Cynthia F. Soltis is Vice President of BD Associates, a human resources consulting firm. She has more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of human resources, including recruiting, staff development, training, compensation and benefits, policy development and implementation, and executive coaching.  She also serves as a Business and Industry Trainer and an adjunct faculty member at Lord Fairfax Community College, teaching courses in leadership, management, supervision, conflict management, meeting facilitation, time management, project management, stress management, positive relationships, customer service, and a variety of human resources topics.  She also serves as an executive coach.  She has worked as an adjunct faculty member at Shenandoah University, where she developed and taught six-week certificate programs in Human Resource Management and Customer Service, as well as serving as Program Coordinator for the Quad State Emergency Preparedness Program run by the Marsh Institute at Shenandoah University.

 

Cindy has a Bachelors Degree in Communications/Public Relations from James Madison University and a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management from Marymount University.  She is also a Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR), a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and a qualified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) instructor.

 

She serves as a Director for the South Atlantic Division (SAD) of the American Cancer Society (ACS) which serves a seven state region and the District of Columbia, and was a delegate to the ACS National Assembly. She serves on a number of division committees in support of the ACS mission, including serving as chair of the division Volunteer Initiatives Workgroup and the Bylaws Committee, and volunteers at a local level with the Shenandoah County Community Leadership Council and Relay for Life.  She is also a member of the National Talent Strategy Advisory Committee.

 

Cindy is past president and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Woodstock Rotary Club, where she is active on a number of committees, including chairing PolioPlus, Coats for Kids, and the Annual Officer Induction Dinner, co-chairing the Annual Anniversary Celebration, and serving as Happy Dollar Chair as well as being involved in many fund raisers and service projects.  She also serves her community through several other organizations including the Shenandoah Memorial Hospital Foundation Board, the Board of ShenPaco Industries, Inc. (a sheltered workshop serving the physically and mentally handicapped), the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival Board, volunteers with Kids Voting of the Northern Shenandoah Valley, is an active member of Toms Brook United Methodist Church.  

American Cancer Society

American Red Cross

Belle Grove Plantation

Blue Ridge Area Food Bank

Bread of Life Food Pantry

Central High School (Jessica Pumphrey Scholarship)

Columbia Furnace Love Center Food Pantry

Compassion Cupboard

Edinburg Fire Company

Edinburg Heritage Foundation

Falcon Music Boosters

First Baptist Church

Fort Valley Community Center

Fort Valley Museum

Friends of North Fork of Shenandoah River

Healthy Families

Lighthouse Grocery

Marsh Institute of Shenandoah University

Massanutten Military Academy

Masterworks Chorus

Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

New Market Area Library

Newspapers in Education - NVD

Open Door Food Pantry

Response

Rotary International

Salvation Army-Shenandoah County

SCF Youth Leadership Program

SEARCH, Inc.

Shawnee Girl Scout Council

Shenandoah 4-H Livestock Show & Barn

Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter

Shenandoah Area Boy Scouts

Shenandoah County Free Clinic

Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library Archives

Shenandoah County Library Foundation

Shenandoah County Parks & Recreation

Shenandoah Forum

Shenandoah Memorial Hospital Foundation

Shenandoah Valley Music Festival

Stonewall Jackson High School (John C. Copp Scholarship and Brandon Kelly Dawson Athletic Memorial Scholarship)

Strasburg High School (Morehead Scholarship)

 

Strasburg Rescue Squad

The Art Group

Theater Shenandoah

Toms Brook Volunteer Fire Department

Town of Strasburg (Signal Knob Playground)

UMC - Winchester District Builders Club

UVA Center for Politics

VECCA

Virginia Athletics Foundation

Virginia Engineering Foundation

Virginia United Methodist Homes

Volunteer Farm

Wayside Theatre

WMRA Public Radio

Woodstock Museum

Woodstock Rescue Squad

Woodstock Rotary Club

Woodstock United Methodist Church

WVPT Public Television

 

SCHOLARSHIPS $74,172 awarded since 1/1/07

Shenandoah Scholars: $1,000 each in 6/07 and 6/08:

Central High School - 9 Shenandoah Scholars 

Stonewall Jackson High School - 7 Shenandoah Scholars

Strasburg High School - 7 Shenandoah Scholars

Triplett Tech - 3 Shenandoah Scholars

Also in 2008
Shentel Scholarship to Alyssa Lynn Partlow
 

Marge Moyers Scholarships to Sara Vormbrock, Katie Orndorff, Sara Beth Silvious, and Jessica Garman

Bruce Crantz Scholarship  to Kyle Kennedy

John C. Copp Scholarships to Jessica Nicole Conley and Jessica Ghandi

Jessica Pumphrey Scholarship to Fallon Amelia Cooper 

Michael Morehead Memorial Scholarship to Philip Andrew Ramsey
 

Nineteen Punky Riley Memorial Youth Scholarships

 

4-H Dairy Club Scholarships