County Spotlight
Hi-Tech, Higher Calling
Jonathan Pingilley, Campbell County Information Technology, Recognized as a 2019 Millennial on the Move
RUSTBURG, VA - 2019 marks five years of Lynchburg Business magazine’s annual campaign to recognize the area’s top young professionals. Campbell County is pleased to recognize, Jonathan Pingilley of our Department of Information Technology, for being selected - and highlighted - as a 2019 Millennial on the Move.
For the past four years, Campbell County has been fortunate to have had many of our employees nominated, and of those, two were selected for recognition - Jordan Welborn, and Nina Rezai.
The criteria for this prestigious recognition is far from simple: 25 individuals are chosen by the Millenials on the Move selection committee that must be under the age of 40, and have significant impact on their work and home communities. Numerous industries are represented—from agriculture to finance and beyond, and then a panel of judges selected by Lynchburg Business magazine sets about the arduous task of selecting the recipients.
This past year, Campbell County again solicited nominations from our leadership, and this month, we’d like to formally celebrate the nomination and recognition of Jonathan Pingilley, Network and Systems Administrator with the Department of Information Technology.
Jonathan began service with Campbell County in 2014, after graduation (2012) from Radford University as a LEAD Scholar with a B.S. in computer science and a concentration in networks.
From his early assignments with the Helpdesk, to his current work maintaining the County’s network infrastructure, Jonathan has approached every task with a collaborative spirit, and a desire to learn—not only about the task at hand, but from the internal customers he serves.
“The best piece of advice I have ever received was actually a quote,” notes Jonathan. “Roy T. Bennett said, ‘...never stop trying, and never stop learning.’ I refer back to this quote often, especially when I find myself tackling anything new or unknown.”
Jonathan works passionately within his church, and leads their Relay for Life team, which raises funds and awareness for cancer research.
During the fundraising and build of Landon’s Lemonade Stand for our fellow coworker, Willie Ayers’ (IT) son, Landon Martin, he, along with other colleague, Jodi Crews (IT), dedicated time and energy to helping with the design and fabrication, and later, the unveiling event.
In his downtime, Jonathan enjoys spending time with his family, fishing from a kayak, and just enjoying nature.
“Spending time in God’s great outdoors is a passion of mine,” he states. “As much as I enjoy technology, sometimes, we just have to disconnect to reconnect.”
Congratulations, Jonathan. Thank you for all you do to keep our systems operating, and for working to make a difference in our county, and not just a living.