The Arc of Northern Virginia’s Lisa Fong was named to the Washington Business Journal’s annual 40 Under 40 Class of 2021. Fong is the Falls Church-based nonprofit’s Assistant Director of Services – Support Coordinator, helping oversee case management for the Development Disability Medicaid Waiver program and supporting public guardianship representative oversight. She joined The Arc of Northern Virginia in 2007, shortly after completing her master’s in human development and family studies. For more information, visit thearcofnova.org.

Every Eight Hours: This September, Make Checking In a Habit
BY JOHN F. CROWNOVER Every eight hours, Virginia loses someone to suicide. In 2023, 1,230 Virginians died by suicide, and nearly four out of five were men. They were fathers,


