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2018 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 206
Commending Brian D. Duncan.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 9, 2018
Agreed to by the Senate, February 15, 2018

 

WHEREAS, Brian D. Duncan, who has served and advocated for the aging and disability communities for more than 30 years, retires as executive director of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board in February 2018; and

WHEREAS, Brian D. Duncan holds degrees from Radford University, and he began his human services career in 1984 as the director of Community Support Services for the Crossroads Community Services Board in Farmville, with an emphasis on developing community, residential, and other supportive services in Planning District 14; and

WHEREAS, Brian D. Duncan joined the Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board in 1993 as the executive director; during his tenure, the agency experienced a significant expansion of services; he helped the agency grow from an annual budget of less than $9 million and fewer than 150 employees to a budget of more than $25 million and 350 employees; and

WHEREAS, under Brian D. Duncan’s leadership the Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board began operating several innovative programs, including a substance abuse detoxification program at the Boxwood Residential Treatment Center, same-day access to outpatient services, permanent supportive housing, and a collaborative mobility management program; and

WHEREAS, Brian D. Duncan has excelled at developing and improving program facilities, including several residential group homes, a state-of-the-art day health and rehabilitation center for individuals with developmental disabilities, a $1 million capital campaign to renovate the Culpeper Senior Center, and the construction of a new facility for Boxwood, a substance abuse residential treatment center; and

WHEREAS, Brian D. Duncan has provided leadership as board member and treasurer for Aging Together, Inc., chair of the Community Services Board Executive Directors Forum in Health Planning Region I, chair of the Healthy Culpeper Board, and member of the Piedmont United Way Board; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Brian D. Duncan for his decades of work as an advocate for aging and disability services on the occasion of his retirement as executive director of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Brian D. Duncan as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for his legacy of service to the Rappahannock-Rapidan region and the Commonwealth.