OUR PEOPLE

Dana Pauley

(DAY-nuh. POL-lee) : (she/her)
PRESIDENT & CEO

Kaarmin Ford

(CAR-men. Fohrd) : (she/her)
 SENIOR DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS & ENGAGEMENT

Alison McLaughlin

(AL-luh-son. Muh-GLOCK-luhn) : (she/her)
SENIOR MANAGER, ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT

Marquise McKine

(Mar-KEYS. Muh-Kine) : (he/him)
PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Britney Thompson

(Brit-KNEE. TOMP-sun) : (she/her)
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
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OUR BOARD

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Bola Audena (CORE 2019)

Board Chair

MANAGING PARTNER
MBA Growth Partners

Greg Coleman (CORE 2019)

Vice Chair

PRESIDENT & COO
Nexercise, Inc. 

Richee Smith Andrews (CORE 2018)

Secretary

CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER
The Universities at Shady Grove

Lynn Arndt (CORE 2016)

Governance and Ethics Committee Chair

CONSULTANT

Holly Bozeman (EL 2020)

Race Equity Committee Chair

SENIOR STUDY DIRECTOR
Westat

Kelly Gibson Caplan (CORE 2013)

Development Committee Chair

DIVISION MANAGER, CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT & ADVOCACY
WSSC Water

Crystal Carr-Townsend (CORE 2015)

Immediate Past Chair

PRESIDENT
Healthcare Initiative Foundation

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

Carolina Clavijo (CORE 2017)

CEO & PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR
Visionary Eye Doctors

Jennifer Prillman (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

Patti Maclay, MD (SLM 2020)

COMMISSIONER
Montgomery County Commission for Women

Gustavo Matheus (CORE 2020)

MEMBER
Anderson & Quinn, LLC

Greg Smith (CORE 2019)

SVP/REGIONAL MANAGER, DC & SUBURBAN MARYLAND
M&T Bank

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