Inova Kellar Center Honored by Leadership Fairfax for Work in Community

Center is Proud Recipient of Community Educational Partnership Award

Falls Church, VA – (November 16, 2009) – Inova Kellar Center was recognized for its role as Northern Virginia’s safety-net healthcare provider for behavioral-health services on Nov. 6 at the annual Leadership Fairfax Gala. Leadership Fairfax presented Rick Leichtweis, PhD, Senior Director, Inova Kellar Center, with the Community Educational Partnership Award, which recognizes organizations that best use their resources in conjunction with others to enhance and enrich the lives of children in Northern Virginia.

Pictured L-R: Kevin Reynolds, President of Cardinal Bank, who nominated the Inova Kellar Center for the Community Educational Partnership Award, and Rick Leichtweis, PhD, Senior Director, Inova Kellar Center, who accepted the award on the Center’s behalf.

The Inova Kellar Center is the only not-for-profit comprehensive mental health center in Northern Virginia. It provides structured and individualized mental-health, substance-abuse and special-education programs and services to children, adolescents and their families.

Founded in 1987 by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Fairfax Inc. is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to finding, training and growing leaders in Northern Virginia.

Inova Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern Virginia that consists of hospitals and other health services, including emergency- and urgent-care centers, home care, nursing homes, mental health and blood donor services, and wellness classes. Governed by a voluntary board of community members, Inova’s mission is to improve the health of the diverse community it serves through excellence in patient care, education and research. Inova provides a healthy environment for its patients, families, visitors, staff and physicians by prohibiting tobacco use on its campuses.