Loudoun Impact JC Silvey

Sharon Virts was born and raised in Loudoun County. She and her husband have spent the past few years renovating Selma Mansion that sits at the base of Catoctin Mountain. Sharon has just published her first book, Masque of Honor which chronicles the life of Armistead Mason who built Selma Mansion in 1810. Armistead was a US Senator from Virginia at the age of 28 and later was killed in a dual with his cousin John Mason McCarty.

Frank is a retired United States Marine Gunnery Sgt who now leads the Loudoun County effort for the USMC Toys for Tots Charity. Frank shares some of the challenges that Covid is presenting this year. On the lighter side, we chat about the Marine Corps Dress Blues Uniform and some of its historical significance.

Breaux Vineyards in one of the first wineries in Loudoun County and one of the first 50 in all of Virginia. Jen has taken the reins of this family run business from her father Paul Breaux. Jen talks about her fathers entrepreneurial spirit and the challenges of sustaining a small business.

Melissa Hinton is the founder and Director of Loudoun Serenity House. A local non-profit with a mission to provide supportive and affordable residential services to women striving for their best life, a sober life, free from dependency on alcohol, opioids, and other narcotics. Melissa speaks from the heart having gone through rehab herself as a young women and has also tragically lost her sister to the disease.