney Troop 956Matthew Thiede Troop 1158Nathanael Thomasson Troop 711Eric Thompson Troop 2970Richard Todd Troop 1168Mark Trent Troop 982Joseph Tulloch Troop 572Timothy Van der Hoek Troop 711Eric Wasser Troop 572Brendan Wells Crew 953Matthew Wenck Troop 961Brett Whitney Troop 663Jacob Willens Troop 962Robert Wong Troop 2970Benjamin Yehle Troop 1154

Michael Pocalyko is Managing Director and CEO of Chantilly-based Monticello Capital. He also chairs the board of TherimuneX Pharmaceuticals at the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center, and is on the advisory boards of Financial Investments, Inc. and Pittsford Ventures.

As a financial entrepreneur and creator of enter-prises with social purpose he founded and advised corporations across the globe in the financial services, defense, IT, biotechnology, environmental, and engineering ser-vices industries. A Beirut veteran, Mr. Pocalyko was a Navy commander and decorated pilot. He served on the Secretary of the Navy’s staff and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He graduated from Muhlenberg College, and earned his MPA at Harvard and his MBA at Wharton.

Mr. Pocalyko became an Eagle Scout in 1968. A former district chair and district com-missioner of Powhatan District, he continues to serve Scouting on the executive board of the National Capital Area Council, and has chaired Friends of Scouting campaigns at the district and Council level. Mr. Pocalyko received the Silver Beaver Award for distinguished service to youth.

An extensively published writer, his novel The Navigator is forthcoming in 2012 from Macmillan Forge. With his wife, Barbara Snelbaker Pocalyko, he has two grown chil-dren, Jim and Katie.

The National Capital Area Council (NCAC) Search Committee reviewed the top Scout professionals throughout the country, and selected Les Baron as the new Scout Executive/CEO for NCAC. He was serving as Scout Executive for Orange County Council in Santa Ana, CA, and became Scout Execu-tive for NCAC on April 15, 2010.

As Scout Executive, Les Baron directed the largest youth organization in Orange County with a membership of more than 30,000 youth, 11,000 volunteers and a $9 million budget.

Les oversaw the overall operations of the Council headquarters – The William Lyon Homes Center for Scouting, Newport Sea Base, Oso Lake, Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley and the newly opened, $32 million facility, The Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center.

During his tenure in Orange County he had increased membership 7% and had secured $29 million towards The Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center capital campaign. He directed an 80 member board and a staff in excess of 60 people.

Les began his role in Orange County in August, 2004. Prior to that, Les served as the Scout Executive at the Gulf Ridge Council in Tampa, FL, a position he held beginning in 1995. He also served as the Scout Executive at the Flint River Council in Griffin, GA. He began his Scouting career with the Great Smoky Mountain Council in Knoxville, TN, moving through the ranks from District Executive, to Field Director to Director of Field Service. To date, Les has been in Scouting for 30 years.

Les holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from Maryville Col-lege, Maryville, TN.

Les and his wife of 30 years, Kim, have two children, a son, Leslie, 24 (an Eagle Scout) and a daughter, Sara, 21.

Les BaronScout Executive & CEO

National Capital Area Council, BSA

Michael PocalykoManaging Director & CEO

Monticello Capital

2011 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Recipient