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From the Desk of the Executive Director
Happy 2022!
I hope this New Year has treated you kindly.
For those who don’t know me, I have had the privilege of being the Executive Director of the Chester County Bar Association for a little over two years. We have a lot of exciting things going on at the Bar this year. For starters we had two new Staff Members join us on January 3rd. Rachel Prince is our new Communications, Events, and Marketing Manager, so she will be your go-to person whenever you have questions about our social events and activities. Meredith Barr is taking on a new role as the CCBA Receptionist, so many of you will have the chance to chat with her when you call or come into our office, as she will be the main driver of the Welcome Wagon from now on. Rachel and Meredith will be joining myself, Genya, Tyler, and Lauren as we seek to continue to deliver excellent services to our members and the people of Chester County. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to any of us if we can be of assistance to you or your firm in any way. This year is going to be as similar to pre-pandemic years as we can safely make it, as I sit here and keep my fingers crossed that by the time you are reading these words, the Omicron Wave will have declined dramatically. Please mark your calendars now for all of our Key Events to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the comradery this year. The Presidents’ Dinner honoring our 2020 and 2021 Presidents is now being held the evening of Friday, March 11th. Spring Bench Bar returns to the Desmond for a full day of in-person CLEs and activities on Thursday, April 7th. Our Foundation Key Gala will be held on Thursday, May 12th at Penn Oaks. Bar Sail is headed back to Saint Michael’s this year on Thursday, June 16th. The Fall Bench Bar will be held in Alexandria, Virginia this year (which believe it or not is less than three hours away if you don’t hit too much traffic). We will be having one of our best Bench Bars yet from September 29th to October 1st. Finally, the Annual Meeting will be held in the Historic Courthouse on Thursday, December 1st. There will be a myriad of happy hours, ceremonies, and receptions in addition to these dates, but I wanted to make sure you had the main events locked in now. You
Chester County Bar Association Executive Director Matt Holliday will of course be receiving notice of any events that we put on this year, large or small. On a personal note, it is my hope that if we don’t yet know each other we get the chance to meet at some point this year, and that if you do know me, we have the opportunity to spend plenty of time catching up over the next 12 months. As always, thank you for being part of our Chester County Bar Association community. Through your support we are blessed with the opportunity to make this little corner of the world a much better place.
