Our Board
Our accomplished Board of Directors gives us an unusual depth and breadth of talent to advance our mission, guide the organization’s strategic growth, and help fund our programs.
CHAIR

Sarah Jackson
Senior Vice President, Dataminr
VICE CHAIRS
Ralph Caccia
Partner, Wiley LLP
Shariff Elsheikh
Managing Director NorGlobe LLC
H’Cone Thompson
Tennis Professional, St. Albans Tennis Club
Secretary
Michele Davis
Senior Advisor at FGS Global
Co-Treasurer
Shaza L. Andersen
Founder and CEO of Trustar Bank
Co-Treasurer
Jackie Bradford
President and General Manager, NBC4 Washington
DIRECTORS
Yvette Alexander
President & CEO, Y. Alexander & Associates LLC
Anthony Applewhaite
Partner, Brunswick Group LLC
Tim Bass
Litigation Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Drew Cantor
Partner, Peck Madigan Jones
Marcia Carlucci
Chairman, Prevent Cancer
Peter Davidson
Vice President, Intelsat
Jon Decker
White House Correspondent, Gray Television
Kristen Donoghue
Chief Enforcement Officer, Federal Student Aid, US Department of Education
Kenneth Edmonds
Legislative Director, National Football League
Stephanie Evans
Corporate Partner, WilmerHale
Nichole Francis Reynolds
Vice President and Global Head of Government Relations, ServiceNow
David Gollob
CEO, MDL Legacy Holdings Inc.
at Barnes International, Inc.
Craig Hoover
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Henry Kennedy
Former Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Rob Lavet
Board Member, SoFi Bank
Diane Lewis
Associate Broker, Washington Fine Properties – The Lewis Team
Laura McIntosh
Consulting Attorney, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Manny Ortiz
Founder, VantageKnight, Inc.
Andrea Rice
Board Member, Bolster
Gregg Sheiowitz
Vice President, Zurich North America
Beth Singer
Director at ReveraGen BioPharma
Andy Vermilye
Vice President, Fidelity Investments
Jake Weinstock
Co-Founder and General Partner, Decentral Park Capital
Joe Weissfeld
Director, DC Department of Health Care Finance
EMERITUS DIRECTORS
Hon. John Breaux
Director and Senior Partner,
Crossroads Strategies
DD Eisenberg
Board Member and Community Activist
John A. Harris
President, Potomac Ventures, Inc.
Paul R. Ignatius
Former Secretary of the Navy
James Ritzenberg
President, SR Management Company
ADVISORS
Harvey Applebaum
Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
Tom Kuhn
Former President, Edison Electric Institute
Dan Waldman
Former Partner, Arnold & Porter
David Wilmot
Partner, Harmon, Wilmot & Brown
Peter Work
Former Partner, Crowell & Moring