Metro Washington ARCS Light Award
This distinctive honor is awarded annually to a chapter member who has given the highest quality of long-term service to the chapter.
Guidelines for selection are as follows:
Only one ARCS LIGHT is to be selected each year from each chapter.
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The ARCS LIGHT should be an Active Member, in good standing for at least three years who has given continuous service with a positive impact on the chapter.
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The ARCS LIGHT should have the respect of and be representative of her chapter.
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The ARCS LIGHT may not be a sitting President
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This outstanding member is honored by her chapter and again at the National Annual Meeting.
Our current ARCS Light
Elli Nesbitt - 2025-26 ARCS Light
This year’s recipient of Metro Washington Chapter’s ARCS Light award is Elli Nesbitt! She served as Co-President of ARCS MWC from 2020 to 2023. You will often see her behind the camera at ARCS events, capturing our best moments. At the ARCS National level, she has served on the National Board’s Executive Committee, as Chair of the Council of Presidents, on the Nominating Committee, on the Communications Committee, on the Scholar Relations Committee, and on the National Newsletter Editorial Committee. Currently, she is Co-VP of Communications for our chapter.
In her 15 years as a member of ARCS, Elli has consistently demonstrated a willingness to give her time, talent, and treasure to the chapter. She has “stepped forward” when there has been the greatest need and works diligently for the success of the chapter. In addition to volunteering at ARCS, she worked for the U.S. International Trade Commission for 41 years and has been a Docent at the National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, for almost 40 years.
Our recent ARCS Lights
Anne Wingo - 2024-25 ARCS Light
Amy Mykityshyn – 2023-24 ARCS Light
Patricia Sparrell – 2022-23 ARCS Light
Danielle Robinson - 2021-2022 ARCS Light
Doris Pierson - 2020-2021 ARCS Light
Jane Riddle - 2019-20 ARCS Light
Susan Trice - 2018-19 ARCS Light
We are proud to acknowledge our ARCS Lights since 1972:
| Mrs. C. Swan Weber | Connie Watts (Mrs. Keith P.) | Doris Pierson (Mrs. Karl) |
| Mrs. Lorry N. Tindal | Virginia Wright (Mrs. Paul E.) | Danielle Robinson |
| Mrs. Charles A. Hufnagel | Ann Becker (Mrs. Ralph E.) | Patricia Sparrell |
| Mrs. James B. Graham | Jane Poe (Mrs. Eugene M.) | Amy Mykityshyn |
| Mrs. Alexander H. Flax | Andi Purple (Mrs. William C.) | Anne Wingo |
| Mrs. James T. Mathews | Lynn Heebner (Mrs. David R.) | Elli Nesbitt |
| Jo Tape (Mrs. Gerald F.) | Beth Parker (Mrs. Ronald Hearn) | |
| Mrs. William Tait | Betty Polutchko (Mrs. Robert J.) | |
| Mrs. George C. Gerber | Alice Laning (Mrs. Robert) | |
| BJ Cantus (Mrs. H. Hollister) | Mary Kennedy (Mrs. Anthony M.) | |
| Mrs. David A. Wilkinson | Holly Coyne, III (Mrs. James K. III) | |
| Mrs. John Mansfield Coulter | Mary Snitch (Mrs. Thomas H.) | |
| Mrs. William B. Cofield | Marie Carr (Mrs. Richard W.) | |
| Mrs. Francis E. Rundell, II | Evelyn Soucek (Mrs. Leo E.) | |
| Karen Meyers (Mrs. William V.) | Toni Schierling (Mrs. Harmut E.) | |
| Mrs. William Bruce Arnold | Renee Fontenot (Mrs. John J.) | |
| Genevieve B. Wimsatt | Marlene Bekey (Mrs. Ivan) | |
| Mrs. James R. Dempsey | Virginia Lukasik (Mrs. Stephen) | |
| Ethel Iverson (Mrs. J. Richard) | Nita Hoernig (Mrs. Otto) | |
| Shirley Oliver (Mrs. William P.) | Jane Riddle (Mrs. Matt) | |
| Cynthia Howes (Mrs. Hal Williams) | Lynn Dillon | |
| Peggy Adams (Mrs. Laurence J.) | Susan Trice | |
| Carolyn Steelman (Mrs. Donald L.) | Jane Riddle (Mrs. Matt) | |