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Our Board Members |
President:
Tracey Parent
Tracey Parent is
the founder and President of The Loudoun Foundation. Tracey has a
background in Telecommunications and Real Estate and also served in
the Virginia Air National Guard in the medical field. Through her
ten year career in Telecom and Real Estate, Tracey used her
professional resources to network and partner with many competent
and equally passionate individuals in order to create The Loudoun
Foundation. As a humanitarian she has organized medical missions and
implemented programs in Haiti, and then
decided she wanted to create an organization committed to her own
community. Since 2004, she has developed and facilitated programs
that impact Loudoun residents, charities and businesses alike.
Through the
foundation, Tracey collaborated with major organizations to
organize a year- long project to assist and provide medical care
for those impacted by Hurricane Katrina by opening a free clinic
and a tent school for children in Mississippi. And while
her focus continues to be mentoring projects and programs for
children at home in Loudoun, she is committed to making an
impact globally wherever and whenever she can. Tracey has been a
resident of Loudoun since 1999 and lives today in Leesburg. She
is a mother of three (two boys and a foster-daughter) with a
tremendous zest for life and a sick sense of humor!
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Secretary:
Kristi Stavrou
Kristi Stavrou has
been a Loudoun County VA resident for over 10 years. Wife of Mark
Stavrou and mother of two young children Annabella, 5, and Jake, 3,
Kristi is also one of Loudoun County’s Top Producing Realtors,
working in Ashburn’s Long & Foster’s Office. She volunteered to join
the Steering Committee of The Loudoun Foundation’s Summer Music Fest
before the first season began in 2004. Kristi was then asked to join
the Board of Directors at the end of the first successful season of
the Loudoun Summer Music Fest because of her “can-do” attitude,
energy and strong work ethic. Kristi was musically-inclined during
her childhood, performing in local and Off-Broadway theatre in New
York, where she grew-up. Volunteering on the Board of The Loudoun
Foundation and participating in the summer-long music festival is a
way for her to give back to her chosen hometown community of Loudoun
County, VA, of which she is so proud to be a part.
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Ali Abbasi
A nuclear engineer
by educational training, Ali Abbasi is now the President and CEO of
a large executive suite in Richmond Virginia and has extensive
experience in operating non-profit organizations. Since the
inception of The Loudoun Foundation he has held an advisory position
on the board and has offered his experience at many levels. Ali
lives in Goochland Virginia with his wife and their troublesome
pooch Havi.
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Angela Abbasi
Angie serves in an advisory role on the board as
well. She too has an extensive background in working with non-profit
organizations, large community events and fundraisers. She has
served as chairperson for the Commonwealth Polo Match, the
Strawberry Hill Races and Princess Ann Hunt. She also serves on the
board of Goochland Fellowship and has been instrumental in helping
develop the Loudoun Summer Music Fest. Mrs. Abbasi lives with her
husband, dog and horses in Goochland Virginia.
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Thomas Simmons
Tom Simmons was born fully grown from
Zeus's thigh at the beginning of time. He took little advantage of
his early connections and worked a series of odd jobs, including
cleaning the Augean Stables (yuck), while he waited to inherit the
position of Chief of All The Gods from his Father. (Apparently,
there was some confusion about exactly what the word "immortal"
meant.) Unfortunately, the Olympian deities fell out of favor and
job opportunities fell to nil so Tom immigrated to America. There
was some additional confusion over here about what the word
"hostiles" meant but it was soon cleared up and most of Tom's hair
grew back. Tom finally found his calling as a parker of cars, or
Traffic Control Engineer as some call it, and he can be found
directing traffic at the Loudoun Summer Music Fest most Sundays,
where he holds the title of "Hey, Kid!"
Ok---the real BIO now…
Tom Simmons is the
owner and creative director of The Thomas Simmons Agency, a
strategic advertising and marketing firm in Loudoun County. The
agency represents consumer, business-to-business, high tech and
public affairs clients in the Northern Virginia area. In addition to
being a member of the Board of Directors for The Loudoun Foundation,
Tom serves as the Vice President of Communications for the Loudoun
County Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of the Committee
For Dulles. Tom is a member of the Leadership Loudoun Class of 2007
as part of the team attempting to bring a world-class performing
arts center to Loudoun County by the year 2020. Tom is also a member
of the Lovettsville-Waterford Ruritan Club, a community-service
organization in western Loudoun.
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