The individuals listed below serve on our 2020 Board of Directors. Board members contribute to the Board of Trade’s success in several ways: they weigh in on strategic decisions; assist with the recruitment, retention, and on-boarding process of members; lend resources and make connections to bring projects closer to their goals; attend and support board meetings and other Board of Trade events throughout the year.
| First | Last | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | Abrahams | Publisher | Washington Business Journal |
| Michael | Akin | President | LINK Strategic Partners |
| Rosie | Allen-Herring | President & CEO | United Way of The National Capital Area |
| Chuck | Bean | Executive Director | Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) |
| Irma | Becerra | President | Marymount University |
| Marc | Blakeman | President – Mid-Atlantic States | AT&T |
| Jackie | Bradford | President & General Manager | NBC4/WRC-TV |
| Jake | Burns | Executive Vice President, Business Operations | Washington Nationals Baseball Club (MLB) |
| Teresa | Carlson | Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector | Amazon Web Services |
| Lyles | Carr | Senior Vice President | The McCormick Group, Inc. |
| Dara | Castle | Managing Partner, Washington Metro Offices | RSM US LLP |
| John | Cavanaugh | President & CEO | Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area |
| Enrico | Cecchi | Managing Director | The IDI Group Companies |
| Geoff | Chatas | Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | Georgetown University |
| Tamara | Christian | President, Chief Operating Officer | International Spy Museum |
| Anita | Cooke Wells | Senior Vice President, Administration and Corporate Secretary | RLJ Lodging Trust |
| James | Cornelsen | Chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Region | WesBanco |
| David | Dacquino | Chairman & CEO | Serco, Inc. |
| Monica | Dalwadi | Office Managing Partner, DC Metro Area | Baker Tilly |
| Michelle | Dandeneau | Managing Director | JLL |
| John | Delaney | Dean, Kogod School of Business | American University |
| Jeffrey | Detwiler | President & Chief Executive Officer | Long & Foster Companies Inc. |
| Lawrence | Di Rita | Greater Washington, DC Market President | Bank of America |
| Kimberly | Dickerson | Lead Managing Director/DC Office | Protiviti |
| Pankaj | Duggal | Senior Vice President & Managing Principal | Jacobs |
| William | Eisig | Regional Managing Partner | BDO USA, LLP |
| Johannes | Fieber | CEO | Lidl U.S. |
| Edward | Fleming | Executive Vice President | Walton Global Holdings, Ltd. |
| Bradley | Flickinger | Senior Managing Director, Mid-Atlantic Region | CBRE, Inc. |
| Scott | Frisch | Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer | AARP |
| Nora | Gardner | Senior Partner | McKinsey & Company |
| Tim | Gillis | Managing Partner, Washington Metro Area | KPMG LLP |
| Jay | Grauberger | Senior Vice President | Clark Construction Group, LLC |
| Ed | Grenier | President & CEO | Junior Achievement of Greater Washington |
| Dirk | Haire | Chair, Construction Practice Group | Fox Rothschild LLP |
| David | Hartman | President & Co-Founder Hartman Executive Advisors | Hartman Executive Advisors |
| Cary | Hatch | CEO, Brand Advocate | MDB Communications, Inc. |
| Steven | Heger | President, RFSI | Raffa Financial Services, Inc. |
| Keith | Hennessey | President | Bechtel Enterprises |
| Cecilia | Hodges | Regional President | M&T Bank |
| Kim | Horn* | President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. | Kaiser Permanente |
| Diane | Hoskins | Co-Chief Executive Officer | Gensler |
| Mark | Jackson | Director | Goulston & Storrs |
| Jamil | Jaffer | Vice President for Strategy & Business Development | IronNet Cybersecurity |
| Ernest | Jarvis | Managing Principal | Jarvis Commercial Real Estate, LLC |
| Blue | Jenkins | President | WGL |
| Beth | Johnson | Founder and CEO | RP3 Agency |
| Jermaine | Johnson | Executive Vice President, Corporate Banking | PNC Bank |
| Melonie | Johnson | President and COO | MGM Resorts International |
| Terry | Kenny | Market President for Metro DC Baltimore and DE Region | TD Bank |
