National Capital Area Council

National Capital Area Council
National Capital Area Council logo
Council gateway during the 1993 National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill
HeadquartersBethesda, Maryland
Location
Country United States
Coordinates39°00′26″N 77°05′53″W / 39.007331°N 77.097976°W / 39.007331; -77.097976
Founded1911[2]
Membership
  • 33,777 youth
  • 17,641 adult volunteers (2022)[3]
PresidentMorgan Sullivan[4]
Council CommissionerJulia Mae-Shen Lesko[5]
Scout ExecutiveMario Perez[6]
AffiliationBoy Scouts of America
Website
ncacbsa.org
 Scouting portal

The National Capital Area Council (NCAC) is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America within the Northeast Region that serves the Washington metropolitan area, including Washington, D.C., portions of Maryland and Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.[1] The council offers extensive training, and administrative support to units.[7] It is rated as a "Class 100" council by the National Council (headquarters office), which denotes that the NCAC is among the very largest in the country. Chartered in 1911, it is also one of the oldest. The council is divided into 21 districts serving ten counties in Northern Virginia, six counties in Maryland, the District of Columbia, the US Virgin Islands, and BSA units throughout the Americas. The council has a 5 to 2 ratio of youth members to adult leaders, which is among the highest of all the councils. The youth retention rate is currently 70% which was affected by COVID-19.[8]

  1. ^ a b BSA Internal Communications (March 21, 2013). "Virgin Islands Council now part of National Capital Area Council". Scout Wire. Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ncac1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "NCAC Annual Scouting Report 2022". NCAC Annual Report. National Capital Area Council. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "NCAC Council Leadership". Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  5. ^ "NCAC Council Leadership". Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "NCAC Welcomes New Scout Executive/CEO". January 5, 2023.
  7. ^ Wood, Bob (August 2015). "NCAC 5 Year Strategic Plan" (PDF). National Capital Area Council. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  8. ^ National Capital Area Council. "2020 Annual Report by National Capital Area Council". NCAC Annual Report.