Talk Conversations
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Talk: Gholam “Tony” Kowkabi
In this week’s TALK series, McLean Today sits down with Gholam “Tony” Kowkabi, owner, Divan restaurant. Divan is the first Persian eatery opened by the restaurateur, a native of Tehran known for D.C. restaurants including Ristorante Piccolo and Catch 15. Q. Tell us a...
Talk: Lauren Rothman
In this week’s TALK series, McLean Today sits down with Lauren Rothman, principal and founder of fashion consulting firm Styleauteur. For over 20 years, Rothman has been a brand image strategist, thought leader, and highly sought after expert and speaker on corporate...
Talk: Steve Mournighan
In this week’s TALK series, McLean Today sits down with Steve Mournighan, the newly elected president of Share of McLean. Share of McLean is a volunteer-led, non-profit organization that runs a series of programs to meet the emergency needs of McLean’s residents and...
Talk: Debra Brosius
In this week’s TALK series, McLean Today sits down with Debra N. Brosius, a licensed clinical psychologist, and co-owner of Integrated Psychology Associates of McLean. A practicing psychologist for more than 20 years, Dr. Brosius specializes in neuropsychological,...
Talk: Al Berg
In this week’s TALK series, McLean Today sits down with Al Berg, the Langley High School golf coach. Since 1996, Berg has coached his team — which have been Liberty District Champions for 22 years — to victory. Last season, the co-ed Langley golf team set a new...
Talk: Lauren Schwabish
In this week’s TALK series, McLean Today sits down with Lauren Schwabish, owner, Neuro Speech Services, a mobile speech therapy private practice, that brings person-centered speech, language, and cognitive therapy services to adults with stroke, brain injury, and mild...
Talk: Sue Christie
In this week’s TALK series, McLean Today sits down with Sue Christie, co-president, the McLean branch of the American Association of University Women [AAUW]. Founded in 1969, the McLean branch has a strong program in support of AAUW’s mission to advance equity for...
Talk: Saehee Perez
In this week’s TALK series, McLean Today sits down with Saehee Perez, a McLean High School senior recently selected as one of Virginia’s delegates in the United States Senate Youth Program. The U.S. Senate Youth Program is a week-long educational program for high...
Talk: Alex Levy
In this week’s TALK series, McLean Today sits down with Alex Levy, artistic director at 1st Stage — https://1ststage.org/. 1st Stage has maintained an effort to create opportunities for the next generation of theater artists and professionals since its opening in...
Talk: Lori Carbonneau
This week in our new TALK series, McLeanToday.org interviews Lori Carbonneau, executive director, McLean Project for the Arts [MPA]. The MPA is a leading contemporary visual arts 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Their mission is to exhibit the work of emerging and...
Louise Waxler
Meet Louise Waxler, executive director of McLean Youth Soccer [MYS] — MYS offers year-round programming for children aged 3-19 years old from the recreational level through the elite level in the form of teams, leagues, camps, clinics and more. Waxler, above,...
Q & A: Giri Sastry
In the latest interview for McLean Today’s Talk series, we chat with Giri Sastry, the owner of The Union Restaurant — https://theunionrestaurant.us/. As the owner and chef, Sastry is committed to the goal of quality food at a good cost. Q. For those who haven't yet...