Fairfax County received a donation of 15,000 FDA-approved KN95 masks from Portals Global, a Tysons-based consulting firm. Portals Global’s CEO Omo Igiehon said he chose Fairfax County as the donation recipient in order to give back to the community that he has lived in for 21 years.

Founded in 2012, Portals Global is a management-consulting company that supports commercial and government clients in the U.S. and overseas. The business is a minority-owned SBA 8(a) certified company since April 2015.

After deciding to purchase the masks, Igiehon said he reached out to the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) to find out how to make a donation to the Fairfax County community. The FCEDA connected him with Volunteer Fairfax, an organization that mobilizes people and resources to meet regional community needs.

Through the guidance of the Fairfax County Health Department, the county government distributed the masks according to community priorities including county employees and healthcare workers that are conducting essential activities within the county, according to Volunteer Fairfax.

“Being on the front lines of COVID-19 as a solutions provider and logistics solution provider, and also seeing and analyzing the geospatial data for our area it’s only natural that we do our best to help in the county where we work and live,” Igiehon said. “We are also committed to contributing portions of our profits from COVID-related work to charities and research organizations working on mitigating the pandemic’s spread and ending this unprecedented situation.”

Source:  Fairfax County Economic Development Authority