The Optimist Club of Arlington

Hold for Chris Smith
2025-07-02 12:15 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Washington Golf and Country Club
Chris Smith
703.863.8899
www.ChangeSmithUSA.com

Optimist Lunch 12:15-1:30
2025-07-16 12:15 - 13:30
Nicole Kovar is the Founder and Executive Director of Piano & More. She is dedicated to creating happy musicians and performers of all ages and backgrounds. With a Bachelors in Health Education and a Masters in Science, Nicole is a passionate advocate for the intersection of music education and brain health. From a young age, she discovered music as her “superpower,” using piano, guitar, and singing for emotional expression, confidence building, and connection. With nearly a decade of experience running a music studio and over 15 years as an educator, Nicole has helped students of all ages transform their lives through music, showing how playing an instrument can boost cognitive health, confidence, and emotional resilience.

Optimist Lunch
2025-08-20 00:25 - 13:30
Mary-Claire Burick, President of Rosslyn Bid-

Nancy Fagan, COO Continuum Care Strategies
2025-09-03 12:15 - 13:30
Nancy Fagan, COO of Continuum Care Strategies.

Continuum Care Strategies is a women owned boutique consulting firm dedicated to helping individuals and families navigate the complexities of long term care. With decades of experience, our team specializes in crafting holistic solutions that integrate legal, financial and care planning to enhance quality of life. Our services include advocacy, Medicaid navigation, guardianship support, and strategic planning for both home and facility-based care.
https://www.ccstrategies.org/

Optimist Lunch-Michael C. Maibach SAVE OUR STATES- 12:15-1:30
2025-09-17 12:15 - 13:30

Dr Unnatti Jain- Lunch Speaker
2025-10-01 12:15 - 13:30
My name is Dr. Unnatti Jain, I am a Keynote Speaker, Life Coach, and a Relations Expert. I believe that “You are Your Biggest Investment” and that everyone has untapped potential. The minute we begin to tap into this potential, we change everything around us. I am that catalyst to that change in YOU.

Optimist Lunch- Respect for Law
2025-10-15 12:00 - 13:30
Respect for Law

ISCC Lunch
2025-11-19 12:00 - 13:30

Lunch- Tamia Gordon- Founder Pinnacle Coaching
2025-12-03 12:15 - 13:30
At Pinnacle Coaching LLC, we believe that leadership is not a destination, but a dynamic journey shaped by neuroplasticity, intentional action, and visionary thinking. We partner with C-suite executives, healthcare leaders, judges, attorneys, and a cross-section of senior professionals to rewire patterns, break barriers, and lead boldly in today’s complex environment.
At Pinnacle Coaching LLC, we empower leaders to embrace brain-based strategies that enable breakthrough performance. Our coaching methodology blends neuroscience, leadership theory, and real-world insight to foster lasting transformation.

Tamia Gordon, JD, MBA

A distinguished leader in government and higher education, Ms. Gordon brings decades of experience, academic rigor, and empathetic leadership to her coaching practice. Her mission is to develop bold, clear-minded leaders capable of shifting paradigms and shaping futures.
The Honorable Tamia N. Gordon serves as Chief Operating Officer for the Loan Programs Office (LPO), which provides loans and loan guarantees to help deploy innovative energy projects in fossil fuels, hydropower, solar, and advanced transportation systems. Also at DOE, Ms. Gordon was the Director (acting) and Principal Deputy Director for the Office of Economic Impact where she advised on the effects of energy infrastructure on communities. She provided assistance to small businesses and educational institutions in the energy sector, while driving STEM initiatives and economic development, particularly in the Gulf South. Credit Review Board Member, voting on conditional commitments of energy-sector loans.
In her prior federal service, Ms. Gordon was Deputy Vice Chairman and a Veterans Law Judge, leading a team of 375 Veterans Law Judges, attorneys, and professional administrative staff dedicated to resolving veteran appeals. For the decade prior, Ms. Gordon was the Chief Deputy Clerk of Court for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and was appointed to the Federal Administrative Law bench. She served as the Associate Chief Administrative Law Judge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, where she successfully stood up the New Orleans Field Office in a new jurisdiction. She likewise served as Hearing Office Chief Judge for the Social Security Administration. Ms. Gordon is also an Adjunct Business Law Professor at Tulane University Freeman School of Business, in New Orleans, LA. She also taught Disability Law at Loyola University’s New Orleans College of Law.

Christmas Breakfast
2025-12-17 07:30 - 09:00
