Barry Perlis is the Potomac Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year. For the past 20 years, he has worked and continues to serve as a volunteer at the Manor Care Nursing Home where he fills the role of chaplain.
His volunteer work also includes his chairmanship of Save A Child’s Heart (SACH), United States Operation based in Potomac. The organization saves children from around the world with congenital heart defects who would die before the age of 10 without cardiac surgery.