Honorees

Each year, the Loudoun Laurels’ Advisory Committee awards the Loudoun Laurels Medal to the honorees they have selected to become Loudoun Laureates. The medal is worn suspended from a scarlet ribbon, an ancient symbol of courage, passion, strength and self-sacrifice.

Medal Front

The laurel wreath on the front of the medal embraces the program’s motto, Ductus Exemplo, Leadership by Example.

Medal Back

The reverse displays the coat of arms and family motto of John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, after whom our county is named.

Newest Honorees

Fran Craig

Fran Craig is a technology leader, entrepreneur, mentor, STEM enthusiast, and philanthropist. She is known for helping to bring the internet to Loudoun County.   While working in technology at AT&T, Carnegie Mellon University, GTE Telenet, DHL Courier, and other organizations, she developed software applications. Adding strategic technology planning and organizational management, she formed her first company, Computer Strategies. In 1997, Craig originated the concept of the web-based timesheet and morphed Computer Strategies into Unanet, a software company. In 2018, private equity invested in Unanet, which is now a leading AI software provider for professional services and government contracting firms.

Deeply interested in education for STEM and women in business, Craig supports the Loudoun Education Foundation, the Northern Virginia Science Center, STEM For Her, the Loudoun Symphony, the Women’s Center, Saint Mary’s College of Notre Dame (her alma mater), and the George Mason Costello College of Business Center. Craig was recognized in 2025 as STEM for Her’s Woman of the Year, in 2024 with an honorary Doctor of Science at Saint Mary’s, in 2018 as a Tech 100 Executive by NVTC, in 2016 as a SmartCEO Brava winner, and in 2006 as a “Woman Who Means Business” by the Washington Business Journal.

Kristi and Mike Huber

Kristi and Mike Huber are known for giving back to the community through their companies, Belfort Furniture and Stone Tower Winery, and are philanthropists and active participants in many worthy charities. They have helped raise millions of dollars over the past several decades for Loudoun YMCA’s “Building Bridges” and “Caring for Community” initiatives, programs that help send under-resourced children to summer camp and provide safe, high-quality after-school care for working families. They also host numerous fundraisers at Stone Tower Winery, allowing nonprofit organizations to raise millions for cancer research, education, hunger relief, and services for survivors of domestic violence and assault.

Mr. Huber serves on the Route 28 Commission Advisory Board, formed to address transportation issues in one of the most important business corridors surrounding Dulles International Airport in Fairfax County and Loudoun County. Through Belfort Furniture, the Hubers regularly contribute to Loudoun Education Foundation, Every Citizen Has Opportunities (ECHO), and Future Leaders of Loudoun County. Belfort’s “Be Green” program has been responsible for planting over 500,000 trees in the community since 2007, one tree for every delivery.