Leadership Montgomery Announces 2020 Program Participants
The 2020 Classes of CORE, Emerging Leaders and Senior Leadership Montgomery will complete their program during the organization’s 30th anniversary year.
Rockville, MD (June 17, 2019)- Leadership Montgomery (LM) has announced the participants for its 2020 Connecting Our Region’s Execs (CORE), Emerging Leaders (EL) and Senior Leadership Montgomery (SLM) Classes. This year’s group of class participants include 132 Montgomery County leaders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors.
The 2020 classes will receive special designation as they will take part in their programs during the organization’s 30th anniversary year, which will be celebrated during the 2019-2020 fiscal year beginning in July.
“We are thrilled to convene such a diverse group of leaders to participate during this momentous anniversary year” said C. Marie Taylor, President and CEO of Leadership Montgomery. “By engaging such a eclectic group, we are paving the way for in-depth conversations that can truly inspire and connect leaders to continue making a difference in Montgomery County for the next 30 years.”
CORE, the organization’s flagship program, is geared toward seasoned leaders while the EL program is for professionals 25-35 years of age who demonstrate commitment to their community. The SLM program focuses on those who are 55+ and are preparing for or entering retirement or a second career and wish to remain community minded.
Beginning in September, class participants will attend monthly experiential learning sessions on various topics intended to increase engagement within the community while inspiring ideas, discussions, actions and connections that move Montgomery County forward.
Special events will also be organized throughout the fiscal year to celebrate the 30th anniversary.
Scroll down to see a list of ALL 2020 class participants listed by program.
2020 CORE Class Participants
Savena Allen
President/ CEO
Idoneous Consulting
Heather Altieri
Sr. Director, Client Implementation & Customer Service
Avendra
Garth Bastian
Vice President
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.
Vanessa Bigelow
Director of Human Resources and Community Engagement
Burness
Elaine Bonner-Tompkins
Senior Legislative Analyst, Office of Legislative Oversight
Montgomery County Government
Louis Damiano
President
Holy Cross Hospital
Sunil Dasgupta
Director, Political Science Program
The Universities at Shady Grove UMBC
Dr. Kisha Davis
Staff Physician
CHI Health Care
Jacqueline DeCarlo
Chief Executive Officer
Manna Food Center, Inc.
Jonathan Deem
Partner
Bailey & Glasser
Laurie Edberg
Senior Legislative Aid
Montgomery County Council – Office of Councilmember Sidney Katz
Diane Edwards
Financial Management Director
Freddie Mac
Susan Farag
Legislative Analyst
Montgomery County Council
Amanda Farber
Committee Member
Bethesda Implementation Advisory Commission
Carrie Fox
Partner & CEO
Mission Partners
Andrew Friedson
Councilmember, District 1 Montgomery County Council
Elba Garcia
Executive Director, Language Acquisition Division, Office of Teaching and Learning
District of Columbia Public Schools
Mary Gies
Legislative Senior Aide
Montgomery County Council
Leslie Graham
President & CEO
Primary Care Coalition
Laura Gurney
Controller
Apartment Turnovers, Inc
Christine Hong
Director, Homeless Services
Interfaith Works
Lane Hornfeck
Shareholder
Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, PA
Gina James
Chief Executive Officer
The Foundation Schools
Jacqueline Kindall
Chief Executive Officer
Kindall Evolve Consulting, LLC
Markus Larsson
Executive Director
Life Asset
Omar Lazo
Owner
Los Chorros Restaurant
Eric Lewis
Area President – Suburban Maryland
BB&T
Ricardo Loaiza
Executive Director
After School Dance Fund
Derek Longbrake
Donor Relationship Manager
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless
Lesley MacDonald
Executive Director
Nonprofit Montgomery
Jason Martin
Director of Clinical Services Adventist Healthcare
Gustavo Matheus
Member
Anderson & Quinn, LLC
Carla Merritt
Senior Business Development Representative
Maryland Department of Commerce
Andrea Milo
Director, Center for Student Engagement and Financial Resources
The Universities at Shady Grove
Miriam Mokuena
Lead Project Operations Analyst
Abt Associates, Inc.
Adam Ortiz
Director
MC Dept. of Environmental Protection
Dinesh Patil
Acting Assistant Chief of Police
MC Department of Police
Connie Pawloski
Owner/President
ComForCare Senior Services
Perry Paylor
Assistant State Attorney
Prince Georges County State’s Attorney’s Office
Traci Meakem Richmond
President, Financial Advisor
The Meakem Group
Jarred Ricks
Vice President – Business Banking Team Leader
M&T Bank
Mark Rittenberg
Principal
AMR Commercial
Christina Ryan DiGiulian
Partner, Managing Director Greater Washington
Hartman Executive Advisors
Elena Saenz
Associate Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
Montgomery College
Tammy Sanford
Manager, Environmental Management
Pepco Holdings
Patricia Schechtman
Hay Maker
Tusculum Farm Enterprises LLC
Brandon Stewart
Customer Advocate (Montgomery County)
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Kate Stewart
Mayor
Takoma Park City Council
Caroline Sturgis
Assistant Chief Administrative Officer
Montgomery County Government
Douglas Sunshine
Senior Manager
Accenture
David Thomas
Construction Manager
Washington Gas
Kelvin Thomas
Battalion Chief
Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service
Ekaterina Vert-Wong
Chief Executive Officer
Nostopharma
Victor Villavicencio
Workforce Development Manager
PCC Construction Components, Inc.
