2026 SESSION
INTRODUCED
26109210D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 476
Offered March 12, 2026
Commending Leila Gordon.
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Patron—Keys-Gamarra
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WHEREAS, Leila Gordon, who has greatly served the Reston community for more than 40 years, retired from her position as executive director of the Reston Community Center in 2024; and
WHEREAS, Leila Gordon joined the staff of the Reston Community Center (RCC) in 1983 as a part-time employee overseeing the development of the center's arts education offerings and she began to direct the agency's performing arts portfolio a year later; she then began managing RCC's community events in 2005 and was later appointed its executive director in 2008; and
WHEREAS, leveraging her knowledge, Leila Gordon became a strong advocate for the work of ArtsFairfax and its constituent arts organizations, and she joined the organization's board of directors in 2008; and