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NDTA DC Chapter – January 21 Luncheon Our guest speaker is Mr. John Pray, Jr., USO Senior Vice President for Entertainment Thursday, January 21 2010 from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM. NOTICE: New NDTA Luncheon check in procedures No more waiting in line!!! Register for the January luncheon and pay via Paypal. Your name tag will be on a separate table and you won't need to stand in line to check in. Crystal City Sports Pub, 529 23rd Street South, Arlington, VA 22202.
Website: http://www.ccsportspub.com/ DIRECTIONS The Crystal City Sports Pub is located on 23rd Street South, between Eads St. and Fern St. Metered on street parking is available on 23rd St. south, Eads St, 22nd St. South. A paid lot is located at Eads St. and 22nd St. South and a small free lot is directly across from the Pub, though it fills up quickly. The closest Metro is Crystal City on the Blue/Yellow Line. Exit the Metro onto 18th St. S and Bell St. Walk west one block, under US/Jefferson Davis, turn left onto Eads St., walk down to 23rd St. S, turn right and Crystal City Sports Pub is one half a block on the right. Or walk through Crystal City Shops to 23rd St. exit and walk west 2.5 blocks, crossing US1/Jefferson Davis. Crystal City Sports Pub is on your right. Walk is approximately 10 minutes. GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. John Pray, Jr. Brigadier General (ret) John I. Pray, Jr. is the Senior Vice President of Entertainment for the United Service Organizations where he is responsible for directing the activities of the USO’s celebrity entertainment programs. After retiring from the United State Air Force (USAF) in December 2007, Pray served as the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council until January 2009 and then as Executive Vice President for the Systems Proposal and Engineering Company until joining the USO in July 2009. While in the USAF, Pray served in a number of key staff and command positions that included: the Director of the White House Situation Room; Commander of the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews AFB, MD; Commander of the 436th Airlift Wing at Dover AFB, MD; the Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council; Commander of the 305th Operations Group at McGuire AFB, NJ; Commander of the 8th Airlift Squadron at McChord AFB, WA and Executive Officer to the Commander, United States Special Operations Command at MacDill AFB, FL. Pray is a Command Pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in numerous mobility and special operations aircraftSave-the-Date and RSVP Now! 2010 D.C. Chapter Annual Scholarship and Educational Programs Auction
20 February 2010 from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. in the historic Old Town Hall in Fairfax, VA Old Town Hall 3999 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Our annual auction is always a huge success for an extremely worthy cause and is attended by numerous Military, civilian and commercial leaders in the logistics and transportation fields. Today's global requirements clearly underscore the importance of education's critical role in securing this nation's vital transportation system. Corporate Sponsorship: By underwriting the expenses of the auction, you can directly benefit the scholarship fund by offsetting our costs, while gaining corporate exposure. Last year, leading local companies, private citizens and philanthropists enabled our chapter to award over $15,000 in scholarships to local, deserving young students. As a corporate sponsor, your generosity will be tastefully displayed in our auction program/bid list sheet. We also welcome the opportunity for you to provide us with a company banner/sign which will be proudly displayed on your behalf at the venue. Additionally, we will highlight your corporate sponsorship on our D.C. Chapter website for several months. Corporate sponsorships are available ranging from $50 to $2,000 and are intended to cover the costs of hors d'oeuvres, desserts, beverages, room decorations/door prizes, or even for our venue - the historic Old Town Hall in Fairfax. In addition, direct contributions to the scholarship fund can be accommodated. Auction Item Donations: Over the years, corporate and individual NDTA members have been instrumental in donating the items for the auction. A wide range of donated goods and services have included vacation packages, round trip airline tickets, dinner for two, entertainment packages, famous nut rolls, stained glass, ski packages, gift certificates, antiques, paintings, autographed Redskin's paraphernalia, golf packages and much, much more. Monetary donations have ranged between one hundred and two thousand dollars. Please mail your donations no later than 5 February 2010 to: NDTA Auction Committee c\o Tom Fortunato 6610 Sky Blue Ct Alexandria, VA 22153 Make checks payable to: NDTA DC Chapter. Please provide a description of the donated item and estimated value. For more information or volunteer opportunities contact Anthony Ibarra at: anthony.ibarra@marriott.com Ph: 703-929-6540 or Tom Fortunato at: tfortunato@deloitte.com Ph: 202-370-2463. Thanks again for your support and we look forward to seeing you at the auction in February! Tickets are $15 and you can now RSVP for the event.
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We would like to thank our corporate sponsors: 2009 NT Day Sponsors Warrior Level American Roll On Roll Off Carrier  Washington Maritime Shipping Corporation Silver Level - Agility - Central Gulf Lines, Inc. - FedEx Government Services - Intermarine, LLC - Lockheed Martin - SAIC Bronze Level - America Cargo Transport - Anne Grabowski - APL - International Association of Movers - Liberty Global Logistics - Maersk Line, Limited - XIO Strategies |
Upcoming Events
Chapter Luncheon
Guest Speaker: Brigadier General (ret) John I. Pray, Jr.
Location: Crystal City Sports Pub, 529 23rd Street South, Arlington, VA 22202.
Date: January 21 2010 Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
2010 D.C. Chapter Annual Scholarship and Educational Programs Auction
20 February 2010 from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. in the historic Old Town Hall in Fairfax, VA.
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