The County Conversation

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Rachel Kempf, Environmental Health Specialist with Fairfax County’s Health Department, about ticks and mosquitoes, and mosquito borne...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Tina Mraz, Program and Educational Services Director with the Fairfax County Public Library, about the library’s Summer Reading Adven...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Danielle Van Hook, Director of Youth Programs with The Alden Theatre, a cultural performing arts space housed inside the McLean Commu...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Tyler Cambrelyn, Offsite Events Coordinator with the Reston Community Center (RCC), about RCC’s Summer Concerts and Entertainment Ser...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Gillian Kimura, Program Coordinator with the Partnership for a Healthier Fairfax, about the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)....

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Victoria Nevel-Babla, Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence Coordinator with Fairfax County’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Services,...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Nick Polera, an engineer with Land Development Services (LDS), about Building Safety Month and the Building Safety Month Resource Fai...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with LaTanja Snelling, Equity Partnerships Director, Reston Community Center, about the Diva Central Dress Drive and Shopping Event at Res...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Catie Torgersen, Sustainability Program Manager, Solid Waste Management Program in the Department of Public Works and Environmental S...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Alisa Brooks, Food Access Program Manager with Neighborhood and Community Services, about food insecurity, as well as “Stuff the Bus....

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Dr. Marjorie Burris, Adult Day Health Care Program Manager with the Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community Services,...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Sandra McGovern, Operations Manager with Domestic and Sexual Violence Services, about the use and importance of data in domestic and...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Tom Barnett, Deputy Director of the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness in the Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Maya Dhavale, senior community specialist and a program manager for Fairfax Energy Compass, Fairfax County Office of Environmental an...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Peter Steinberg, Healthy Minds Fairfax program manager, about Healthy Minds, a joint program between the Department of Family Service...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Lisa Groat, senior behavioral health specialist from the Domestic and Sexual Violence Services’ (DSVS) Clinical Services Team, about...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Ashley Shifflett, Training and Exercise Specialist with the Department of Emergency Management and Security (DEMS), about National Pr...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Mandy Burton, respiratory epidemiologist in the Division of Epidemiology and Population Health with the Fairfax County Health Departm...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Kala Berry, Head of Marketing for Fairfax Connector, about the Student Bus Pass Program for middle and high school students, the Tran...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Dana Johnson, behavioral health manager in the Youth and Family division of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, about...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Kaitlyne Jones, Reston Community Center’s Box Office Manager, about the 18 event-schedule for the 2025/2026 Professional Touring Arti...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Melody Vielbig, DSVS clinical services program manager, about the clinical services that are available through Domestic and Sexual Vi...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Kathryn Kovacs, a public information officer with the Reston Community Center, about RCC’s Summer Concerts and Entertainment Series....

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services, and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Julie Bowman, program manager with Foster Care and Adoption, Resource and Support in Fairfax County’s Department of Family Services,...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services, and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Julie Bowman, program manager with Foster Care and Adoption, Resource and Support in Fairfax County’s Department of Family Services,...