OUR PEOPLE
C. Marie Taylor
PRESIDENT & CEO
Alison Levingston (Ali)
VICE PRESIDENT, LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
Kaarmin Ford
DIRECTOR, MARKETING & MEMBERSHIP
Carol Ippolito
MANAGER OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Angelina Cho Tracey
MANAGER, EXECUTIVE AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT
Sarah Burnett
DIRECTOR, CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM
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OUR BOARD
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
David A. Hill (CORE 2005)
Board Chair
VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL
WH Administrators
Susanne G. DeGraba (CORE 2008)
Finance/Treasurer Chair
Kelly G. Caplan (CORE 2013)
Membership Chair
COMMUNITY OUTREACH MANAGER
Washington Gas
Crystal C. Townsend (CORE 2015)
Programs Chair
PRESIDENT
Healthcare Initiative Foundation
Lisa Mandel-Trupp (CORE 2013)
Secretary
CHIEF OF STAFF
Office of Councilmember Sidney Katz
William A. Goldberg (CORE 2015)
Governance & Ethics Chair / At-Large Member
LITIGATION ATTORNEY
Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ian A. Barry (EL 2016)
Mayra J. Bayonet (CORE 2015)
FOUNDER, PRESIDENT & CEO
Communities Connect
Michael A. Brown (EL 2015)
PLANNER COORDINATOR, MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission
Dona Deutsch (CORE 2013)
PRINCIPAL
Deutsch & Associates, LLC
Michael S. Gottlieb (CORE 2011)
PRINCIPAL
Momentum Law Group
Mabrouka I. Hassanein (SLM 2011)
SENIOR FELLOW & MIDDLE EASTER COMMUNITY LIAISON
County Executive’s Office of Community Partnerships
Shondra B. Jenkins (CORE 2016)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Sodexo/Sodexo Foundation
Aaron Kaufman (EL 2015)
SENIOR LEGISLATIVE ASSOCIATE
Jewish Federations of North America
Lawrence W. Kotchek (CORE 2013)
SALES MANAGER
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Marilyn D. Lynk (CORE 2017)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Adventist HealthCare Center for Health Equity & Wellness
Michael C. Parsons (CORE 2017)
CHAIRMAN/MORTGAGE BANKER
Apex Home Loans, Inc.
Maurice Philogene (CORE 2017)
SENIOR EXECUTIVE
Accenture
DeRionne P. Pollard (CORE 2012)
PRESIDENT
Montgomery College
Kelly M. Price (CORE 1999)
VICE PRESIDENT, RETAIL ASSET & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
The Peterson Companies
Thomas L. Ranson (CORE 2011)
MARKET PRESIDENT
BB&T
Courtney B. Schaefer (EL 2017)
ATTORNEY
Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy Ecker
Richard A. Wieczorek (CORE 2010)
PRESIDENT & CEO
NIH Federal Credit Union
Debbi L. Jarvis (CORE 2012)
Alan B. Sternstein (CORE 1999)
LITIGATION COUNSEL
C. Marie Taylor (CORE 2012)
PRESIDENT & CEO
Leadership Montgomery
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 (’90) (1993-1995)
Sheldon I. Grosberg (’93) (1995-1997)
Robert L. Jones (’92) (1997-1999)
Charles A Lyons (’95) (1999-2000)
Marion H. Hull* (’95) (2000-2002)
Bradley L. Westpfahl (’97) (2002-2004)
William G. Robertson (’02) (2004-2005)
Solomon Graham (’03) (2005-2007)
Debra L.C. Liverpool (’99) (2007-2009)
Michael L. Mael (’05) (2009-2011)
Marvin Dickerson (’07) (2011-2013)
Bradley H. Colton (’00) (2013-2015)
Debbi L. Jarvis (’12) (2015-2017)
* Deceased