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Annual Meeting Awards
Bruce and Connie Meyer
 When it comes to Bruce and Connie Meyer, it’s rare to find one of them without the other. This dynamic couple from Virginia Beach, lives and works together. Their employee benefits firm, Meyer Group Insurance, designs in-state and multi-state plans for businesses. Luckily for us, the same drive and energy they contribute to their fast-growing business extends to their devotion and passion for advocacy on behalf of children and parents throughout Virginia.
With Connie serving as the lay president of the board for Prevent Child Abuse Hampton Roads and Bruce as its Vice President of Advocacy, the success rate of introduction and passage of beneficial legislation in the General Assembly of Virginia has been unprecedented. Their good works and relationship-building efforts have earned them tremendous respect among Virginia’s most influential elected officials. To Connie’s surprise (but no surprise to Bruce) she has earned the nickname of “the silver bullet,” for her uncanny ability to “kill” ill conceived legislation and to negotiate for positive legislation.
The Meyers have instituted nonprofit training sessions across the state and are in the process of creating the Freddie Foundation for Children. Bruce was appointed to a four-year term on the State Board of Community Colleges in 2001 and currently serves as a member of the board of Tidewater Community College. He was elected earlier this year as Chairman of the Second Congressional District of the Republican Party of Virginia.
Senator Mary Margaret Whipple
 Senator Mary Margaret Whipple represents the 31st District in the Virginia State Senate. The 31st District includes Arlington County north of Columbia Pike, the City of Falls Church and eight precincts in Eastern Fairfax County. Now in her third term, Mrs. Whipple was first elected to the Senate of Virginia in November 1995. She is a Senate committee member of Agriculture; Conservation and Natural Resources; Education and Health; Local Government; Privileges and Elections; and Rules. She chairs the Senate Democratic Caucus. Before election to the Senate of Virginia, Mrs. Whipple was a member of the Arlington County Board of Supervisors from 1983 to 1995. During her years of the service on the County Board, Senator Whipple took an active interest in transportation issues, serving on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors as the member from Arlington. She was Chairman of the Metro Board in 1990. She also chaired the Transportation Committee of the Virginia Association of Counties.
Senator Whipple is a member of a number of Legislative Commissions including the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, the Geographic Information Network Advisory Board, the Housing Commission, the Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia Interstate Transport Commission, and the Commission reviewing Administrative Rules. Senator Whipple is also a member of the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Committee on the Environment and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Air Quality Committee.
A former instructor at Northern Virginia Community College, Mary Margaret Whipple began her career of public service as a volunteer in her daughters’ schools. Long active in the Parent-Teacher Association, she was appointed to the Arlington County School Board in 1976, and was Chairman in 1978. She was a member of the Virginia School Boards Association Legislative Committee from 1978 to 1980.
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