OUR PEOPLE
Dana Pauley
(DAY-nuh. POL-lee) : (she/her)
PRESIDENT & CEO
Wylea Chase
(Why-LEE-uh. Cheys) : (she/her)
DIRECTOR, PARTNERSHIPS & CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT
Kaarmin Ford
(CAR-men. Fohrd) : (she/her)
DIRECTOR, MEMBERSHIP & MARKETING
Rick Henry
(Rik. HEN-ree) : (he/him)
DIRECTOR, LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
Jani Zhu
(JEN-knee. ZH-u) : (she/her)
DIRECTOR, INTERNAL OPERATIONS & FINANCE
Alison McLaughlin
(AL-luh-son. Muh-GLOCK-luhn) : (she/her)
MANAGER, EVENTS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Channon Sicard
(SHAN-nuhn. sick-ARD) : (she/her)
MANAGER, EXECUTIVE AND PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
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OUR BOARD
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Crystal Carr-Townsend (CORE 2015)
Board Chair
PRESIDENT
Healthcare Initiative Foundation
Bola Audena (CORE 2019)
Vice Chair/Development Chair
MANAGING PARTNER
MBA Growth Partners
Leon Seemann (CORE 2019)
Treasurer/Finance Chair
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Adventure Theatre, MTC
Richee Smith Andrews (CORE 2018)
Secretary
CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER
The Universities at Shady Grove
Lynn Arndt (CORE 2016)
Governance and Ethics Committee Chair
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
BlackRock Center for the Arts
Holly Bozeman (EL 2020)
Race Equity Committee Chair
SENIOR STUDY DIRECTOR
Westat
Greg Smith (CORE 2019)
Programs Chair
ADMINISTRATIVE VP, REGIONAL MANAGER
M&T Bank
Michael S. Gottlieb (CORE 2011)
General Counsel
PRINCIPAL
Momentum Law Group
Marilyn D. Lynk, Ph.D. (CORE 2017)
Immediate Past President
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Adventist HealthCare
Dana Pauley (EL 2017)
Ex-Officio
PRESIDENT & CEO
Leadership Montgomery
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kal Attia (CORE 2019)
LARGE GROUP COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Matt Brown (CORE 2021)
DIRECTOR, EXCHANGE & TRAINING
World Learning
Kelly Gibson Caplan (CORE 2013)
DIVISION MANAGER, CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT & ADVOCACY
WSSC Water
Carolina Clavijo (CORE 2017)
CEO & PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR
Visionary Eye Doctors
Greg Coleman (CORE 2019)
PRESIDENT & COO
Nexercise, Inc.
Jennifer Dickens (EL 2017)
CYBERSECURITY MANAGER
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Elaine Engle-Vasilopoulos
VP, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITY + CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Marriott International
Cassandra Hairston (CORE 2018)
VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
NIH Federal Credit Union
Mabrouka I. Hassanein (SLM 2011)
Patti Maclay, MD (SLM 2020)
COMMISSIONER
Montgomery County Commission for Women
Gustavo Matheus (CORE 2020)
MEMBER
Anderson & Quinn, LLC
Mindy Pierce (CORE 2016)
FOUNDER & CEO
Zweet Health
Courtney B. Schaefer (EL 2017)
ATTORNEY
Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy Ecker
Doug Sunshine (CORE 2020)
SENIOR MANAGER
Accenture
Note: Years listed after individuals’ names indicate the year in which they graduated from Leadership Montgomery, Senior Leadership Montgomery or Emerging Leaders Programs
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*
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