Dr. Annica Wayman
Associate Dean for Shady Grove Affairs, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Danny Weiss
Brand Ambassador | Sr. Account Manager
WTOP Radio
Ben Wikner
Pastor/Church Planter
Cross Community Church
Jheanelle Wilkins
Delegate, District 20
Maryland House of Delegates
Ursula Wright
Managing Director
FSG
Julie Yang
College and Career Coordinator
Montgomery County Public Schools
2020 Emerging Leader Class Participants
Halima Ahmed
Program Associate
MoCo Coalition for Adult Eng. Literacy
Tiffany Banks
Associate Professor of Communication
Montgomery College
Ernest Bihm
Program Manager, Educational Opportunities
Project Lawyers’ Comm. for Civil Rights
Kate Bouwkamp
Community Services Program Coordinator
City of Rockville
Holly Bozeman
Senior Study Director
Westat
Darcy Buckley
Planning Specialist III / Program Coordinator
MoCo Department of Transportation
Richard Cisneros Guevara
Resilient Commercial Corridors Program Manager
Latino Economic Development Center
Dominique Clark
Benefits and Admissions Manager
The Jubilee Association of Maryland
Andrew Donlon
Field Representative
U.S House of Rep. (David Trone)
Gina Esipila
Program Director
Interfaith Works
Darrell Farley
Master Teacher/GED Site Manager
Literacy Council of Montgomery County
Josh Funk
President and CEO
Rehab 2 Perform
Andrew Gagliano
Director of Digital Strategies & Senior Public Relations Manager
Maier & Warner Public Relations
Beza Gebrehana
Program Manager
Montgomery Hospice
Tiera Gray
Marketing Director
Clark Concepts, LLC
Ana Ibanez Bonilla
Community Site Coordinator
Linkages to Learning
Kathryn Kelpy
Campus Director of Enrollment Services and Assistant Registrar
Montgomery College
Jilna Kothary
Senior Development and Communications Associate
Shepherd’s Table
Kaela Landon
Assistant Director of Operations
Civic Advisors
Lisa Lezell
Manager
Snyder Cohn, PC
Sylvia Li
Senior Accountant
Cherry Bekaert LLP
Gina Maxham
Manager, Health Equity & Cultural and Linguistic Programs
Adventist HealthCare, Inc.
Joshua Mindlin
Practice and Payment Transformation Consultant
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Jennifer Owers
Website Project Manager
Clark Concepts, LLC
Randall Rentfro
Senior Team Engineer
Rodgers Consulting, Inc.
Joyce Rhine
Assistant Vice President
M&T Bank
Kaitlin Rizk
Consulting Analyst
Accenture
Joshua Rusert
Pastor
Pilgrim Lutheran Church
Ritma Sagar
Insurance Program Supervisor
Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences
Cara Santucci
CEO and Founder
Glue
Lauren Shearer
Strategic Sourcing Analyst II
Aramark
Caroline Griswold Short
Director of Programming
Generation Hope
Sahaan Sozhamannan
Program Director
The Urban Alliance
Leah Spungen
Recruiter and Account Manager
Clientmind Recruiting
Juanita Stewart
Property Manager
The Peterson Companies
Shuaa Tajammul
Attorney
New Solo Law Practice
Fidel Velez
Community Resource Manager
Literacy Council of Montgomery County
Giankarlo Vera
Program Manager
Identity, Inc.
Kyana Waters
Youth Mentor
The People’s Community Baptist Church
2020 SLM Class Participants
Susan Binder
Principal
Cambridge Systematics
James Bortz
Manager/ Sales
S. Freedman & Sons
Mary Bortz
Team Leader and Math Teacher
MCPS
Cecekua Calaby
Senior Vice President/ Head Regulatory Counsel
American Bankers Association
Eliza Newlin Carney
Founder and President
The Civic Circle
Lawrence Center
Center Leadership Coaching, LLC
Jane DeAngeli
CollegeTracks
Karen Deasy
Board Member and Active Member/ Volunteer
Wednesday Morning Group
Susanne DeGraba
Lawrence Eldridge
Alan Esenstad
Sr. VP & CFO
Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc
Sahar Fahmy
Member
Middle Eastern Advisory Group
Reva Gambrell
Principal
Jones Gambrell, LLC
Mark Haas
President
Research & Organization Management
Dorie Hightower
Lorraine Jaffe
IT Specialist
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Neville Levi
CEO
Neville Levi Nonprofit Organization
Elliott Levine
Founder and Principal
Levine Energy & Environmental Strategies
Robert Loesche
Co- Lead of Therapeutic Horticulture Beds
University of Maryland
Patricia L Maclay, MD
Commissioner
Montgomery County Commission for Women
Mark McCaffrey
Executive Director
Rebuilding Together Montgomery County
David Miller
President
Benefits Provider Network, LLC
Mark Pape
Heidi Phillips
Lynne Rowe
Senior Vice President/ Human Resources
Industrial Bank, NA
Terry Sherman Ralston
Co-owner/ Managing Member
Delmarva- Elkridge, LLC
Lafe Solomon
Clemmie Solomon
Collegewide Dean of Student Engagement
Montgomery College
Janice Talley
Project Manager
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Montgomery County Alumnae Chapter
Melissa Urofsky
CollegeTracks, Inc.
Bob Vollinger
Program Director
National Cancer Institute
Nathaniel Wallace
Seneca Valley Trout Unlimited
Christiane Wiese
Director of Volunteer Services and Complementary Therapies
Montgomery Hospice