HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL NR 2022-05-06 Kara Rodriguez Hired as PIO
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Monday, May 9, 2022
Media Contact:
Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer
barnett@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
Kara Rodriguez Hired as Leesburg Public Information Officer
Rodriguez’s first day with the Town will be June 13.
Leesburg, VA (May 9, 2022) - Leesburg Town Manager Kaj
Dentler announced today that Kara Rodriguez has been
hired as the Town’s Public Information Officer.
Rodriguez succeeds Betsy Arnett, who was recently
promoted to the position of Senior Management Analyst.
“I am pleased to announce the selection of Kara Rodriguez
as our next Public Information Officer,” Dentler said. “I
believe Kara’s extensive media and local government
background makes her an ideal fit for this position, and we
are excited for her to join the town government.”
Rodriguez has been a longtime reporter in Loudoun County, exclusively covering the Town of
Leesburg government for almost 15 years. During her time with both Leesburg Today and
Loudoun Now newspapers, she has been recognized on several occasions by the Virginia Press
Association for her local news coverage, recently winning awards for business, financial and
technological writing, and her coverage of the Leesburg Mobile Park sale. Additionally,
Rodriguez currently sits on the Berryville Town Council as its Ward 4 representative, a position
she will continue to serve until her term expires at year’s end. Rodriguez plays an active role on
several Berryville government committees, and has several leadership roles in her daughters’
school. In her early Leesburg Today days, she co-founded the Young Professionals group with
the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce.
Rodriguez holds a liberal arts degree from New York University, where she studied newspaper
journalism and political science. She is a Northern Virginia native and resides with her family in
Berryville.
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