Each year, the Volunteer Fairfax Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual whose sustained commitment to service has made a lasting impact on Fairfax County and beyond. Through decades of leadership, mentorship, and hands-on volunteerism, Craig Dubishar exemplifies the spirit of this award, demonstrating how one person’s dedication can strengthen communities, inspire others, and create meaningful change over time.
Volunteering has been a lifelong passion. He joined the Boy Scouts of America in 1968 and has been a registered Scouter with the National Capital Area Council since 1998. For more than two decades, he has served on the NCAC High Adventure Committee and as Powhatan District’s liaison, teaching land navigation and leading annual training hikes for adult advisors. He has guided Scouts on numerous Philmont treks between 2005 and 2025, with plans for his 14th trek in 2026, and has led or participated in dozens of high adventure trips across the Appalachian Trail and beyond. His service also includes participating in many Eagle Board of Reviews.
In recognition of his Scouting contributions, he received the Powhatan District Award of Merit in 2010 and the Silver Beaver Award in 2022.
Beyond Scouting, Craig has demonstrated a deep and sustained commitment to community service. A graduate of Leadership Fairfax (1993), he helped lead a YMCA Indian Guides program and served for years as a trail maintainer for the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. He also dedicated 26 years to Volunteer Fairfax’s Board of Directors, including service as Secretary, Vice President, and President for two consecutive years.
His leadership extends to faith-based and regional organizations. He served on the Board of Trustees for the Washington National Cathedral Association (2003–2011), chairing the Northern Virginia Committee and helping create its largest-attended Major State Day event. He has been involved with the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia’s Creation Care Task Force since 1994, serving as Chair from 2011 to 2014.
At St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, he served as official photographer from 1995 to 2020, founded the Photography Ministry, and led the Acolyte Guild for nearly 25 years while supporting youth programs. He continues to contribute to the Antietam National Civil War Battlefield annual illumination event. Since 2011, he has also been part of the Haiti Mission Team, leading eight mission trips to support a remote school in Chapoteau, Haiti. He currently serves on the Vestry of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church.
Craig’s service also includes preserving and sharing history. Since 2011, he has been the official photographer for the 8th Army Air Force Historical Society, documenting reunions, ceremonies, and major events across the country and abroad. His work includes coverage of the American Air Museum reopening in the UK, the B-17 Memphis Belle exhibit opening, and the National Aviation Hall of Fame Gala.
He has also supported the Herndon High School Marching Band as a parent photographer since 2006, including major trips to Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day and to Hawaii for the Pearl Harbor Day parade.
In his professional role at Raytheon, he continues to give back through pro bono service as part of the Corporate Pro Bono Committee. His work includes helping secure a Civil Protective Order for a domestic abuse survivor and volunteering with domestic violence counseling clinics.
Craig Dubishar has been practicing law for nearly 37 years and has served as a Partner in a major law firm, General Counsel of a Government Contractor, and, for the past 20 years, as Senior Counsel with the Raytheon Company. He holds a Master’s Degree in Geodesy from Virginia Tech and a J.D. from Georgetown. Prior to his legal career, he worked as a Physical Scientist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and began his career as a Cartographer with the Defense Mapping Agency.