Meet The Team

Next time you visit our retail location, you will have the distinct pleasure to interact with one or more of our TUS team members, more affectionately known as TUSsies!  Here you'll find a brief description of all our current TUS team members.

Lisa Beggs

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President/CEO

Lisa Beggs purchased TUS in April 2009 after running a successful home staging business.  She expanded the store in the same location twice, growing from 900 ft2 in 2009 to a smartly decorated 3,600 ft2 boutique style retail uniform store.   Lisa has also earned Virginia Small Woman and Minority (SWAM),  Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) certifications. Lisa has a BS degree in Organizational Leadership and she is happily married to John, who is an electrical engineer.  She has two miniature apricot Poodles named Callie and Mollie (featured on this page); one adult son, and three adult stepchildren.  Lisa's hobbies are yard sales, flea markets, antiques, decorating, fabrics and sewing.

Cathy Sweeney

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General Manager

Cathy Sweeney has worked at TUS since its inception. She first started as a part time sales associate, then went to full time and now she is the General Manager for about the last four years. Prior to TUS, Cathy was a Physical Therapist Assistant for 24 years and in retail sales for Total Basket Cases for five years.  She is happily married to Robert, who is a Fairfax County firefighter, and they have a rescued dog named Lucy. She also enjoys  yard sales, antiques, decorating, and assisting in vintage wedding planning for friends!


Kimberly Ott

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Retail Associate

Kimberly Ott Haines has been with TUS as a part-time Retail Associate since 2010 mainly working some evenings and Saturdays.  She has a regular full-time day job working as a wonderful Registered Nurse in West Virginia.  We are very thankful to have Kim working for us to help round out our Saturday crew.  Kim is recently married and blissfully happy with two step children.  She is very active in her church, Homeward Calling Ministries; and she loves camping, fishing and scuba diving (although she doesn't get to do that much).

Donna Crider

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Retail Associate

Donna Crider has worked at TUS as a part time sales associate. Prior to TUS, Donna served on staff at Grace Community Church and is now employed at AbbaCare Pregnancy Resource Center as their Office Management Director. Donna continues to assist us at TUS as often as she can. She is happily married to Keith and has two sons, Adam & Aaron. Adam married her beautiful daughter-in-law Tara in 2014 and they brought their first son, (first grandson) into the family in 2016. Little Noah is their pride and joy. Donna enjoys ministry at Church of New Beginnings, serving clients at AbbaCare, her family (especially Noah), landscaping, entertaining friends at her home, antiquing, interior decorating, and working around her home.


Callie Beggs

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Hospitality/Store Security

Callie is a 10 pound miniature apricot Poodle that came to TUS in November 2013 with her sister Mollie.  Callie and Mollie were adopted from The Chance Foundation located at Country Club Kennels in Catlett, VA.  Callie is the clown of the two, and she garners a laugh when she chases her tail.  She loves to play with toys, she is learning basic obedience commands, but most of all she loves to snuggle with you in bed or on the couch.  She spends her days at TUS lounging around the back office, greeting and loving on customers.  You may hear her security alert when you walk through the door!

Mollie Beggs

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Hospitality/Store Security

Mollie is an 8 pound miniature apricot Poodle that came to TUS in November 2013 with her sister Callie.  Mollie and Callie were adopted from The Chance Foundation located at Country Club Kennels in Catlett, VA.  Mollie is the real snuggler of the two, and she will give kisses on your nose after she gets to know you.  She loves to play with toys, and like Callie, she is learning basic obedience commands.  Mollie also spends her days at TUS lounging around the back office, greeting and loving on customers.  You can tell Mollie apart from Callie by her squeaky bark.


John Beggs

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IT/Accounting/Tax Compliance

Dr. John Beggs is Lisa's husband, and has graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and business administration. He has a normal day job as an senior electrical engineer; but in the evenings and on weekends, he wears many hats at The Uniform Store. He leverages his engineering and business skills to function as the Information Technology, accounting and payroll and tax compliance managers. He also does most of the regular maintenance around the shop and he has also done a large portion of the buildout construction work. Dr. Beggs' hobbies are reading, flea markets, antiques and attending the theater.