Networking for Good is the brainchild of Eddie Fam of IMPACT Marketing & Events. Eddie launched Networking for Good in response to the lack of affordable and effective networking opportunities that also support important causes in Washington DC and Northern Virginia.
As a business owner, Eddie knows very well how crucial networking is to growing and developing business relationships, but wondered if there wasn’t also a way to do something useful and “give back” at the same time.
Yianni Papadopoulos of creativeHunger and Jermane Thomas of Everwireless Media came on board to offer their time and expertise in support of this worthy endeavor, and the Networking For Good team was complete.
Our Team
Eddie Fam, Founder
Eddie is the founder and owner of IMPACT Marketing & Events, a full service company based near Washington DC that specializes in special event planning, nationwide and destination weddings, conference planning, networking events, marketing campaigns, public relations, corporate event marketing, and charity fundraising events.
In 2001, Eddie helped coordinate a fundraising campaign for Coptic Orphans that generated over $1.2 million dollars to help break the cycle of poverty. In 2005, Eddie was selected for Bono’s ONE Campaign to serve as a U.S. delegate to help promote the “Commission for Africa” which increased global funding to the world’s poorest people by $50 billion.
Fam has been involved with events and campaigns that included General Colin Powell, dignitaries and ambassadors, and celebrities such as Sir Richard Branson, Maroon 5, Quincy Jones, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, and Dave Matthews Band.
Eddie has served in various event planning and marketing board member and committee roles for BNI NOVA; is a Co-Chair for the Community Engagement Committee of the Reston Chamber of Commerce; and serves as the Vice President of the Marketing and Communications committee on the Board of Directors for International Special Events Society in Washington, DC, the largest nationwide chapter, where IMPACT won two Capital Awards in 2012 for event planning for non-profit fundraisers. Currently IMPACT is nominated for an International Espirit Award at Event World in Dallas, Texas.
Marcus O’Malley, Web Development
Marcus earned his degree in Computer Science from James Madison University and now lives in Fairfax, Virginia. As a student at JMU, Marcus and a team of developers won the Windows Challenge, an international programming competition on Microsoft’s campus. Soon after Marcus and the team started a software business. He started and ran this successful software and web company in Harrisonburg, Virginia, selling the company in 2009.
Marcus O’Malley is Accounts Manager for Immerge Technologies. He has been in the web and software development business for nine years and currently focuses on web development for medium businesses and nonprofits.
He lived for one year in Cape Town, South Africa working with a variety of missions. He has a passion for being involved with nonprofits that are supporting needs domestically and abroad. He serves as a BEST Kids foster child mentor in DC, leads a Bible study at his church in Fairfax, and is involved with fund raising and project planning for Kerus Global and Villages of Hope in Africa.
He lived for one year in Cape Town, South Africa doing missions work and has a passion for being involved with nonprofits that are supporting needs domestically and abroad. He serves as a BEST Kids foster child mentor in DC, leads a Bible study at his church in Fairfax, and is involved with fund raising and project planning for Kerus Global and Villages of Hope in Africa.
Paul Gormont, Graphic Designer
Paul has been an integral component of Apertures, Inc. since 1989. He earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University’s school of Communication Arts and Design, and graduated in 1988 with honors.
Paul brings his exemplary design and conceptual skills to the wide variety of services Apertures offers – from traditional print, dimensional display graphics, and web design. Paul is highly experienced in the design of multiple component projects such as corporate identity applications, branded brochure design, direct mail campaigns, and annual reports. Also, Paul has created national and international ad campaigns for Apertures’ clients and three dimensional direct mail projects.
Typography is his passion, and he strives for excellence in the designs and logos he creates. Paul’s designs have won a communication awards from organizations, such as the Society for Technical Communicators (STC), American Marketing Excellence (AME), Information Technology Awards Association (ITAA), and SNAP Awards.
