Bill Chandler - VSC's Unsung Hero

In June 2005, long-time VSC staff member Bill Chandler was awarded a Linowes Leadership Award from the Community Foundation for the National Capitol Region in recognition of his work at the DC Jail for more than 35 years. The award recognizes the efforts of "unsung heroes working to improve communities throughout the regional and encourages others to follow their example of leadership. Billy's leadership is evident in his creative approaches to helping very different populations - attorneys, prison guards and clients - work together, or, at a minimum, not work against each other. Billy's remarkable patience with the system, his ability to suggest alternative solutions, and his tireless efforts over time are what have sustained the work of VSC in its efforts to support a population that is otherwise easily cast aside."