| Dale | Kopnitsky | Executive Vice President & General Manager | Skanska USA Building Inc. |
| Susan | Lacz | Principal/CEO | Ridgewells |
| Lorraine | Lavet | Senior Client Partner, Northern Virginia | Korn/Ferry International |
| Corby | Lawrence | Executive Vice President | Western-Express |
| Evelyn | Lee | Regional President, Greater Washington Region | SunTrust now Truist |
| Elizabeth | Lewis | Partner | Cooley LLP |
| Anthony | Lewis | Region Vice President, Public Policy | Verizon |
| Wallace | Loh | President | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Jack | McDougle | President and CEO | Greater Washington Board of Trade |
| Patricia | McGuire | President | Trinity Washington University |
| Mary | McLaughlin | Senior Vice President, Beltway Region | Comcast |
| Brian | McVay | Executive Vice President | Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. |
| Anuj | Mehrota | Dean of the GW School of Business | The George Washington University |
| Catherine | Meloy | President & Chief Executive Officer | Goodwill of Greater Washington |
| Catherine | Merrill-Williams | President & CEO | Washingtonian Magazine |
| Radha | Muthiah | President & Chief Executive Officer | Capital Area Food Bank |
| Kurt | Newman | President and Chief Executive Officer | Children’s National Medical Center |
| Maury | Peiperl | Dean, School of Business | George Mason University |
| Anthony | Pierce | Partner in Charge, Washington Office | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP |
| Staci | Pies | Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs | Crown Castle |
| Mike | Policicchio | Partner | EY |
| John | Potter | President & CEO | Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority |
| Steve | Proctor | President and Chief Executive Officer | G.S. Proctor & Associates, Inc. |
| Bryan | Pynchon | Senior Vice President, Group Manager Mid-Atlantic Middle Market Bank | Capital One Bank |
| Linda | Rabbitt* | Chairman of the Board | rand* construction corporation |
| Stephanie | Ridore | Director of Human Resources & Labor Relations | Safeway Inc. |
| Martin | Rodgers | Senior Managing Director – US Southeast and Metro Washington DC Office | Accenture |
| Rynthia | Rost | Vice President, Public Affairs | GEICO Insurance Company |
| Kenneth | Samet | President & CEO | MedStar Health |
| Janis | Schiff | Partner | Holland & Knight LLP |
| Monica | Schmude | Mid-Atlantic Market President | Cigna |
| Brian | Schwalb | Partner in Charge, Washington, DC | Venable LLP |
| Ethan | Selzer | Vice President, Retail & Regional Advertising | The Washington Post |
| Kevin | Sharkey | Vice President & General Manager | Turner Construction Company |
| Jennifer | Siciliano | Chief Exernal Affairs & Communications Officer | Inova Health System |
| Stephen | Skinner | Vice President & Business Group Leader | The Walsh Group |
| Ricky | Smith | Chief Executive Officer | BWI Marshall Airport |
| Stuart | Solomon | CEO | The Alnair Group |
| Lidia | Soto-Harmon | CEO | Girl Scout Council of The Nation’s Capital |
| Courtney | Spaeth | Chief Executive Officer | growth[period] |
| John | Stalfort | Managing Principal, Washington DC Office | Miles & Stockbridge P.C. |
| Patricia | Steis | Managing Director, Head of Office | Marsh, Inc. |
| Paul | Stimers | Partner | K&L Gates LLP |
| David | Straut | Market Executive of Wells Fargo Commercial Banking Capital Market | Wells Fargo |
| Beverley | Swaim-Staley | President and CEO | Union Station Redevelopment Corporation |
| Tom | Touchet | President & CEO | Smart City Media |
| Tamika | Tremaglio | Managing Partner, Greater Washington | Deloitte LLP |
| David | Velazquez | President & CEO | Pepco Holdings |
| Caleb | Vuljanic | Office Managing Partner | DHG |
| Greg | Wallig | MetroDC Office Leader | Grant Thornton LLP |
| Neil | Welsh | Founder & CEO | Silverback Strategies |
| Paul | Wiedefeld | General Manager and CEO | WMATA-Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |
| W.K. | Wiseman | Design Principal | CannonDesign |
| Jeff | Wood | Greater Washington, DC Market President | Bank of America |
| Nicholas | Zabriskie | Public Policy Manager | Uber Technologies, Inc. |
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