Leadership Fairfax, a nonprofit organization founded by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, awarded Providence Elementary School Principal Jesse Kraft with its 2015 Educational Leadership Award. “We are so proud of the work Mr. Kraft does on behalf of the City of Fairfax Schools,” said Dr. Peter Noonan, Superintendent of the City of Fairfax Schools. “His leadership permeates not only the school but our community in meaningful and powerful ways. This recognition goes a long way to publicly acknowledge his excellence in education and we celebrate with and for him.”
Founded in 1987 by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Fairfax is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to build a base of understanding about the community, educate and inform and to ultimately engage individuals to become agents of positive change in Fairfax County and the Northern Virginia region. LFI sponsors two community leadership programs: The LFI Program and The Emerging Leaders Institute (ELI). Graduates of the programs are leaders in the business, government and nonprofit sectors of Northern Virginia.