OUR PEOPLE
Be the kind of leader that you would follow.
OUR BOARD
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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Gustavo Matheus (CORE 2020)
Board Chair
PARTNER
Feldesman Leifer, LLC
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Kelly Gibson Caplan (CORE 2013)
Vice Chair
DIVISION MANAGER, CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT & ADVOCACY
WSSC Water
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Carolina Clavijo (CORE 2017)
Finance Chair
Treasurer
CEO & PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR
Visionary Eye Doctors
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John ‘Jay’ Murphy (CORE 2022)
Secretary
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
M&T Bank
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Greg Coleman (CORE 2019)
Immediate Past Chair
Ex- Officio
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN & CO-FOUNDER
Nexercise, Inc.
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Dana Pauley (EL 2017)
Ex-Officio
PRESIDENT & CEO
Leadership Montgomery
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Matt Brown (CORE 2021)
DIRECTOR, GLOBAL PROGRAMS
World Learning
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William Ellis (CORE 2021)
DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
PEPCO Holdings
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Debbi Jarvis (CORE 2012)
VP & CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
AltaGas/Washington Gas
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Catherine Matthews (CORE 2003)
RETIRED
Montgomery County Government
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Amy Ray
REGIONAL VP, HUMAN RESOURCES AMERICA’S EASTERN DIVISION
Marriott International
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Tony Spearman-Leach (CORE 2018)
Governance and Ethics Committee Chair
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND PHILANTHROPY
National Academy of Public Administration
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Shuaa Tajammul (EL 2020)
PRINCIPAL
Shuaa Tajammul, Esq
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Stacey Terry Ormsby (CORE 2022)
ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL
Montgomery County Public Schools
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Bob Vollinger (SLM 2020)
SENIOR POLICY ANALYST
Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health
and Human Services, Policy, Planning and Coordination Unit
Note: Years listed after individuals’ names indicate the year in which they graduated from Leadership Montgomery, Senior Leadership Montgomery or Emerging Leaders Programs
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FOUNDING BOARD
Fran L. Abrams
Paul G. Adams, III
Allen Bender
Adrianne L. Carr
Susan Hedling Evans
Joan Finnerty
Michael A. Freedman
Frederick C. Gale*
Barbara G. Golden
William H. Hussmann*
Blair Lee
Dr. Noreen A. Lyne
Carolyn S. Meakem
Esther B. Newman
Eliot Pfanstiehl
Lawrence F. Pignone*
Kenneth P. Reichard
Warren P. Rothe
Barry F. Scher
Roberta F. Shulman
The Hon. Carlton R. Sickles*
Andrew M. Stern
Gladys L. Young*
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PAST BOARD CHAIRS
Frederick C. Gale* (1989-1991)
Eliot Pfanstiehl (1991-1993)
Mita M. Schaffer (CORE 1990) (1993-1995)
Sheldon I. Grosberg* (CORE 1993) (1995-1997)
Robert L. Jones (CORE 1992) (1997-1999)
Charles A Lyons (CORE 1995) (1999-2000)
Marion H. Hull* (CORE 1995) (2000-2002)
Bradley L. Westpfahl (CORE 1997) (2002-2004)
William G. Robertson (CORE 2002) (2004-2005)
Solomon Graham (CORE 2003) (2005-2007)
Debra L.C. Liverpool (CORE 1999) (2007-2009)
Michael L. Mael (CORE 2005) (2009-2011)
Marvin Dickerson (CORE 2007) (2011-2013)
Bradley H. Colton (CORE 2000) (2013-2015)
Debbi L. Jarvis (CORE 2012) (2015-2017)
David Hill (CORE 2005) (2017-2019)
Marilyn Lynk, Ph.D. (CORE 2017) (2019-2021)
* Deceased